Various, New Models, Sight Unseen, Ball And Pivot, Judy's Tiny Head, Lou Miami, Drumm McDowell, Hearts On Fire, Fingerpaint, The Kessells

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.