As for the Cheetah Chrome- he was a guitar player for the punk band The Dead Boys. May be the same guy.
Other faves: King Ustinewicz and the Ustinewicztones, The Dancing Assholes, The Thin Lads, The Goodrich Blimps (I was in that one), Guided By Voices, Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts (Awful band, great name), Birds on Drugs, and so many more I can't remember...