Various, Sequel, The Grafics, The Allies, The Digbees, American taboo, The Choice, Black Death, Glass Hollow, Eddie And The Tide, The Vero-Gates Band, The Jack, Blotto

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.