- Sub-pop ( mudhoney, soundgarden, green river, nirvana, tad)
- Topic records (copper family, oysterband, june tabor)
- Rough trade
- Epitaph ( offspring, nofx, pennywise, bad religon)
- Monkeywrench records
- Six degrees (Issa Bagayogo)
- Silver arrow records (black crowes, chris robinson brotherhood)
- Trojan records (reggae and dub)
I’m not really bothered what label bands are on, if I like it I like it, independant or corporate. But the best scenes are born out of independant labels, as shown below in my selection (in brackets who were on the label, past or present).