Taking Back Sunday

Long Island Emo & Punk

Suburban hardcore kids writing betrayal songs: two-vocal shout-alongs, breakdowns kept, choruses added, VFW halls to arenas.

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.