Various, Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, The Pretenders, Ian Dury, Skids, Buzzcocks, Magazine, Plasmatics, Public Image Limited, Blondie, The Boomtown Rats, Tom Robinson Band, Gary Numan, John Foxx, Nick Straker Band, XTC, Generation X, The Members, The Dickies, Jona Lewie

New York Indie Rock

Downtown guitars and a drum machine in the next room — the decade rock and dance stopped arguing.

NYC 2000s Indie Rock

Downtown guitars rebuilt on a disco floor: tight drums, cold reverb, cowbell, and leather-jacket melancholy.