Various, The Lotus Eaters, H2O, Big Country, Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, Spandau Ballet, China Crisis, JoBoxers, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Yazoo, David Bowie, The Police

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.