Various, Stingray, Julian Laxton, Fantasy, Clout, Falling Mirror, Bite, Asylum Kids, Ballyhoo, Stingray, Clout, Sugar & The Lollipops, 999

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.