Various, Osamu Kitajima, Stomu Yamash'ta's Red Buddha Theatre, Akiko Yano, Sadistic Mika Band, Haruomi Hosono, The Yellow Magic Band, Apryl Fool, Rabi Nakayama, Karuna Khyal, Kuni Kawachi And His Group, Toshiaki Tsushima, J. A. Seazer, Shirubu, Maki Asakawa, Les Rallizes Denudes

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.