Various, Alice Donut, Amorphous Head, Babes In Toyland, Coffin Break, Helios Creed, Daddy Hate Box, Dickless, Frightwig, Gas Huffer, God's Acre, Hullabaloo, Icky Joey, Jonestown, L7, My Name, Nirvana, Pitbull Babysitter, Porn Orchard, Vexed, Yeast

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.