Various, Killing Frost, Scarab, Collateral, Terminator, Godskin Peeler, Blow Your Brains Out, Impunity, Face Your Fears, All 4 All, Sudden Demise, Instill, Firestarter, Balmora

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.