Various, Betty Bohm Bang Band, The Major Chord, Dumdum Boys, Spacecakes, Helter Skelter, Patella Cux, Angor Wat, Jihaad, Dead Swingers, The Transsiberian Hijackers, Det Glade Vanvidd, Texas Ranglers

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.