Various, T.G.V., And Pigs Might Fly, Little Big Al, Heaven & Hell, Fritz And Illness, Violent Playground, Dildozer, Silly & The Sukkels, Drone, Fireboots, Project Hope, Rat Fink A Boo Boo, Snakebite, The Pukes

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.