Various, Easy Action, Torch, Neon Leon, Michael Thimrén, Candy Roxx, Parasite, Strike, Jerry Nolan, Alex & Kee, Torch

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.