BAND INDEX
BY NAME / BY COUNTRY / BY GENRE
BAND BY NAME
NUMBERS A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
NUMBERS
1st Offence (Scotland)
3rd Party (England)
4 Minute Warning (England)
The 4 Skins (England)
7th Plague (England)
8 Eyed Spy (USA)
16 Guns (England)
45 Grave (USA)
84 Flesh (France)
100 Flowers (USA)
999 (England)
1984 (France)
A
A Few Tears (England)
Abandoned (USA)
The Abductors (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England)
The Abductors (Nottingham, England)
Abgas (Switzerland)
A.B.H. (England)
The Abnormal (Wales)
Abrasive Wheels (England)
The Abs (Wales)
Absence Of Malice (USA)
Abstract Critique (England)
The Abused (USA)
The Accelerators (England)
Accelerators (USA)
The Accident (USA)
Accident On The East Lancs (England)
The Accidents (England)
Accumulative Poison (England)
Accursed (England)
Accused (Solihull, England)
Accused (Rainham, England)
The Accüsed (USA)
The Aces (England)
Acid Attack (England)
Acme Sewage Co. (England)
Act Of Defiance (England)
Actifed (England)
Active Dog (Canada)
Active Minds (England)
Action Pact! (England)
Action Replay (England)
Action Swingers (USA)
Active Ingredients (USA)
The Actives (Scotland)
A.D. 1984 (England)
Ad-Nauseam (England)
A.D's (USA)
Adam And The Ants (England)
Addiction (Wales)
The Addix (England)
The Adicts (England)
Admit You're Shit (A.Y.S.) (England)
Tony Adolescent & The Flower Leperds (USA)
Adolescents (USA)
Adrenalin O.D. (USA)
The Adults (USA)
Advertising (England)
The Adverts (England)
AD-X (England)
ADZ (USA)
The Afflicted (England)
Afflicted Man (England)
Aftermath UK (England)
Agent Orange (USA)
Rikk Agnew (USA)
Agnostic Front (USA)
Agression (USA)
The A-Heads (England)
The Aints (Australia)
Alan Milman Sect (USA)
The Alarm (Wales)
Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias (England)
Alice Bag Band (USA)
Alien Kulture (England)
ALL (USA)
The Alley Cats (USA)
Die Alliierten (West Germany)
The Allies (Wales)
GG Allin (USA)
Alloy (USA)
Alternative (Scotland)
Alternative TV (England)
The Alternators (Scotland)
Amazing Space Frogs (England)
Amazorblades (England)
The Amber Squad (England)
Amebix (England)
Amoebas in Chaos (USA)
Anabollic Steroids (England)
The Anal Fleas (England)
Anarchist Attack (England)
¡Anarchy 6! (USA)
Anathema (England)
Barry Andrews (England)
The Androids (Northern Ireland)
Androids Of Mu (England)
Angela Rippon's Bum (England)
Angelic Upstarts (England)
Angry Red Planet (USA)
Angry Samoans (USA)
Anhrefn (Wales)
Animal Farm (England)
Anorexia (England - Watford, Hertfordshire)
Anorexia (England - Birmingham, West Midlands)
Anthrax (England)
Anti Cimex (Sweden)
Anti Establishment (England)
Anti-Heros (USA)
Anti-Nowhere League (England)
Anti-Pasti (England)
Anti Scrunti Faction (USA)
Anti-Social (England)
Anti-State Control (England)
Anti-System (England)
Antibody (England)
Antidote (England)
Antidote (Netherlands)
Antidote (USA)
Antisect (England)
Antisocial (England)
Annie Anxiety (England)
Any Three Initials (USA)
A.O.A. (Scotland)
The A.P.F. Brigade (England)
Apartment (England)
The Apostles (England)
Arch Criminals (England)
Argy Bargy (England)
Armchair Power (England)
Armed Force (England)
Armitage Shanks (England)
Art (USA)
The Art Attacks (England)
Art, the Only Band In The World (USA)
Arthur 2 Stroke + WM7 (England)
Arthur Comics (England)
Andy Arthurs (England)
Articles of Faith (USA)
Artless (USA)
Asphalt Jungle (France)
The Assassins (England)
Assassins Of Hope (England)
Asta Kask (Sweden)
The Astronauts (England)
The Astronoughts (England)
Athletico Spizz 80 (England)
The Atoms (England)
Atrox (England)
Attak (England)
Attempted Moustache (England)
