Various, Asexuals, Fair Warning, Fair Warning, Vomit And The Zits, Vomit And The Zits, Porcelain Forehead, The Absurds, The Absurds, Genetic Control, Direct Action, American Devices, The Nils, Red Shift, Iago Neon, Morbid Fiesta, No Policy, ≠

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.