Various, Eurythmics, Katrina And The Waves, Go West, Pointer Sisters, Machinations, Simple Minds, Uncanny X-Men, China Crisis, Paul Hardcastle, Do-Ré-Mi, Australian Crawl, DeBarge, Mary Jane Girls, Beargarden, Kids In The Kitchen, Billy Ocean, Commodores, Ashford & Simpson

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.