Various, Ukase, Thin Line, Lifeless Currents, October Crisis, Condo Christ, Planet People, L.MO.T.V., Suffer Machine, Nosmo King Jr., Itsa Skitsa, Sheep Look Up

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.