Various, The Heart Throbs, The Parachute Men, The Singing Ringing Tree, Jonathan Richman, Red Harvest, Twelve 88 Cartel, Snuff, Dominic Sonic, The Wedding Present, Oysterband, McCarthy, Killdozer, The Countinghouse, Bastard Kestrel, New Order

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.