Various, The Comsat Angels, The Gas, The Gas, Victorian Parents, Victorian Parents, James Last, Tom Jones, Kandidate, Kandidate, Bagatelle, Bagatelle, Sally Oldfield, Sally Oldfield, Rainbow

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.