Various, Queen, Pink Floyd, Kim Carnes, Peter Sarstedt, Bobby Goldsboro, Cliff Richard, Thin Lizzy, Eddie Cochran, Duran Duran, Kate Bush, Pet Shop Boys, Gerry Rafferty, Kenny Rogers, Smokie, The Beatles, Maxi, Dick & Twink, Tony Kenny

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.