Various, Barrence Whitfield And The Savages, Joe Davis, Lynda Barry, Jad Fair, 1/2 Japanese, Bret Easton Ellis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jonah Houston, Clive Barker, Peter Collier, Brian Brain

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.