Kiss

Unmasked

1980 · Hard Rock · Casablanca

Japan · 25S-3

Credits

One record at a time, and the reason for each step.

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.