Various, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Natalie Cole, Gary U.S. Bonds, Dave Edmunds, Allan Clarke, The Beat Farmers, Pointer Sisters, The Hollies, Big Daddy, Dean Ford, Manfred Mann's Earth Band

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.