Various, Missouri Breaker, Moses, Ambush, Shepherd, Footloose, Armor, The St. Louis Strangers, Brown & Langrehr, Troubleshooter, Gibraltar, Zane Grey

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.