Various, The Expelled, The Insane, One Way System, Court Martial, Violators, Abrasive Wheels, Disorder, Erazerhead, Vice Squad, Instant Agony, Last Rites, Dead Man's Shadow

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.