Various, Punish The Atom, Hot Japanese Girl, Heck, Kagoule, No Nothings, Arrows of Love, Haggard Cat Bothday Present, Pilgrim Fathers, Whisky Stain, The Smears, Widows, Francobollo, Three Girl Rhumba, 94 Gunships, Ryan Farmer, The Most Ugly Child, City Shanty Band, Captain Dangerous, Practical Lovers, Tray Electric, Bru-C, I Am Lono, Lowrie

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.