Various, Paul Campbell, The End, Room 101, Time Travellers, Carousers, Trench Sisters, Katerpillar Tractor Concept, The Clear, Earwigs Under Fire, Vegan Logies, Primitive Best, The Timber Company, Basset Road

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.