Various, Affinity, Piebald, Glasseater, Grade, Further Seems Forever, Christopher Higdon, Midtown, Dashboard Confessional, The Stereo, Mycomplex, The Impossibles, Mock Orange, The Ataris, Further Seems Forever, Christopher Higdon

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.