Various, Visqueen, Kinski, The Long Winters, Radio Nationals, The Minus 5, Argo, Harvey Danger, Aqueduct, Goodness, The Divorce, Archons, The Turn-Ons, Rosie Thomas, Sweet Water, U.S.E., Dolour, Dear John Letters, The Thieves of Kailua

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.