Various, U2, Grace Jones, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Propaganda, Simply Red, Aztec Camera, Howard Jones, Strawberry Switchblade, Big Sound Authority, Echo & The Bunnymen, INXS, Nik Kershaw, The Dream Academy

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.