Various, The Remarkables, Three Leaning Men, Polar Bears, Statmux, Harry Death, Thin Red Line, The Cement Garden, Swiss Kids, Coloured Talk, Iceland Bars, The End

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.