Various, The Surfaris, Social Unrest, Political Crap, Bob, The Middle Class, Dred Scott, The Vectors, Fuck-Ups, Stingers, The Reactors, Ronnie & The Ray Guns, Social Distortion, Alcoholics, The Penetrators, Seditionaries, Los Microwaves, The Sins, Dickheads, Dischords, The Nothings, Rise

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.