Various, The Von Zippers, Public Animal, Shattered, The Tontos, Dead Soft, Solids, The Shiverettes, Power Buddies, Sightlines, Bad Animal, Black Thunder, The Synthetiques, The Moanin' After

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.