Various, No Name, Red Barchetta, Füllhalter, Open Minds, Tusk, Nervous Reborn, Blowjob, Hardline, Y-Shape, Terra

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.