Various, Tennessee Pedestrians, Panic, Lahn And Loftin, The Taylor-Glisson Band, Steppin' Out, Lise Uyanik, The Mobile City Band, Pegasus Rox, Saber, Export-A, Buddy Cowan And Moniker

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.