 Also of note from this time frame is the national emergence of progressive heavy metal artists Queensrÿche (from Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle).The Smoldering Remains, a traditional new wave/punk power art trio threesome of three, from Tacoma, riveted the faithful with their zippy Nisqually Valley Liberty Cap fueled takes on pop culture in both The Gorilla Room and Tacoma's Pogo-a-Gogo.Fifteen selected bands of that era, including The Blackouts, The Pudz, the Fastbacks and the Fartz contributed songs to the first edition of the "Seattle Syndrome" compilation, released in late 1981 on Engram Records and regarded by music historian Stephen Tow as "a critical yardstick in the history of underground Seattle music".