Various, Scorpions, Billy Idol, Sally Oldfield, Eric Clapton, Jennifer Rush, Cock Robin, Talk Talk, Joe Cocker, Marillion, Tina Turner, Pet Shop Boys, Elton John

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.