Various, Dee Snider, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza, John Tempesta, Tommy Shaw, Steve Lukather, Tim Bogert, Jay Schellen, Mark Slaughter, Ryan Roxie, Robben Ford, Phil Soussan, Steve Riley, Chris Jericho, Rich Ward, Mike Inez, Fred Coury, Kip Winger, Paul Gilbert, Gregg Bissonette, Buzz Osborne, Bruce Kulick, Blasko, Carmine Appice, Page Hamilton, Mike Porcaro, Gregg Bissonette, Lemmy, Jennifer Batten, Samantha Maloney, Doug Pinnick, Bob Kulick, Juan Alderete de la Pena, Vinnie Colaiuta, Phil Lewis, Gilby Clarke, Jeff Pilson, Bobby Rock, Robin McAuley, C.C. DeVille, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar

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.