Various, The Stiffs, The Dancehall Giants, The Fabulous Mountbatten Tune Band, The Bugs, The Revelation, The State, Jolo And The Butterfly, Professor Tchang, Rubi Lazer

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.