Various, Pinhead Gunpowder, Playground, The Wynona Riders, Jerrymite, Delightful Little Nothings, Pot Valiant, Rhythm Collision, Bitchcraft

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.