Various, 1/2 Japanese, Fred Frith, Shockabilly, Sharky's Machine, The Shaved Pigs, The Moon, Workdogs, Missing Foundation, Artless, Krackhouse, Bongwater, Tuli Kupferberg, Ralph Carney, Daved Hild, Kramer, Fish & Roses, No Safety, Men & Volts, Samm And Dave, Spongehead, Allen Ginsberg, Steven Taylor, George Cartwright, Scott Williams, Otto Kentrol, Laraaji

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.