Various, Great White, Angry Samoans, Joe Lynn Turner, Phil Collen, Birmingham 6, Crash Kelly, Lemmy, Jake E. Lee, Dee Snider, Scott Ian, John Corabi, Bruce Kulick, Sebastian Bach, Kelley Deal, Pat Travers, Bang Tango, Fred Coury, Groovie Ghoulies, 16 Volt, Whitfield Crane, Klaus Eichstadt, Quiet Riot, Dave Meniketti, Stephen Pearcy, Tracii Guns, Psychopomps, Agression, Jetboy

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Detroit Proto-Punk

Pull this thread and you get Michigan guitar noise from 1969 ballrooms to 1999 basements, unbroken.