Various, Phil Carmen, Joe Jackson, Womack & Womack, Level 42, Fine Young Cannibals, The Style Council, ABC, Shakatak, Captain Sensible, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Swing Out Sister, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Christians, Sam Brown, Frida, Robert Palmer, Steve Winwood, Suzanne Vega, Roger Hodgson, Black, Tears For Fears, Bronski Beat, The Communards

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.