Various, 2 Sick Monkeys, Active Minds, Slug, Rats As Big As Dogs, The Domestics, Violation, Dis-Tank, Pogo Assault, Ziplock

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.