Various, Sprawl, The Mockers, On We Go, Two Sons Away, Naiomi's Hair, The Sex Police, The Cranks, Vesper Sparrow, The Killing Field, Easily Suede, Homestead Grays, Sit Awhile With Ed, Zen Identity, The Gear, The Chain Gang, Gin Blossoms

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.