Various, The Romantics, Shannon, The La's, Men At Work, The White Stripes, The Replacements, Teenage Fanclub, Camper Van Beethoven, Green Day, Suzanne Vega, DNA, Elefant, Marcy Playground, ABC, The Pretenders, The Pretenders

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.