Various, Picasso Trigger, Blue-Green Gods, Minerva Strain, Mind Sirens, Crowsdell, Finger, Vanilla Trainwreck, Antiseen, Blue Chair, Bicycle Face, Orifice, Shiny Beast, Anubis Leisure Society Orchestra, Zen Frisbee

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.