Various, Skyhooks, Dragon, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, Pantha, Jeff St. John, Renee Geyer, AC/DC, Ariel, Tomlin, Radio Birdman, Feather, Finch

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.