Various, INXS, Huey Lewis & The News, Extreme, Garth Brooks, INXS, Midnight Oil, Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, Nirvana, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis & The News, Boston

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.