Various, The Nosebleeds, The Lewd, The Lewd, Unnatural Axe, The Suicide Commandos, Jerks, Victims, Victims, Anti-Nowhere League, The Users, Lockjaw, The Skinnies, The Skinnies, UJ3RK5, D.O.A., Lowlife, Lowlife, The Reruns

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.