Various, Good Riddance, Strung, The Real McKenzies, Darius Koski, Banner Pilot, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Lagwagon, toyGuitar, Masked Intruder, Mad Caddies, Swingin' Utters, NOFX

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.