Various, Rash Of Stabbings, Ugly Americans, Other Voices, Beauty Constant, Algebra Suicide, Whirling Dervishes, The Kopterz, Bite Like A Kitty, O Positive, The Bell System, Band 19, Smokeless Zone

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.