Various, The Romantics, Bonnie Tyler, Billy Joel, Nena, Men At Work, The Police, Quiet Riot, Supertramp, Bob Dylan, Go-Go's, Styx, Electric Light Orchestra

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.