Originally Posted by Brad Stengel

Similar to Stooges:
The Nervous Eaters (start with "Loretta", "Just Head", "Get Stuffed")
The Modern Lovers (start with "Roadrunner", "She Cracked", "I'm Straight")

Good Garage:
Lyres ("She Pays the Rent", "I Want to Help You Ann", "We Sell Soul")
The Dogmatics ("Thayer St.", "Sister Serena", "****housed")

Other bands you may be interested in; you seem to have the same tastes as I did around senior year:

X ("Adult Books", "We're Desperate", "The Once Over Twice")
Vivian Girls ("Never See Me Again", "No", "Lake House")
The Replacements ("I Will Dare", "Unsatisfied", "Left of the Dial")
Times New Viking ("Teenage Lust!", "RIP Allegory", "Call and Respond")
Richard Hell and the Voidoids ("The Kid With The Replaceable Head", "Love Comes In Spurts", "Time")
Television ("Entire 'Marquee Moon' album)

Theres some stuff I listened to when I was first really expanding my music tastes combined with some stuff I listen to now that I'm sure 17 year old me would appreciate.