Various, Freehand, Two Minds Crack, One Hand Clapping, 23 Jewels, The VDU's, The Duplicates, Freehand, Two Minds Crack, One Hand Clapping, 23 Jewels, The VDU's, Man Ray, The Fixx, Smallprint, Marco Martinez, The Outsiders, 21C, Disposable Pop, Q. A. X., The Regiment, No Entry, Steve Elgin, Frenzy For Two, Binky Baker

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.