Attentat (Sweden)
Attila the Stockbroker (England)
Attitude Adjustment (USA)
Attrix (England)
Auntie Pus (England)
Authorities (USA)
Avant Gardener (England)
(Ye) Avant Gardener(s) (England)
Avengers (USA)
Avoid (England)
Awake Mankind (England)
A.Y.S. (Admit You're Shit) (England)
B
The B Girls (Canada)
The B-52's (USA)
Bad Brains (USA)
Bad Religion (USA)
The Bags (USA)
Balls (West Germany)
Honey Bane (England)
The Banned (England)
Barbed Wire (Scotland)
The Barracudas (England)
Bedlam (USA)
Bee Bee Cee (Scotland)
Befour Three O'Clock (USA)
Beirut Slump (USA)
Bethnal (England)
Betrayed (England)
Jello Biafra (USA)
Big Balls (West Germany)
Big Balls and the Great White Idiot (West Germany)
Big Boys (USA)
Big In Japan (England)
The Birthday Party (Australia)
Bizex-B (Sweden)
Black Easter (England)
Black Flag (USA)
Black Randy & Metrosquad (USA)
The Blanks (England)
Bleed (England)
Blitz (England)
Blitzkrieg (England)
Blitzkrieg Bop (England)
Blondie (USA)
The Blood (England)
Blood And Roses (England)
Blood And Thunder (England)
Blood Robots (England)
The Bloodclots (England)
Born B.C. (England)
The Boys (England)
The Boys Next Door (Australia)
Brainiac 5 (England)
Breakouts (USA)
The Brigade (USA)
Bullets (England)
The Burial (England)
Jean Jacques Burnel (England)
The Business (England)
Butcher (England)
Buzz (England)
The Buzzards (England)
Buzzcocks (England)
C
Cadaverous Clan (England)
Cane (England)
Carnage (England)
The Carpettes (England)
Case (England)
Cash Pussies (England)
Catch 22 (England)
Catwax Axe Co. (England)
Celia & The Mutations (England)
CH3 (USA)
Channel 3 (USA)
Chaos U.K. (England)
Chaotic Dischord (England)
Chaotik Dischord (England)
Chaotic Youth (Scotland)
Charge (England)
Charged G.B.H. (England)
Chartreuse (England)
The Cheifs (USA)
Chelsea (England)
The Child Molesters (USA)
Chron Gen (England)
The Chuddy Nuddies (England)
Chumbwamba (England)
Circle Jerks (USA)
Circle One (USA)
John Cooper Clarke (England)
The Clash (England)
The Clergy (England)
Clockwork Soldiers (England)
C.O.C. (USA)
Cock Sparrer (England)
Cockney 'n' Westerns (England)
Cockney Rejects (England)
Combat 84 (England)
Coming Blood (England)
The Condemned (England - 1970s)
Conflict (England)
The Controllers (USA)
Controls (England)
Hugh Cornwell (England)
Corrosion of Conformity (USA)
The Cortinas (England)
Elvis Costello (England)
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs (England)
Wayne / Jayne County (USA)
Court Martial (England)
Crash (aka The Crash) (England)
Crass (England)
The Cravats (England)
The Cravats DCL (England)
The Crewd! (USA)
Crime (USA)
Criminal Class (England)
Criminal Justice (England)
Crisis (England)
Crossed Hammers (England)
The Crowd (England)
The Crowd (USA)
Crucifix (USA)
The Crucifucks (USA)
Crux (England)
Cuddly Toys (England)
The Cult Maniax (England)
Culture Shock (England)
The Curse (Canada)
Cyanide (England)
D
Chris D. (USA)
D & V (England)
The Damned (England)
The Dark (England)
De De Troit & The Car-Tunes (USA)
The Dead Boys (USA)
Dead Fingers Talk (England)
Dead Katss (England)
Dead Kennedys (USA)
Dead Man's Shadow (England)
Dead Wretched (England)
The Deadbeats (USA)
The Deceased (England)
Decontrol (England)
Decry (USA)
Demob (England)
Demon Preacher (England)
The Demons (England)
Dix Denney and John Denney (USA)
The Depressions (England)
Descendents (USA)
The Desperate Bicycles (England)
Destructors (England)
Devo (USA)
D.I. (USA)
The Dickies (USA)
Dicks (USA)
The Dictators (USA)
The Dils (USA)
Dim Stars (USA)
The Diodes (Canada)
Dirt (England)
Dirty Dog (England)
Discharge (England)
Disorder (England)
The Disrupters (England)
Disturbance (England)
