Various, Coati Mundi, UB40, Men Without Hats, Toto Coelo, Girls Can't Help It, I-Level, Montana Sextet, Simple Minds, Endgames, Heaven 17, Comateens, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Culture Club, The Human League

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.