Various, The Kane Gang, The Housemartins, Cliff Richard, Wax, Johnny Hates Jazz, Depeche Mode, Chris Rea, Then Jerico, Various, The Kane Gang, The Housemartins, Cliff Richard, Johnny Hates Jazz, Depeche Mode, Chris Rea

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.