Various, Dale Jones, The Drivers, Steve Slaysman, Legs Diamond, Mark Kelton, Peter Alsop, Corky Carroll And The Funk Dog Surf Band, The Corkettes, Gary McCord, Jed Gould, Kathy Atwater And Bob Goldstein, Michael Gardner, Ravenloft, The Earnest Mock Band And The Old Ocean Park Singers

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.