Various, A Sceptic View, A Sceptic View, Alcatraz, Back Alley, Back Alley, La Neue Name, La Neue Name, Pure Ace, Pure Ace, Wintersun Knights, Wintersun Knights, Zerx, Zerx

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.