Violent Femmes
1983 · Alternative Rock · Rough Trade
Germany · RTD 17
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.
Gone Daddy Gone
Produced by Mark Van Hecke
Throwing Muses
The Fat Skier
The Smiths
Meat Is Murder
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