Various, Jim Carrey, Jerry Cantrell, Primitive Radio Gods, Silverchair, $10,000 Gold Chain, David Hilder, Porno For Pyros, Cracker, Jim Carrey, Cypress Hill, Ruby, Filter, Toadies, Expanding Man, Jim Carrey, John Ottman

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.