Various, Men At Work, Joan Jett, The Clash, REO Speedwagon, Eddie Money, Loverboy, Survivor, Go-Go's, Cheap Trick, Journey, Adam Ant, Billy Joel, Judas Priest, Aerosmith, Blue Öyster Cult, Harlequin, Nina Hagen, David Johansen, Toto, Ozzy Osbourne, Saga, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, Frank Zappa

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.