Various, The Quarry, Perfect Days, Zaphire, Ranting Rob, West Edge, The I.C.F. Crew, Room At The Top, An Elegant Chaos, Honeyfitz, One More Red Nightmare

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.