Various, John Barry, The Passions, Brian Eno, Raul Limaña, Carmel, Magazine, Joy Division, King Creosote, The Saints, Swans Way, The Cure, Julie Fowlis, Throbbing Gristle, Isobel Campbell, Kathryn Williams, Roy Budd, Jackie Leven, Scritti Politti, Simple Minds, Aidan Moffat, The Anchoress, Python Lee Jackson, Isaac Hayes

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.