Various, Three Wize Men, Wet Wet Wet, The Christians, The Wedding Present, Amelia Fletcher, Hue & Cry, Billy Bragg, Cara Tivey, Frank Sidebottom, Sonic Youth, Courtney Pine Quartet, Michelle Shocked, The Triffids, Three Wize Men, The Fall

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.