Various, Vacant Lot, Paisley Jungle, The Reducers, The Whales, Mindless Thinkers, Bomb Squad, The Hangmen, The Motive 8, New Johnny 5, Artificial Red, Cartoons, Live Nude Girls, Blonde Furniture

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.