Various, Contempt, Axe Thrasher, Prem Nick, Disrupters, Euthanasie, Rotten Corpses, Freeborn, Nick Toczek, Protest, Deviated Instinct, Haine Brigade, Pax Vobiscum, Revulsion

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.