Various, Nikki Sudden, The Creeping Candies, The Regular Guys, Fortunate Sons, Mike Scott, Nikki Sudden, The Bible Belt, Les Coronados, The Prefects, The Wild Things, The Spinning Wighats, The Sinners, The Doublehappys, Sneaky Feelings, Hidden Charms, John Kennedy, The Pontiac Brothers, Flying Color

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.