Various, Lion's Law, La Inquisición, Talco, The Gundown, Buster Shuffle, Anal Hard, Bad Co. Project, Crim, The Baboon Show, Blowfuse, Deadyard, Proud'z

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.