Various, A Dying Regime, The Shell Corporation, Sic Waiting, Dearly Divided, Gunner's Daughter, Armchair Martian, Big D And The Kids Table, Much The Same, The Sheds, Yankee Brutal, Samuel Caldwells Revenge, Dutch Nuggets, Rude King, Resistors, Mikey Erg, Scotty Sandwich, DC Fallout, IVS, Amegaphon, From Parts Unknown, Fat By The Gallon, Sedderra, Karbomb, Allout Helter, Booze Cruise, Overtime Heroes, Abraskadabra, What Are You Talking About, Hate For State, No Matter, Mike Scott

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.