Various, SVT, Jim Wunderle, D. Clinton Thompson, Pylon, Razz, Kevin Dunn, Robin Lane & The Chartbusters, Luxury, The News, Ragnar Kvaran, Tex Rubinowitz, Root Boy Slim And The Sex Change Band, Bubba Lou, The Highballs

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.