Various, Captain Beefheart, The Magic Band, The Human Expression, Death, The Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Bo Diddley, David Bowie, Mott The Hoople, Doctors Of Madness, The Flamin' Groovies, Blue Cheer, The Misunderstood, Zakary Thaks, MC5, Blondie, The United States Of America, Junior Murvin, The Rudements, Vice Creems

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.