Various, The Leaches, Faith No More, Three Mouse Guitars, The Cat Heads, X-Tal, The Bwana Devils, Circus Maximus, The Cat Heads, X-Tal, Morticia, Ricky Williams, Pleasant Day, The Ophelias

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.