List of musicians in the second wave of punk rock explained

This is a list of bands that are considered part of the second wave of punk rock, beginning in the mid- to late-1980s.

A

• AFI
• Agent Orange
• Alkaline Trio
• All
  • Amebix Anti System
• Antidote
• Antisect
• Anti-Flag
• Anti-Establishment
• Anti-Nowhere League
• Anti-Scrunti Faction
• The Apostles
• Attila the Stockbroker

B

• Bad Brains
• Bad Religion^[1]
• Bickley
• Big Black
• Big Boys
• Big Drill Car
• Bikini Kill
• Blaggers I.T.A.
• Blatz
• Boikot
• Bored Suburban Youth
• Born Against
• Bouncing Souls
• Broken Bones

C

• The Casualties
• Chaotic Dischord
• Charged GBH
• Chemical People
• Chumbawamba
• Chaos UK
• Circle Jerks
• Citizen Fish
• Coca Carola
• Cockney Rejects
• Conflict
• Cows
• Crass^[2]
• Crimpshrine
• Cringer
• Cro-Mags
• Crucifucks
• Corrosion of Conformity

D

• D.O.A.
• Daisy Chainsaw
• Dayglo Abortions
• Dead Kennedys
• De Heideroosjes
• Dead Milkmen
• Descendents
• Die Ärzte
• Die Kassierer
• Dicks
• Discharge
• Down By Law
• Drei Flaschen
• Dritte Wahl

E

• Electric Frankenstein
• Eskorbuto
• Excuse 17
• The Exploited

F

• Face to Face
• The Faction
• The Faith
• Fifteen
• Firehose
• Flatcat
• The Flatliners
• The Flesh Eaters
• Fleshies
• Flipper
• Flux of Pink Indians
• Frenzal Rhomb
• Frightwig
• Fugazi

G

• Good Riddance
• Government Issue
• Guttermouth
• Green Day

H

• Hammerhead
• Hi-Standard
• Hogan's Heroes
• The Honor System
• The Hope Bombs
• Horrorpops
• Hot Snakes
• Hot Water Music

J

• Janez Detd.
• The Julie Ruin
• Justin Scarred

K

• Killdozer
• Klamydia
• Kronstadt Uprising

L

• Lagwagon
• The Lawrence Arms
• Leningrad
• The Living End
• Longstocking
• The Loved Ones
• Lower Class Brats

M

• Magnapop
• The Marked Men
• Mary Ellis
• The Matches
• Meat Puppets
• The Menzingers
• Minor Threat
• Minutemen
• The Murder City Devils
• MDC
• Melvins
• Mob 47
• Murphy's Law
• Mustard Plug
• Misfits
• Mission of Burma

N

• Nailpin
• Neck
• The Need
• Negative Approach
• New Bomb Turks
• Nomeansno
• No Use for a Name
• NOFX

O

• The Offspring
• One Man Army
• Operation Ivy
• Organ Thieves
• One Way System

P

• Pansy Division
• Pegboy
• Pennywise
• Peter and the Test Tube Babies
• The Phantom Limbs
• Phinius Gage
• Picture Frame Seduction
• Pinhead Gunpowder
• Pistol Grip
• Protein
• Pulley
• Punchline
• The Punkles
• PUP

Q

• The Queers

R

• Rancid
• Reagan Youth
• The Real McKenzies
• Redd Kross
• Reel Big Fish
• The Riffs
• Rich Kids on LSD
• Rise Against
• RIOT 111
• Rites of Spring
• Rollins Band
• Rudimentary Peni
• Rx Bandits

S

• Samhain
• Samiam
• The Scarred
• Scaterd Few
• Scratch Acid
• Screeching Weasel
• Seaweed
• Sham 69
• She Devils
• Sheer Terror
• Sick of it All
• Sister George
• Slick Shoes
• Sloppy Seconds
• SNFU
• Social Distortion
• Soulside
• The Spermbirds
• Steve Bjorklund
• The Stitches
• Street Dogs
• Streetlight Manifesto
• Strung Out
• Subhumans (UK band)
• Suicidal Tendencies
• The Suicide Machines
• Sum 41
• Swingin' Utters

T

• Tales of Terror
• Teen Idles
• Terrorgruppe
• The Scarred
• Three Dollar Bill
• Toxic Waste
• T.S.O.L.
• Two Man Advantage
• The Templars
• The Transplants
• Total Chaos
• Toy Dolls

V

• The Vandals
• The Varukers

W

• Wizo
• Wrangler Brutes

Y

• The Young Werewolves

Z

• Zebrahead

References

1. Web site: 2019-02-27 . ‘90s California bands that defined the second wave of punk rock . 2024-02-24 . KCRW . en.
2. Web site: 2023-02-07 . Iggy and the Stooges' Raw Power Created the Blueprint for Punk Rock . 2024-02-24 . en-US.