Various, Zaitchik Bros., GG Turner Band, The I.Q.'s, Jack Conway & The Young Americans, Crossing, Hard Reign, The Probers, Grant Maloy, Blues Outlet, Jim Pacheco & The Smith Brothers, Kyo, Blitz

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.