Divine Horsemen (USA)
D.O.A. (Canada)
The Doctors (England)
Doctors Of Madness (England)
The Dodgems (England)
The Doll (England)
Double-O (USA)
The DP's (England)
The Drive (Scotland)
The Drones (England)
Drongos For Europe (England)
The Drug Addix (England)
John Du Cann (England)
The Duggie Briggs Band (Northern Ireland)
Ian Dury (England)
Ian Dury And The Blockheads (England)
Ian Dury And The Music Students (England)
E
Eater (England)
Ebenezer & The Bludgeons (USA)
The Ed Davis Band (USA)
Eddie & The Hot Rods (England)
Eddie And The Subtitles (USA)
Eddy Upp (USA)
The Edge (England)
The Effigies (USA)
Egg Hunt (USA)
The Eggs (USA)
The Ejected (England)
The Electric Chairs (England)
Electric Deads (Denmark)
Elizabeth (England)
John Ellis (England)
Elton Motello (England)
Embryo (England)
Emergency (England)
The Enemy (England)
English Dogs (England)
English Subtitles (England)
Epidemic (England)
The Epileptics (England)
Erazerhead (England)
The Essentials (New York, USA)
The Essentials (Florida, USA)
The Evening Outs (England)
The Exile (Scotland)
Exit-Stance (England)
The Exits (England - Battersea, London)
The Exits (England - Newcastle-under-Lyme)
The Expelled (England)
The Exploited (Scotland)
External Menace (Scotland)
Extremes (USA)
Eyes (USA)
F
Faction (England)
The Fakes (England)
False Prophets (USA)
'Fatal' Microbes (England)
Fear (USA)
Feederz (USA)
Pete Fender (England)
The Fits (England)
Patrik Fitzgerald (England)
The Flesh Eaters (USA)
Flipper (USA)
Klaus Flouride (USA)
Flower Leperds (USA)
Flux Of Pink Indians (England)
The Flys (England)
The Friendly Hopefuls (England)
Front (England)
Fruit Eating Bears (England)
Fungus (England)
Fun City (Scotland)
F-Word (USA)
G
Gaffa (England)
Gang Of Four (England)
Garbo (England)
Garbo's Celluloid Heroes (England)
Gary And The Gonads (England)
Gate Crashers (Denmark)
G.B.H. (England)
Gen X (England)
Generation X (England)
Genocide (USA)
Genöcide (USA)
Genocides (England)
Germs (USA)
Geza X & The Mommy Men (USA)
Girls At Our Best (England)
The Gonads (England)
The Good Missionaries (England)
Dave Goodman and Friends (England)
God's Lonely Men (Finland)
Gordon The Moron (England)
The Gorillas (England)
Greg Graffin (USA)
Great British Heroes (England)
The Greedies (England)
The Gymslips (England)
H
Half Japanese (USA)
The Hammersmith Gorillas (England)
Handbag (England)
The Hanson Brothers (Canada)
Charlie Harper (England)
The Head (England)
Headache (England)
Richard Hell (USA)
Richard Hell & The Voidoids (USA)
Helmettes (Netherlands)
High Speed & The Afflicted Man (England)
Jeff Hill (England)
The Hoax (England)
Steve Hooker & The Heat (England)
Steve Hooker Band (England)
Horrorcomic (England)
Hüsker Dü (USA)
Hypnotics (USA)
I
I Jog And The Tracksuits (England)
Icon (England)
Icon A.D. (England)
Iconoclasts (England)
Icons Of Filth (Wales)
If-Then-Else (USA)
Il y a Wolksvagens (England)
I'm Dead (England)
Immune System (USA)
(Impatient) Youth (USA)
Infa-Riot (England)
The Infas (England)
The Insane (England)
Instant Agony (England)
Intensive Care (England)
The Insurgence (USA)
Iron Cross (USA)
J
Jabberwock (England)
Janie Jones & The Lash (England)
The Jerks (England)
Jet Bronx (England)
Jet Bronx And The Forbidden (England)
JFA (USA)
Jilted John (England)
The Jive Bureaux (England)
Jo Callis S.H.A.K.E. Project (England)
Joe Cool And The KIllers (England)
Johnny And The Self Abusers (Scotland)
Johnny Japes And His Jesticles (England)
Johnny Moped (England)
The Jolt (Scotland)
Jump Squad (England)
Junior Achievement (USA)
K
Kalashnikov (Denmark)
Billy Karloff & The Extremes (England)
Billy Karloff & The Goats (England)
