Various, Oi!takus, Stuck Lucky, Secondself, Boomstick, The Rip Taylors, WREKT!, Tank Rats, Night Talkers, Thetan, Sugar In The Gas Tank, Second Spirit, Flummox

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.