Various, The Cannanes, Velocity Girl, Leaky Chipmunk, Scrawl, Seaweed, Thurston, Kim And Epic, Geek, Love Child, Unrest, Superchunk, Fish & Roses, Whorl

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.