Various, False Prophets, The Burnt, Under Control, Stetz, Sinister Reflections, Twisted World View, Fragrant Moth, The Dream Smashes, The Burnt, Fragrant Moth, Stetz, Ugly Rumors, This Ordeal, Van Gogh's Ear

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.