Various, Ramones, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Heartbreakers, Penetration, Sham 69, Alternative TV, The Prefects, The Ruts, The Damned, X-Ray Spex, The Adverts, Dead Kennedys, The Slits, Gang Of Four, The Dead Boys

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.