Various, The Gears, The Stitches, Channel 3, Adolescents, Manic Hispanic, Jack N Peg, Funny Valentines, Jack Grisham, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, J.F.A., Piccolo Pete, The Junk, The Pegs, Crash Kills Four!, Thug Money

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.