Various, S.L.I.P., Sweet Milk, Obnox, Know-So, The Resource Network, Werewolf Jones, Lost System, Ouija Boys, The Beauticians, WLMRT, Deathsticks, Mr. Clit And The Pink Cigarettes, Fatal Figures, Muzzy, The Dracu-lahs

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.