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When I was a kid my dad brought home a compilation cd that had a Mighty Mighty Bosstones song on it. Discovering ska, led me to punk and I never looked back. Here are my favorite punk acts of all time.

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  1. 1
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk, Skate punk
    San Diego, Poway
    Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch, Always, I Miss You, Down, Buddha, Enema of the State Demo, Neighborhoods, First Date, Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine), Flyswatter, 2nd Demo, Blink-182 Greatest Hits DVD, Adam's Song, The Mark, Tom & Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back), Enema of the State, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, Blink-182 discography, Greatest Hits, blink-182, Short Bus, The Rock Show, Dammit (Growing Up), Up All Night, Blink-182: Greatest Hits DVD, Dick Lips, They Came to Conquer Uranus, Time, Stay Together for the Kids, The Urethra Chronicles, Feeling This, Blink-182's 2nd Demo, All the Small Things, Not Now / Dammit, Apple Shampoo, What's My Age Again?, Buddha Promo, I Won't Be Home for Christmas, Man Overboard More
    Interscope Records, MCA Records, Geffen Records, Kung Fu Records
  2. 2
    Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk, Ska punk
    Notting Hill
    Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, This Is England, The Call Up, I Fought the Law, The Cost of Living E.P., The Singles, Complete Control, Return to Brixton, Super Black Market Clash, Know Your Rights, Train in Vain, The Singles, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Should I Stay or Should I Go?, The Clash, Sandinista!, Combat Rock, The Essential Clash, Bankrobber, English Civil War, Black Market Clash, Singles Box, London Calling, The Story of the Clash, Volume 1, Live at Bond's Casino, Clash on Broadway, Capital Radio One, The Magnificent Seven, Il grande Rock, The Vanilla Tapes, Rock the Casbah, The Singles, From Here to Eternity: Live, Remote Control, The Singles, The Call Up / The Magnificent Dance, The Ultimate Collection, Crucial Music: The Clash Collection, Hitsville U.K., Should I Stay or Should I Go? / Rush, London Calling, The Clash: Live At Shea Stadium, Clash City Rockers, Solid Gold, Tommy Gun, The 12" Mixes, This Is Radio Clash, Cut the Crap, 1977 Revisited, Train in Vain / Bankrobber, (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, White Riot, Give 'Em Enough Rope More
    Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Columbia Records
  3. 3
    Hard rock, Folk rock, Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Oi!, Celtic music, Celtic punk, Folk punk, Celtic rock More
    Boston, Quincy
    Sing Loud, Sing Proud!, Unity, The Singles Collection, Volume 1, Do or Die, Face to Face vs. Dropkick Murphys, The Gang's All Here, Curse of a Fallen Soul, The Early Years, Boys on the Docks, The Meanest of Times, Walk Away, Blackout, The Warrior's Code, Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA, Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA, Going Out in Style, DKM/Bruisers Split 7 inch, Back to the Hub, The Wild Rover, Singles Collection, Volume 2, Tessie, One For The Ages, Mob Mentality, Tattoos and Scally Caps, The State of Massachusetts, DKM/Ducky Boys Spilt 7 inch, The Early Years More
    Hellcat Records
  4. 4
    Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk
    New York City, Forest Hills
    Acid Eaters, Rocket to Russia, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, The Chrysalis Years, Blitzkrieg Bop, Animal Boy, Weird Tales of the Ramones, Anthology: Hey Ho, Let's Go!, Halfway to Russia, Lifestyles of the Ramones, All the Stuff (and More), Volume 2, It's Alive 1974-1996, Poison Heart, R.A.M.O.N.E.S., Mondo Bizarro, We're Outta Here, The Best of The Ramones, Subterranean Jungle, Ramones Mania, You Don't Come Close, Leave Home, Loco Live, Greatest Hits Live, All the Stuff Volume 1, It's Alive, Best of the Chrysalis Years, Too Tough to Die, Halfway to Sanity, NYC 1978, Weird Tales of the Ramones, Europe 1992, Ramones, Ramones Mania Vol. 2, Masters of Rock, End of the Century, Pleasant Dreams, ¡Adios Amigos!, It's Alive, Birthday Bash, Road to Ruin, Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits, Essential, Sheena Is a Punk Rocker, Real Cool Time, Masters of Rock: Ramones, Brain Drain, Do You Wanna Dance?, Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology, Ramones Mania 2, Greatest Hits More
