Various, Melting Process, Citizen Fish, Hibernation, Abfackeln, Betty, Guts Pie Earshot, Sog, Kina, Corrosive, Penelope Weavers, Dawnbreed, Kurt

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.