Various, Essential Logic, Tsunematsu Masatoshi, The Features, Liket Lever, Larsen, The Stripes, The Fugitives, NRG, Commercials, The Scabs, Pankrti, Repulsive Alien, Sozz, Prop Sack, Mordbuben AG, Swindled, The Clap, S.Y.P.H., Vorwärts, The Last Words

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.