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The Best Punk Bands Of All Time
The subject of who is the greatest punk band has fueled argument and debate for decades. Punk and punk inspired musical acts are more common than ever but the underground punk acts of the 70's and 80's will always be remembered for creating a culture for rebellion. Add your list of your favorite punk bands here or vote up the punk acts you love and help create the definitive list of the greatest punk bands of all time.
List Criteria: The definition of "punk" is nebulous - if you don't consider a band punk, feel free to vote em down
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- 1Up 346Down 100
Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk More - 2Up 365Down 93
Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk More - 3Up 276Down 119
Rock music, Punk rock - 4Up 275Down 70
Hard rock, Punk rock, Anarcho-punk More - 5Up 234Down 86
Heavy metal, Punk rock, Hardcore punk More - 6Up 203Down 76
Rock music, Hard rock, Blues-rock More - 7Up 215Down 66 Heavy metal, Punk rock, Hardcore punk
- 8Up 209Down 80 Hard rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock More
- 9Up 154Down 72 Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Straight edge
- 10Up 180Down 81 Alternative rock, Hard rock, Blues-rock More
- 11Up 170Down 96 Alternative rock, Punk rock, Pop punk More
- 12Up 149Down 69 Alternative rock, Jazz fusion, Heavy metal More
- 13Up 142Down 71 New Wave, Punk rock, Pop punk More
- 14Up 168Down 90 Punk rock, Pop punk, Melodic hardcore More
- 15Up 126Down 57 Punk rock, Pop punk, Melodic hardcore More
- 16Up 106Down 68 Alternative rock, Punk rock, Hardcore punk More
- 17Up 77Down 42 Rock music, Hard rock, Punk rock More
- 18Up 110Down 58 Alternative rock, Post-punk, Punk rock More
- 19Up 102Down 66 Alternative rock, Rock music, Heavy metal More
- 20Up 94Down 64 Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock More
- 21Up 94Down 59 Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal More
- 22Up 99Down 60 Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Ska punk
- 23Up 130Down 92 Hard rock, Folk rock, Punk rock More
- 24Up 109Down 68 Punk rock, Pop punk, Melodic hardcore More
- 25Up 84Down 60 Post-punk
- 26Up 72Down 30 Alternative rock, Punk rock, Experimental rock More
- 27Up 81Down 39 Heavy metal, Punk rock, Thrash metal More
- 28Up 151Down 235 Alternative rock, Punk rock, Pop punk
- 29Up 110Down 126 Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock More
- 30Up 74Down 58 Punk rock, Pop punk
- 31Up 53Down 32 Rock music, Punk rock, Classic Punk
- 32Up 74Down 42 Punk rock
- 33Up 58Down 32 Alternative rock, Post-punk, Punk rock More
- 34Up 58Down 36 Punk rock, Indie rock, Hardcore punk More
- 35Up 78Down 61 Alternative rock, Punk rock, Pop punk More
- 36Up 40Down 18 Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Skate punk Moreadded by: jinxiethelucky
- 37Up 54Down 47 Folk rock, Punk rock, Oi! More
- 38Up 25Down 7 Rock music, Punk rock, Protopunkadded by: vignir.gudmundsson
- 39Up 58Down 40 Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Skate punk
- 40Up 63Down 40 Punk rock, Thrash metal, Hardcore punk More
- 41Up 35Down 27 Punk rock, Anarcho-punk, Hardcore punk More
- 42Up 33Down 38 Alternative rock, Rock music, New Wave Moreadded by: Desertrat89
- 43Up 35Down 20 Alternative rock, Post-punk, Punk rock Moreadded by: MadameLil
- 44Up 49Down 32 New Wave, Punk rock
- 45Up 24Down 14 Pop rock, New Wave, Punk rock Moreadded by: Micksandy
- 46Up 60Down 48
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- 47Up 62Down 39 Alternative rock, Rock music, Punk rock More
- 48Up 40Down 37 Punk rock, Pop punk, Ska punk More
- 49Up 9Down 9 Blues-rock, Punk rock, Hardcore punk Moreadded by: pigonthewing
- 50Up 49Down 41 Punk rock, Pop punk, Anarcho-punk More
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