Various, John Foxx, The Flying Lizards, The Motors, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Andy Partridge, The Human League, The Monochrome Set, The Records, Graham Parker, Graham Parker, Rachel Sweet, Lene Lovich, Wreckless Eric, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, The Feelies

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.