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The Greatest Punk Bands of All Time By Brian Gilmore [54 more lists]
These are the greatest punk bands of all time, in my humble opinion. Keep in mind I was born in the mid 80s, so a lot of the older stuff, although completely influential and reputable, doesn't *always* hit as close to home as some of the 90s Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph bands.
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Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Ska punk, Skate punk, Melodic hardcore, Alternative MoreLos AngelesLiza and Louise, Pump Up the Valuum, 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records, Maximum Rocknroll, The Longest Line, Surfer, 7" of the Month Club, HOFX, Timmy the Turtle, Louise and Liza, Never Trust a Hippy, The Longest EP, E Is for Everything, Untitled NOFX album, S&M Airlines, So What If We're on Mystic!, Punk in Drublic, Eating Lamb, Fuck the Kids, Eat or Die, NOFX 7" Club (April), NOFX 7" Club (August), Liberal Animation, So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes, Fat Club, Fat Club 7, The Album, Ribbed, Cokie the Clown, The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This, White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean, NOFX 7" Club (September), NOFX 7" Club (January), Wolves in Wolves' Clothing, NOFX 7" Club (May), Regaining Unconsciousness, Don’t Call Me White, My Orphan Year, 13 Stitches, They've Actually Gotten Worse Live!, 22 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records, The Demo, 1996-08-18: Bizarre Festival, Cologne, Germany, The Decline, NOFX 7" Club (July), Ten Years of Fuckin' Up, NOFX, Leave It Alone, The Greatest Songs Ever Written, All of Me, I Heard They Suck Live!!, NOFX 7" Club (December), Drowning Roses/NOFX Split, So What if We're On Mystic!, BYO Split Series, Vol. 3, Pods and Gods, NOFX 7" Club (June), NOFX 7" Club (March), The War on Errorism, Coaster, NOFX 7" Club (November), NOFX / The Spits, Heavy Petting Zoo, Eating Lamb, Bottles to the Ground, Cokie the Clown, The Myspace Transmissions, Vol. 11, NOFX 7" Club (February), NOFX 7" Club (October) MoreFat Wreck Chords, Epitaph Records, Mystic Records - 2
Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Skate punk, Melodic hardcoreHermosa BeachI'm the One EP, Live Plus One, Cool to Be You, Two Things at Once, I Don't Want to Grow Up, Milo Goes to College, ALL, Everything Sucks, Liveage, Fat, Bonus Fat, 'Merican, Sessions, Clean Sheets, Hallraker, Somery, When I Get Old, I'm the One, Enjoy+, Ride the Wild / It's a Hectic World, Enjoy! MoreSST Records, Fat Wreck Chords, Epitaph Records, New Alliance Records - 3
Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Ska punkBerkeleyEnergy, Seedy, Plea for Peace, Greatest Hits, Ramones EP, Lint Rides Again, Plea for Peace, Unreleased Energy, Hectic E.P., 69 Newport, Unity: The Complete Collection, Lint Rides Again MoreHellcat Records, Lookout! Records - 4
Alternative rock, Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Ska punk, Skate punk, Street punk MoreAlbany, 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 MoreWarner Bros. Records, Hellcat Records, Fat Wreck Chords, Epitaph Records, Lookout! Records More - 5
Heavy metal, Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Horror punkLodiProject 1950, Monster Mash, Static Age, Bullet, American Psycho, Box Set, Psycho in the Wax Museum, Land of the Dead, Walk Among Us, Legacy of Brutality, Heroes of Danzig, Bullet, Untitled Misfits Album, Day the Earth Caught Fire, Collection II, Famous Monsters, 3 Hits From Hell, Beware, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Die, Die My Darling, Collection I, Earth A.D., Don't Open 'Til It's Doomsday/Day the Earth Caught Fire, Cuts from the Crypt: 1996-2001, Horror Business, Halloween, Evillive II, Evilive, 12 Hits From Hell, Music From the Upcoming Famous Monsters, Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood / Evilive, Beware, Cough/Cool, Box Set, The Devil's Rain, Beware and the Rest MoreRoadrunner Records, Caroline Records, Plan 9 - 6
Hard rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, Pop punk, Psychedelic rock, Hardcore punk, Crossover thrash, Skate punk, Melodic hardcore MoreWoodland HillsThe 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 MoreAtlantic Records, Epic Records, Atlantic, Epitaph Records - 7 Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punkNew York City, Forest HillsAcid 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 MorePhilips Records, Beggars Banquet Records, Sire Records, Chrysalis Records, Radioactive Records More
- 8 Punk rock, Anarcho-punk, Hardcore punk, Skate punk, Psychobilly, Thrashcore MoreSan FranciscoNazi Punks Fuck Off, Milking the Sacred Cow, The Early Years Live, Plastic Surgery Disasters, Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc., Bedtime for Democracy, Live at the Deaf Club, Bleed for Me, A Skateboard Party, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Kill the Poor, Halloween, Mutiny on the Bay, The 1978 Demos, Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death, Live at DMPO's on Broadway, Too Drunk to Fuck, In God We Trust, Inc., Skateboard Party '82, 1982: Germany, Holiday in Cambodia, Best Of, Frankenchrist, California über alles MoreAlternative Tentacles, I.R.S. Records, Cherry Red, Manifesto Records
