Various, The Members, The Piranhas, Steel Pulse, The Mekons, X-Ray Spex, Matumbi, Tom Robinson Band, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Stiff Little Fingers, Barry Ford Band, Carol Grimes Band, Gang Of Four, Aswad, The Clash

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.