 | | Nihilistic Portland, OR, hardcore outfit Poison Idea was formed in 1980 by frontman Jerry A., guitarist Tom Roberts, bassist Chris Tense, and drummer Dean Johnson. |
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 | | A wholesome, fun-loving punk band, One Hit Wonder uses Long Beach, CA, as their focal point for playing. |
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 | | More than any other hardcore band, the Minutemen epitomized the free-thinking independent ideals that formed the core of punk/alternative music. |
 | | Betty Blowtorch sparks a profane twist to the generous side of rock & roll. Strutting with the guts of Joan Jett and harsh vocals of L7, this hard rock four-piece is truly individualistic and unafraid to be disruptive. |
 | | Former Skankin' Pickle frontman Mike "Bruce Lee" Park got together the Bruce Lee Band in 1995 with Vinnie Lee (drums), Chris Lee (guitar/vocals), and Roger Lee (bass/vocals). |
 | | Purveyors of revved-up, tastelessly funny trash-punk, the Didjits were an atypically straightforward part of the Touch & Go stable, as well as an utterly manic live band. |
 | | Minor Threat was the definitive Washington, D.C., hardcore punk band, setting the style for the straight-edge punk movement of the early '80s. |
 | | Along with X, Black Flag, Fear, and the Circle Jerks, the savagely satirical Angry Samoans rode the first wave of Los Angeles punk. |
 | | A German punk rock band whose name was meant to pay tribute to pastry, but ended up representing so much more by that mistake, the Donots formed in 1993 in Ibbenburen, Germany. |
 | | As one of the biggest pop-punk bands in Europe, La Spezia, Italy's the Manges formed in 1993 around the core trio of vocalist/guitarist Andrea Caredda, bassist Mass Zannoni (aka Mass Mosrite), and drummer Manuel Cossu. |
 | | Hüsker Dü and R.E.M. were the two American post-punk bands of the '80s that changed the direction of rock & roll. |
 | | Be forewarned: The story of this early-'80s New York punk band does not have a happy ending. Reagan Youth got their start in 1980 while founding members Dave Rubinstein -- later known as Dave Insurgent -- and Paul Bakija, aka Paul Cripple, were in high school. |
 | | One of the few first-wave punk bands who not only survived to the end of the century but did so with their original sound and focus intact, Fastbacks were formed in Seattle, WA, by three high school friends, Kurt Bloch, Kim Warnick, and Lulu Gargiulo. |
 | | Forty Winks first started playing their raw punk rock in 1998, forming in Bologna, Italy, around vocalist/guitarist Sandro Amabili, guitarist/vocalist Andrea Cristallini, bassist Roberto Muzzioli, and drummer Francesco Salomone. |
 | | In many ways, Black Flag was the definitive Los Angeles hardcore punk band. Although their music flirted with heavy metal and experimental noise and jazz more than that of most hardcore bands, they defined the image and the aesthetic. |
 | | Rochester, Minnesota's F-Ups consisted of vocalist/guitarist Travis Allen, guitarist Chris DeWerd, bassist Andy Collett, and drummer Taylor Nogo. |
 | | Following in the footsteps of his idol Keith Richards, Johnny Thunders (born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. |
 | | Hailing from a city more well known as the birthplace of rock & roll, Nashville's Teen Idols -- not to be confused with the early-'80s D. |
 | | Los Angeles-based hardcore quartet Jughead's Revenge have been delivering their own brand of speedy punk since the late '80s. |
 | | Albuquerque, NM-based pop-punk siblings the Eyeliners assembled singer/drummer Laura, guitarist Gel and bassist Lisa; forming in 1995 as Psychodrama, after issuing their debut single "Vivid" the sisters adopted their new name in mid-1996, landing at Sympathy for the Record Industry the following year to release the seven-inch Broke My Heart. |
 | | Long Beach, CA's Humpers were formed by Scott "Deluxe" Drake and Jeff Fieldhouse, guitarists for the Suicide Kings. |
 | | One of Southern California's best-loved hardcore bands, the Adolescents helped establish the blueprint for Orange County punk, along with Agent Orange and Social Distortion. |
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 | | Hollywood pop-punks Orange signed with Hellcat Records while still in high school after getting the attention of label impresario/Rancid leader Tim Armstrong. |
 | | Dwarves began in Chicago as a teen garage rock outfit called the Suburban Nightmare, a sound that was partially carried over into the first Dwarves release, 1986's Horror Stories. |
