Various, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Journey, The Human League, Peter Schilling, Commodores, Eurythmics, Quiet Riot, Jackson Browne, Matthew Wilder, Asia, Elton John, John Cougar Mellencamp, Michael Jackson, Loverboy, The Manhattan Transfer, Rick Springfield, Stray Cats, Pat Benatar, Def Leppard, Michael Sembello, Michael Stanley Band, JoBoxers, Cliff Richard

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.