Various, Lockjaw, Laugh At Laura, Bängks, Remember Why We're Here, Sport, Blank, Concordes, Ärger Now!, Dirtshakes, The Floozies, Golden Helmets, The Blackberries, Die Wirklichkeit, CatCatCat, The Phonotones

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.