Various, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, A 'N' A, Cozy Powell, Steve Stevens, Gary Hoey, Vinnie Moore, The Michael Schenker Group, Ronnie Montrose, Lazy, Axel Rudi Pell, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force

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.