Various, The Mekons, Black Mist, Anhrefn, Rubella Ballet, T.V. Smith's Cheap, Chumbawamba, Electro Hippies, Plant Bach Ofnus, The Three Johns, Blyth Power, The Membranes, Steve Lake, Comedy Years, Conflict, TV Smith

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.