Various, Dissident Noize Factory, Jason Doghouse, Split Dogs, Anarchistwood, Mondo Wave, China Shop Bull, Last Tree Squad, Dogshite, The Menstrual Cramps, The Blunders, Zombie Met Girl, Sporadics

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.