Various, Beats International, Skint Video, Anhrefn, Raj - The Magitones, Tom Robinson, Cactus Rain, The Levellers, The Farm, Remember Fun, The Proclaimers, Radical Dance Faction, Jimmy Somerville

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.