Various, Peek A Boo, Tontons Flingueurs, Suspect, Les Kleps, Thy Dress, Batton Rouge, DDT, Holly Sword, M.A.D., Metamorphose, Key Largo, Prophecy, Kamaloozoo

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.