Various, The Idles, Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos, Marginal Era, Car Crash Set, The Mockers, The Wastrels, National Anthem, Circus Block Four, The Miltown Stowaways, Big Sideways, Low Profile, Spines, Freudian Slips, Tomorrow's Parties

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Boston Alternative

College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.