Various, Benchiz, The 15th, A Short Term Effect, Dark Harvest, Relative Ease, State Of Mind, Perfect People, Ulterior Motives, Friends, Secrets In Whispers, Red Flag, The Dodgers

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.