Various, Ramones, The Dead Boys, The Rezillos, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Flamin' Groovies, Violent Femmes, Johnny Thunders, The Replacements, Jane's Addiction, Ministry, New Order, Talking Heads, Hüsker Dü, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Pretenders, The B-52's, Elvis Costello, Wilco, The Flaming Lips

Vancouver Punk

The west-coast first wave that coined 'hardcore' — political, tuneful and absurdly early.

Detroit Proto-Punk

Pull this thread and you get Michigan guitar noise from 1969 ballrooms to 1999 basements, unbroken.