Various, Groovy Religion, Pig Farm, The Subterraneans, The Dundrells, The Lawn, Rheostatics, Fifth Column, The Garbagemen, 13 Engines, The Saddletramps, Nomind, Plasterscene Replicas

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.