Various, Martha And The Muffins, Alison Moyet, Culture Club, Ph.D., Echo & The Bunnymen, The Stranglers, The Psychedelic Furs, The Pretenders, A Flock Of Seagulls, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Hazel O'Connor, Spandau Ballet, Captain Sensible, Howard Jones, Erasure, Ultravox

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.