Various, Les Saigneurs, Théâtre, Innocent, Fantôme, Amour Puzzle, Objectors, Johnny Hess, Les Valentino, Les Spurts, Fuck Land, John Merrick, Tex Play, Los Scrawls

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.