Parts 1, 2, 3
1981 · Alternative Rock · I.R.S. Records
US · SP-70955
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.
Buzzcocks
Singles Going Steady
Produced by Martin Rushent
Magazine
Magic, Murder And The Weather
Mixed by Martin Hannett
Go-Go's
Greatest
The Stranglers
IV
Fine Young Cannibals
The Raw & The Cooked
Written by Pete Shelley
Talk Show
Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus)
U2
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Produced by Martin Hannett
Generation X
XTC
Go 2