Various, Kid Montana, Tristes Tropiques, Prothese, Rel Rex, Digital Dance, Polyphonic Size, Satin Wall, Tristes Tropiques, Pseudo Code, Slim Jack, The Names, Siglo XX, Marine, The Neon Judgement, Nausea, Isolation Ward, Front 242, Allez Allez, Bernthöler, Jung

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.