Various, U2, Deacon Blue, The Waterboys, Big Country, Hothouse Flowers, Aztec Camera, The Adventures, Danny Wilson, The Boomtown Rats, The Shamen, Primal Scream, Hue & Cry, Love And Money, Orange Juice, The Pogues, The Dubliners, Goats Don't Shave, Runrig, Sinéad O'Connor

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.