Various, Four Year Strong, Bloom, Knuckle Puck, Spanish Love Songs, Hawthorne Heights, Saves The Day, Senses Fail, '68, Grumpster, Same Side, Carpool Tunnel, Cold Moon, Bearings, Cloud Nothings

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Bay Area Punk

Art-school sarcasm, slowed-down sludge and speed-freak hardcore, all pressed within a few miles of each other.