Various, V2, The Reporters, Elti-Fits, Pure Product, The Panik, The Enigma, Steroid Kiddies, The Hoax, The Critics, The Change, Armed Force, The Still, Fast Cars, The Things

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.