Various, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, John Hiatt, King, Livin' Blues, The Nits, Tanita Tikaram, Little Feat, Big Country, Mother's Finest, Fine Young Cannibals, The Communards, The Police, Fleetwood Mac, The Jam, The Stranglers, Golden Earring, Chris Isaak, Average White Band, Cock Robin, Rory Block, Nazareth, Argent, Herman Brood, Uriah Heep

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.