Heroes, Saints & Fools
1981 · Hard Rock · Nucleus Records
UK · NP/RGR/492 (X/81/CUS 1175)
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.