Various, Al Festa, Raff, Shout, T.I.R., Vanexa, Crossbones, Synthesis, Steel Crown, Elektradrive, Al Festa

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.