Various, Potbelly, Dwarves, Pistol Whipped Prophets, Ten Cent Monkey, Raw Power, El Duce, Demoni, In Defence

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.