Various, Bleachers, Counting Crows, Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong, Dinosaur Jr., Alison Mosshart, Wayne Kramer, Tom Morello, Steve Van Zandt, Mike Watt, Joey Castillo, Lucinda Williams, Elvis Costello, Ray Kennedy, The Wallflowers, Spoon, Cait O'Riordan, Butch Walker, Susanna Hoffs, The Hold Steady, The Walker Roaders, Frank Turner, Tommy Stinson, Ruby Stinson, Graham Parker, Alejandro Escovedo, Ian Hunter, Danny Clinch, Daniel Donato, Low Cut Connie, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Fantastic Cat, Willie Nile, Rancid, Gogol Bordello, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law

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.