- 9 Rock music, Punk rockLondonPretty 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 MoreWarner Bros. Entertainment, EMI, Warner Bros. Records, A&M Records, Virgin Records More
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Propaghandi
- 11 Progressive rock, Heavy metal, Post-punk, Alternative metal, Experimental rock, Art punk, Hardcore punk, Post-hardcore, Art rock, Melodic hardcore, Umeå hardcore, Thrashcore MoreUmeåPump the Brakes, The Demo Compilation, This Just Might Be... the Truth, The New Noise Theology E.P., The Shape of Punk to Come, Rather Be Dead E.P., Refused Are Fucking Dead, Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent, Everlasting, This Is the New Deal, The E.P. Compilation MoreBurning Heart Records
- 12 Hard rock, Folk rock, Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Oi!, Celtic music, Celtic punk, Folk punk, Celtic rock MoreBoston, QuincySing 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 MoreHellcat Records
- 13 Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Ska punkDetroitThe Least Worst of the Suicide Machines, The Suicide Machines, Steal This Record, Battle Hymns, On the Eve of Destruction: 1991-1995, Destruction by Definition, On the Eve of Destruction (1991 - 1995), War Profiteering Is Killing Us All, A Match and Some Gasoline, Live! Live! Live! MoreHollywood Records, SideOneDummy Records
- 14 Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Straight edgeWashington, D.C.Complete Discography, First two 7"s on a 12", Out of Step, First Demo Tape, Minor Threat, Salad Days, Minor Threat, In My Eyes, First Demo Tape, Screaming at the Wall MoreDischord Records
- 15 Alternative rock, Punk rock, Pop punkBerkeleyLive 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 MoreAdeline Records, Reprise Records, Epitaph Records, Lookout! Records, Skene! Records More
- 16 Post-punkGreater Manchester, SalfordUnknown Pleasures, The Complete BBC Recordings, The Peel Sessions, Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979, An Ideal for Living, Transmission / Novelty, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Closer, Atmosphere, Substance, Permanent, Heart and Soul, Preston 28 February 1980, Atmosphere, Remains, Testament, Words and Music, Let the Movie Begin, Martin Hannett's Personal Mixes, Joy Division The Complete BBC Recordings, Preston Warehouse, The Warsaw Demo, The Best of Joy Division, The Peel Sessions, The Peel Sessions, Licht und Blindheit, A Means to an End, Still, In the Studio with Martin Hannett, The Peel Sessions, The Peel Sessions, Live in Amsterdam 1980, Atmosphere / She's Lost Control, +−, +- Singles 1978-80, Warsaw, Total from Joy Division to New Order MoreFactory Records, Qwest Records, Sordide Sentimental
- 17 Punk rock, Pop punkHuntington BeachWhen in Rome Do as the Vandals, Look What I Almost Stepped in..., Hitler Bad, Vandals Good, The Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes, Hollywood Potato Chip, Internet Dating Superstuds, Sweatin' To the Oldies: The Vandals Live, Peace Thru Vandalism, Live on KFPK, Slippery When Ill, Shingo Japanese Remix Album, Fear of a Punk Planet, Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live, Live At The House Of Blues, Peace Thru Vandalism / When in Rome Do as the Vandals, Live at the House of Blues, When in Rome Do as the Vandals / Peace Thru Vandalism, Fat Club 7", BBC Sessions and Other Polished Turds, Sheena Is a Punk Rocker 7", One For The Ages, The Quickening, Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes, Look What I Almost Stepped in..., Live Fast Diarrhea, Oi to the World!, The Vandals / Assorted Jelly Beans split 7", Christmas With The Vandals: Oi to the World! MoreNitro Records, Epitaph Records, Triple X Records, Restless Records, Kung Fu Records More
- 18 Punk rock, Pop punk, Hardcore punk, Crossover thrash, Skate punk, Melodic hardcore MoreHermosa BeachDown Under, Same Old Story, From the Ashes, Home Movies, Unknown Road, Full Circle, About Time, Reason to Believe, The Fuse, Wildcard / A Word From the Wise, Pennywise, Straight Ahead, Fight Till You Die/Final Day, Land of the Free?, Live at the Key Club, Reason to Believe, Free for the People, Tomorrow, Wildcard, A Word from the Wise MoreEpitaph Records, MySpace Records
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Total Chaos
Pledge of Defiance, In God We Kill, Punk Invasion, Patriotic Shock, Anthems From the Alleyway, The Early Years 89-93 More - 20 Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk, Ska punkNotting HillConcerts 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 MoreSony BMG Music Entertainment, Columbia Records
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