Various, The Meanies, Bored!, Suiciety, Poppin' Mommas, Beanfeast, Rootbeer, Nursery Crimes, Seminal Rats, Velvet Hammer, Bastard Squad, Denial, Brokenhead

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.