Various, The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, The Lurkers, Angelic Upstarts, The Mekons, The Fall, Television Personalities, Snatch, The Electric Chairs, Klark Kent, Jilted John, Lene Lovich, Television Personalities, The Undertones, Rudi, Buzzcocks, The Nips, The Doll, The Stranglers, Protex, The Teardrop Explodes, Joy Division, The Normal, Tubeway Army

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.