Various, John F. Kennedy, Gropiuslerchen Berlin, PVC, Lou Reed, Rio Reiser, Silly, Klaus Hoffmann, Ulla Meinecke, Ideal, Barclay James Harvest, Alphaville, Tangerine Dream, Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, Udo Lindenberg, Nina Hagen

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.