Various, Brainwash, Butcher, Offensive, Maniacs, Raff, Tolbiac's Toads, Government Issue, Shadocks, Intensive Care, Al Kapott

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.