Various, Agenzia Tormenti, Paolo Badolisani, Cavern, Emanuele Ferrarese, Renzo Giorda, Pieno Effetto, Off-Beat, Sciacalli, Fleurs Du Mal

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.