    Philips Records, Beggars Banquet Records, Sire Records, Chrysalis Records, Radioactive Records More
  5. 5
    Rock music, Punk rock
    London
    Pretty Vacant, Anarchy in the USA, We Don't Care, Sex Pack, Chaos, No Future U.K.?, Pistol Whipped: The Sex Pistols Live, Better Live Than Dead, No Feeling, No Fun!, Anarchy in the UK, The 76 Club: The Complete Burton-on-Trent Recordings, Silver Jubilee, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols, The Sex Files I, Live at Chelmsford Prison, Raw, C'mon Everybody, God Save the Queen, Flogging a Dead Horse, Spunk, Anarchy in the U.K. - Live at the 76 Club, There'll Always Be an England, Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols, Holidays in the Sun, Jubilee, Agents Of Anarchy, Raw and Live, The Best of & the Rest of Original Pistols, Filthy Lucre: Live, Sex Pistols Box Set, Live at Winterland 1978, Early Daze, We've Cum For Your Children (Wanted: The Goodman Tapes), Pirates of Destiny, The Original Pistols: Live, Back and There Again, Anarchy in the U.K., Kiss This, The Swindle Continues, Live at Chelmsford Top Security Prison, God Save The Queen, Filthy Lucre: Live, The Sex Pistols, Pretty Vacant, Spunk/This is Crap, The Filth and the Fury, The Filthy Lucre Tour: Live in Japan, The Original Pistols Live, Better Live Than Dead, Anarchy World Wide, Spunk, The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, Anarchy Live at the 76 Club, The Biggest Blow / My Way, My Way / Something Else / C'mon Everybody, Something Else, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Pretty Vacant, There Is No Future, Alive, Platinum Collection, Raw, Live & Filthy More
    Warner Bros. Entertainment, EMI, Warner Bros. Records, A&M Records, Virgin Records More
  6. 6
    Alternative rock, Punk rock, Pop punk
    Berkeley
    Live Tracks, Time of Your Life (Good Riddance), Holiday, Welcome to Paradise, More Noize for the Boys, 1,039/Smoothed out Slappy Hours, Redundant / Time of Your Life, Transmissions, Kerplunk!, Live at Gilman Street, 21 Guns, 21 Guns Live EP, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, American Idiot, The Simpsons Theme, Pop Disaster Tour 2002, 2004-10-02: Potsdam, Germany, Jesus of Suburbia, 1,000 Hours, Bullet in a Bible, Warning:, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Nimrod, Tune In, Tokyo..., Awesome as Fuck, Nice Guys Finish Last, 1994-08-14: Woodstock '94, Saugerties, NY, USA, 2001-04-26: Surprise Gig at CBGB: CBGB Studio, New York, NY, USA, When I Come Around, Brain Stew / Jaded, 21st Century Breakdown, 1998-11-01: Live in Buenos Aires 1998: Parque Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sweet Children, Longview, 39/Smooth, Slappy EP, Geek Stink Breath, Basket Case, Cigarettes and Valentines, American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording, 21 Guns Salute, Dookie, Insomniac, 1995-09-03: It's a Green Day in Gothenburg 1995: Lisebergshallen, Göteborg, Sweden, 1995: Limited Edition: Chicago, IL, USA, International Superhits, Woodstock 1994, Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo, Green Day, 1998-02-03: A Day Out in Paris: Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France, Warning, Stuck With Me, Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking, Foot in Mouth, Hitchin' a Ride, Minority, Shenanigans, Shoplifter, Redundant, Waiting, American Idiot, International Superhits, American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording, Insomniac, American Idiot, I Fought the Law, Know Your Enemy, Green Day: Rock Band Soundtrack, Greatest Hits, The Saints Are Coming, Working Class Hero, Lo nuevo y lo mejor, 1992-05-28: Radio Daze: WFMU studios, East Orange, NJ, USA, 1994-04-18: Boring Days in Paradise: Satyricon, Portland, OR, USA, Anyway, Having a Blast, Oooh What a Green Day!, God Bless Amerika, Spitting, 1998-05-06: Nice Guys Finish Last: House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA, School Daze, 1992: Live at Gilman St.: 924 Gilman St., Berkeley, CA, USA, 1994-03-15: Washington, DC, USA, 1994-11-04: Kiss My Green Ass: Olympic Velodrome, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1995-09-02: Attack of Insomnia: Johanneshaov, Stockholm, Sweden, 2004-08-27: Bramham Park, Leeds, UK, 2005-01-15: Böblingen, Germany, Egocentric Plastic Men, Live at Zeche in Bochum, Germany, Live in Vancouver, Live on Air, More Boring Days More
