Various, Handsome Dick Manitoba, World Famous Blue Jays, Das Damen, The Records, Peter Stampfel, The Bottle Caps, Untamed Youth, Mooseheart Faith, Dos Dragsters (Sea Foam Green), Sonic Youth, The A-Bones, Billy Childish, Thee Headcoats, The Cynics, The Original Sins, Sharky's Machine, The Vacant Lot, Nikki Sudden, The Mermaids

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.