Various, NRA, Terry Hoax, Sick Of It All, Alloy, Mink Stole, Rubbermaids, Jonas Jinx, Only Living Witness, Motorpsycho, D.I., Upset Noise, Brzeszinski, 2 Bad, Richies, Baysix, Big Drill Car, Balance, Gigantor, The Strangemen, Alison Ate, Vanilla Chainsaws, Engrained, Medfield, MA

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.