Bad Brains

Washington, D.C. Hardcore

Fast, moral, self-released punk from a company town — and the label that made independence a working method.

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.