Various, No XQ's, Shining, Joe Cool Band, Le Clou, Blues Express, Trans Am, Big Thing, F.F.F., Dead Chickens, Einfach + Geschmacklos, Hoo R.U., Caveman Counts

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.