Various, Flag Of Democracy, Scream, Short Dogs Grow, Dissonance, Verbal Assault, Entirely Distorted, The Brigade, Outcry, White Flag, 7 Seconds, 5 Balls Of Power, Adrenalin O.D., Scram, Care Unit, Youth Of Today, Action Figure, The Sins

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.