 | | On its surface, the idea or memory of the Gits carries with it an undertone of urban darkness and human waste, but the story would be unfairly abbreviated if the killing of vocalist Mia Zapata exclusively defined the group. |
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 | | San Francisco's East Bay has been the perfect hub for up-and-coming punk acts over the years, and the street-indebted hardcore sounds of Static Thought are no different. |
 | | Sounding something like a latter-day version of the Clash, Beijing's Brain Failure got together in 1997 while its members were still in high school and rocking out to Western bands like the Clash, Sex Pistols, and Operation Ivy. |
 | | Creating radical themes exposed in the bounds of the most turbulent influences of styles like punk revival and Oi!, the Forgotten eventually managed to gather a considerable legion of fans, not only in the U. |
 | | The Dead Kennedys merged revolutionary politics with hardcore punk music and, in the process, became one of the defining hardcore bands. |
 | | About two hours from Seattle, in the seaside town of Bellingham, WA, the Mono Men pursued their campy retreat to '60s rock revivalism via the Sonics, the Wailers, and loads of teen exploitation flicks, but don't be fooled -- their music is loud, fast, and aggressive. |
 | | The underground punk band American Steel was founded in 1995 while making a name for themselves in the San Francisco punk district. |
 | | With roots in five different bands, the (International) Noise Conspiracy formed during the latter half of 1998 in Umeå, Sweden. |
 | | It wasn't long before punk rock expanded beyond just New York City, London, and Los Angeles during the mid- to late '70s, as evidenced by the emergence of the long-running Vancouver, Canada based outfit, D. |
 | | Sometimes joked as looking like N.W.A but sounding like Green Day, Jacksonville pop-punk outfit Whole Wheat Bread got together in 2003 around friends vocalist/guitarist Aaron Abraham and vocalist/bassist Nicholas Largen. |
 | | With the aggressive presence of Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Agent Orange combined with the speed and agility of Pennywise and Bad Religion, 98 Mute contributed another chapter to the Hermosa Beach, CA punk rock history book upon their 1994 formation. |
 | | Formed in Edmonton in the early '80s, SNFU has been one of the best and longest living of Canada's indie punk bands. |
 | | The Adicts are a British punk rock quartet founded in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, in the late '70s by lead singer Monkey (Keith Warren), guitarist Pete Davidson, bassist Mel Ellis, and drummer Kid Dee (Michael Davison). |
 | | Before the Cro-Mags, the idea of combining heavy metal and hardcore together was unheard of. But with the release of their classic debut, The Age of Quarrel, hardcore-metal was born, and in its wake came a legion of similarly styled offspring (Biohazard, Vision of Disorder, etc. |
 | | An all-Asian ska-punk band featuring Skankin' Pickle alum Mike Park, the Chinkees debuted in 1998 with the album The Chinkees Are Coming! The following year the group -- which also comprised bassist/vocalist Miya Zane Osaki, guitarist/vocalist/drummer Greg Alesandro, guitarist Jason Thinh, and keyboardist Steve Choi -- released Peace Through Music; both albums were issued through Park's own label, Asian Man Records. |
 | | With their third-wave influence of hyper-active ska-punk that the likes of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Operation Ivy first debuted, Slow Gherkin wanted to bring their own playful style of this genre to their native Santa Cruz, California. |
 | | Boston punk quintet the Explosion was formed in the autumn of 1998 by vocalist Matt Hock, guitarist Dave Walsh, ex-In My Eyes bassist Damian Genaurdi, and drummer Dan Colby; the subsequent addition of former Trouble guitarist Sam Cave completed the lineup. |
 | | In the early years of Los Angeles punk, one of the premiere hardcore bands was T.S.O.L., which stood for True Sounds of Liberty. |
 | | Along with Black Flag and the Circle Jerks, Fear helped define the sound and style of L.A. hardcore. |
 | | One of the first British punk bands, much of Eater's notoriety stemmed from their tender ages. These have been variously reported as anywhere between 13 and 17, with drummer Dee Generate (usually said to be 13 or 14 when the band formed) probably the youngest first-generation punk of all. |
