Various, La Nave Di Cristallo, Cretto Plettro Band, Machine Messiah, R. I. P., Fermoimmagine Jazz Group, Rosso Maltese, Bad Band, Self Made Men, Synthesis, Distici Elegiaci, Quintetto Jazz Gang, Laughing Silence

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.