Various, Die Fünf Freunde, Huah!, Merricks, Fenton Weills, Painting By Numbers, Family 5, Licht, Die Blinzelbeeren, Der Profi, Belfounder, EA80, Die Time Twisters

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.