Various, Castles In Spain, Steve & The Savoy Set, The Hunting Party, Watusi Now, John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong, Howard I Know, Robyne Dunn, Somewhere Nowhere, Silent Types, Temper Temper, Fat Time, Eyebrow Opra, Gone Public, Desota Nile

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.