Various, Patti Smith, The Bags, X-Ray Spex, Mary Monday And The Bitches, Blondie, The Raincoats, Essential Logic, pragVEC, Ludus, Mo-Dettes, The Slits, Bush Tetras, Bangles, Au Pairs, The Pandoras, The Pussywillows, We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It, Huggy Bear, Babes In Toyland, Bikini Kill, L7, Bratmobile, The Tuts, The Regrettes, Skinny Girl Diet

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.