Various, Epic Problem, Pizzatramp, Pandemix, Medictation, Castro, No Pulse, Pissjar, Society's Decline, Mercury Tales, Mild Shag, Accidente, Harijan, Buff, Holiday, Natterers, The Domestics, Roach Squad

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.