Various, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, Culture Club, Blancmange, A Flock Of Seagulls, The Icicle Works, Carmel, Strawberry Switchblade, Heaven 17, The Jam, Big Country, Skids, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, Department S, Blue Zoo, Visage

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.