Various, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Robbie Nevil, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Marillion, The Damned, The Jesus And Mary Chain, David Bowie, Echo & The Bunnymen, Broken English, Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction, Cabaret Voltaire, Duran Duran

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.