Various, The Gonads, Epic Problem, Dirty Filthy Mugs, Crashed Out, Runnin Riot, Custom Fit, Bad Co. Project, RazorCut, Bonecrusher, The Shame, Stranglehold, Twopointeight, Strongbow

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.