Various, Riot Spears, Chlor, Wrackspurts, Stuhltanz, Passionless Pointless, Cava, Angels, Vorsicht Kinder, Aral Lil Yoon, Tama Ma', Toshnota, Nunofyrbeeswax, Baumarkt

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.