Various, Jello Biafra, Nancy Lieberman, Bill Nelson, John Crawford, Gene Loves Jezebel, Holly Jensen, The Woodentops, Michael Kimmel, Karen Finley, Bill Stone

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.