Various, The Potting Sheds, Bah Humbugs, The Nivens, Hungry Face, The Sherbs, Kites, The Spinning Jennys, Stare, Fish Logic, From Their Heads Came..., The Infant Kiss, Mean Things

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.