Various, The Meantime Collective, Soho Bombshell, Gulls, Old Chase, Making Friends, Phat Problem, Thee Derelique, Barriers, Shed, Stimpax, Pussy Liquor, Electric Cowboy Club, Push Backs, Atom Jacks, The Damn Shebang, Sweet Johnny, Soho Bombshell

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.