    Adeline Records, Reprise Records, Epitaph Records, Lookout! Records, Skene! Records More
  7. 7
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk, Horror punk, Melodic hardcore More
    McHenry
    5 Song E.P., Live at the Metro, Live at Reading..., Agony & Irony, This Addiction, Damnesia, Stupid Kid, Alkaline Trio, Mercy Me, Crimson, Halloween EP, Lucretia My Reflection (Air Raid mix), BYO Split Series, Vol. 5, Private Eye, Blue Meanies/Alkaline Trio Split 7", New Years Eve 7", Halloween 7", Green Bay 1999, Alkaline Trio, Remains, Sundials, Time to Waste, Agony & Irony EP, Goddamnit, From Here to Infirmary, All on Black, Maybe I'll Catch Fire, I Lied My Face Off, Live at the Vic 9/15/00, Occult Boots, Volume 1 - Philadelphia, Help Me, Acoustic In London, We've Had Enough, Burn, For Your Lungs Only, Good Mourning, Blue Meanies/Alkaline Trio Split 7" Picture Disc, Hell Yes EP, Demo Tape, Hell Yes, Agony and Irony EP, Red Amendment, Scraps: Blood Pact Version, Agony & Irony Demos More
    Epic Records, V2 Records, Vagrant Records, Epitaph Records, Asian Man Records, Jade Tree Records More
  8. 8
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Punk rock, Emo, Pop punk, Post-hardcore
    Jersey City
    Warped Tour Bootleg Series, The Black Parade, Famous Last Words, The Black Parade Is Dead!, Welcome to the Black Parade, Dreams Of Stabbing And/Or Being Stabbed, Live and Rare, My Chemical Romance's second untitled live DVD, ¡Venganza!, The Mad Gear and Missile Kid, Headfirst for Halos, Welcome to the Black Parade, AOL Sessions, For the Sins..., The Ghost of You, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, ITunes Festival: London 2011, I'm Not Okay (I Promise), Helena, The Mad Gear and Missile Kid, Life on the Murder Scene, Like Phantoms, Forever, Under Pressure, 2005-05-02: KROQ Weenie Roast: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA, USA, I Brought You Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, Desolation Row, I Don't Love You, Teenagers, Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na), The Black Parade: The B-Sides, The Only Hope for Me Is You, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, SING, Live & Rare More
    Warner Bros. Records, Reprise Records, Warner Music Group, Eyeball Records More
  9. 9
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Pop rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, Pop punk, Post-grunge, Power pop More
    Long Island, Northport
    Teenage Dirtbag, Pop, Songs & Death: Vol. 1 The Lightning EP, Pop, Songs & Death, Volume 2: The Jupiter EP, Suck Fony, Wheatus, Hand Over Your Loved Ones, Live at XM, Teenage Dirtbag, A Little Respect, Leroy, Lemonade, Too Soon Monsoon More
    Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Columbia Records, Montauk Mantis
  10. 10
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Post-grunge, Ska punk, Skate punk, Grunge music, Melodic hardcore More
    Garden Grove
    Smash, Ixnay on the Hombre, Million Miles Away, Original Prankster, Gotta Get Away, Americana, Want You Bad, Baghdad, Different Hits, 2001-01-20: Wembley Stadium, London, UK, Live USA, Gone Away, I'll Be Waiting, Huck It, Come Out and Stay, 1999-07-23: Woodstock '99, Rome, NY, USA, Come Out and Play, Pretty Fly (For a White Guy), Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, 1994-12-12: Smash Tour: Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA, Punk Esteem, Ignition, (Can't Get My) Head Around You, Happy Hour!, Totalimmortal, 2004-03-16: Paris, France, Self Esteem, The Kids Aren't Alright, Defy You, Americana, Greatest Hits, All I Want, She's Got Issues, The Offspring Collection, 2008-06-06: Rock in Rio, Lisbon, Portugal, Conspiracy of One, Splinter, I Choose, Super Punk, Sudamericana, 1991-01-19: Pico Riviera, CA, USA, 2001-01-19: Manchester, UK, 1999-11-13: London Highbury Garage, London, UK, Anti-Depressivum, 2001-02-07: Paris, France, 2003-12-13: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA, The Revenge of the Nerds, Powerheads Live, The Offspring, The Offspring Complete Music Video Collection, A Piece of Americana, Why Don't You Get a Job?, Hammerhead, Club Me, Hit That, They Were Born to Kill More
    Nitro Records, Columbia Records, Columbia Records, Epitaph Records, Nemesis Records, Black Label Records More
  11. 11
