Various, The Bam Balams, Celebrity Skin, The Infidels, The Sinners, Happydeadmen, The Chemistry Set, The Ultra 5, Kid Pharaon And The Mercenaries, Villa 21, Bored!, The Spanks, The Honeymoon Killers, The Last Drive, LUL, Spacemen 3, La Secta

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.