Various, Lahcen Akil, Louis Minus XVI, Llamame la Muerte, Motto, Cheik De Stael, Margarida Guia, Random Record, Das Simple, A Hella Good Band Name

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.