Various, James Pants, Hard Call Xmas, The Free Design, Super-Jay, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Cocoa Tea, 69 Boyz, Quad City DJ's, Soul-Saints Orchestra, Busy Boys, Bruce Haack, James Brown, Vince Guaraldi, Scoopy, Baron Zen

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.