Various, The Fall, Lulu Kiss Me Dead, Pinkie Maclure, David Harrow, Del Amitri, The Smiths, Xymox, The Woodentops, In Tua Nua, Gene Loves Jezebel, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

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.