Various, FU's, The Prime Movers, Gang Green, Johnny & The Jumper Cables, Scruffy The Cat, Dogmatics, The Blackjacks, Band 19, The Oysters, The Freeze, Last Stand, The Swinging Erudites

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.