The Minus 5

A Thousand Years Away b/w Echos Myron, Wicked Annabella

2000 · Alternative Rock · Houston Party Records

Spain · HPRV020

Credits

One record at a time, and the reason for each step.

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.