    Alternative rock, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Rockabilly, Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Skate punk, Cowpunk More
    California, Orange County
    White Light White Heat White Trash, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (Deluxe Edition), Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, Mainliner, Live at CBGB's, Mainliner: Wreckage From the Past, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, Prison Bound, Social Distortion, Greatest Hits, 1945, Live at The Roxy, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, Social Distortion, Social Distortion's seventh studio album, Live in Orange County, Mommy's Little Monster, Sick Boys - Live at the Country Club, Reseda, CA - 23 June 1990, Greatest Hits More
    Sony Records, Epic, Epic Records, Epitaph Records, Posh Boy Records, Restless Records, Time Bomb Recordings, Sony 550 Music More
  12. 12
    Alternative rock, Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Ska punk, Skate punk, Street punk More
    Albany, Berkeley
    ...and Out Come the Wolves, B Sides and C Sides, Rancid, Rancid, Indestructible, Single One, Let the Dominoes Fall, Radio, Radio, Radio, Rancid, Rancid's seventh studio album, Life Won't Wait, Hooligans, Let's Go, Rancid, Time Bomb, Fall Back Down, Let me go, BYO Split Series, Vol. 3, Roots Radicals, Ruby Soho More
    Warner Bros. Records, Hellcat Records, Fat Wreck Chords, Epitaph Records, Lookout! Records More
  13. 13
    Hard rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, Pop punk, Psychedelic rock, Hardcore punk, Crossover thrash, Skate punk, Melodic hardcore More
    Woodland Hills
    The Empire Strikes First, Into the Unknown, Streets of America, All Ages, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Back to the Known, Stranger Than Fiction, The Dissent of Man, Tested, The Process of Belief, Along the Way, Recipe for Hate, Eat or Die, Los Angeles Is Burning, Generator, Broken, Dream of Unity, Infected, A Walk, New Maps of Hell, Suffer, No Control, Bad B-Sides, Bad Religion, Public Service, Against the Grain, New America, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Raise Your Voice, 80-85, Stranger Than Fiction, The Devil in Stitches, The Gray Race, 30 Years Live, Live at the HOB Orlando, Live at the Palladium, No Substance Radio Concert, Turn on the Music (live USA '93), Punk Rock Songs: The Epic Years, No Substance, 21st Century (Digital Boy), The New America, Punk Rock Song, 30 Years Live More
    Atlantic Records, Epic Records, Atlantic, Epitaph Records
  14. 14
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Punk rock, Emo, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Melodic hardcore More
    Coral Springs
    New Found Glory, It's All About the Girls, From the Screen to Your Stereo, Truth of My Youth, Catalyst, From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II, Sticks and Stones, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Not Without a Fight, Swiss Army Bromance, New Found Glory, From the Screen to Your Stereo Pt. 2, Hits, Not Without a Heart Once Nourished by Sticks and Stones Within Blood Ill-Tempered Misanthropy Pure Gold Can Stay, Coming Home, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Radiosurgery, Tip of the Iceberg, Hits, Hits, Swiss Army Bro-Mance More
    MCA Records, Geffen Records, Fiddler Records, Bridge 9 Records, Eulogy Recordings, Drive-Thru Records, Epitaph Records More
  15. 15
    Alternative rock, Punk rock, Pop punk, Comedy rock, Folk punk
    Philadelphia
    Punk Rock Girl, Big Lizard in My Backyard, Smokin' Banana Peels, Death Rides a Pale Cow, Sour Milk, Soul Rotation, Eat Your Paisley, Beelzebubba, Somebody Shot Sunshine, Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything), Metaphysical Graffiti, So Long Seventies, Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig), Raging Cow, Death Rides a Pale Cow: The Ultimate Collection, The Thing That Only Eats Hippies, Bucky Fellini, Now We Are 20, Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero, Now We Are 10, Funky Farm, The Dead Milkmen Take the Airwaves, Not Richard, But Dick, Wisconsin, If I Had a Gun, Folk Songs for the 80's, Purgatory Beat, Rare Slab of Cow, Paradise Lagoon, Cream of the Crop: The Best of the Dead Milkmen, Dr. Talcum's Studio of Fear More
    Hollywood Records, Restless Records

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