West End Boyz Edits, Parade Ground, Yazoo, Fresh Color, Lords Of The New Church, Techniques Berlin, And One, Felix da Housecat, Depeche Mode

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.