Billy Karloff Band (England)
Kilburn And The High Roads (England)
The Killers (England)
Killjoys (England)
King (England)
KAOS (USA)
Kraut (USA)
Krypton Tunes (Wales)
L
The Last Resort (England)
Last Rough Cause (England)
Le Ritz (England)
Left Hand Drive (England)
Legal Weapon (USA)
The Len Bright Combo (England)
The Lewd (USA)
The Leyton Buzzards (England)
The Licks (England)
Lockjaw (England)
London (England)
Bruce Lose (USA)
The Lovedolls (USA)
Nick Lowe (England)
Lucy (England)
Lydia Lunch (USA)
The Lurkers (England)
The Luxury Item (England)
M
Mad Parade (USA)
Magic Michael (England)
The Magnificent Gonads (England)
Major Accident (England)
Man-Ka-Zam (USA)
Mania (England)
Maniacs (England)
Manufactured Romance (England)
Amerigo Marras and Bruce Eves (Canada)
Martin And The Brownshirts (England)
Masterswitch (England)
Matt Black & The Doodlebugs (England)
Mau Maus (England)
Max 'n' Gal (The Brothers Gonad) (England)
Maxim's Trash (England)
Mayhem (England)
Mean Street (England)
Meat Puppets (USA)
The Mekons (England)
The Members (England)
Menace (England)
The Mental (England)
Metal Urbain (France)
M.I.A. (USA)
The Middle Class (USA)
Midnite Cruiser (Northern Ireland)
Millwall Roi's Last Resort (England)
Minor Threat (USA)
MinuteFlag (USA)
The Minutemen (USA)
The Mirrors (Wales)
The Mistakes (England)
The Mob (England)
The Mob (USA)
Mob 47 (Sweden)
The Models (England)
Modern Warfare (USA)
The Molesters (England)
Murder The Disturbed (England)
Mutants (England)
Mutants (USA)
N
Nasal Boys (Switzerland)
Nazis Against Fascism (England)
Negative Trend (USA)
Neon Barbs (Scotland)
The Neon Boys (USA)
Neon Hearts (England)
New Hearts (England)
Nicky And The Dots (England)
Nip Drivers (USA)
Nipple Erectors (England)
The Nips (England)
No Choice (Wales)
No Future UK (England)
No Labels (USA)
No Remorse (England)
No Respect (England)
No Rock Stars (USA)
Danbert Nobacon (England)
The Noise (England)
The Noise Toys (England)
Nomeansno (Canada)
Norman And The Hooligans (England)
The Nosebleeds (England)
The Now (England)
The Nuns (USA)
O
Obscene Females (England)
Gene October (England)
The Offs (USA)
Oi Polloi (Scotland)
Omega Tribe (England)
One Way System (England)
The Out (England)
The Outcasts (Northern Ireland)
Outer Circle (USA)
The Outsiders (England)
P
The Panik (England)
Paranoia (England)
The Partisans (Wales)
Passion Killers (England)
The Pathetix (England)
Penetration (England)
Peroxide (England)
Peter And The Test Tube Babies (England)
Phantoms of the Underground (England)
Physicals (England)
Picture Frame Seduction (Wales)
The Pigs (England)
The Plastic Gangsters (England)
Pleased Youth (USA)
The Plugz (USA)
Pneumania (England)
The Pointed Sticks (Canada)
Poison Girls (England)
Poison Idea (USA)
Poison Squirrel (USA)
Iggy Pop (USA)
The Pork Dukes (England)
Potential Victims (England)
Primtive (England)
Production House (England)
The Professionals (England)
Proles (England)
Protest (England)
Protex (Northern Ireland)
Pseudo Existors (England)
Public Disturbance (England)
Public Image Limited (England)
Public Zone (England)
Puncture (England)
Punilux (England)
Punishment Of Luxury (England)
Pure Hell (USA)
Jimmy Pursey (England)
PVC2 (Scotland)
Q
Queer Pills (USA)
The Queers (USA)
R
Rabid (England)
Radio Active (England)
Radio Blank (England)
Radio Stars (England)
Ramones (USA)
Randoms (USA)
Randy Rampage (Canada)
Raped (England)
The Rat And The Whale (England)
Reality Control (England)
Red Alert (England)
Really Red (USA)
Red Cross (USA)
The Red Lights (England)
Red London (England)
Redd Kross (USA)
Redskins (England)
Rejectors (USA)
The Resistance (England)
Resistance 77 (England)
Restricted Hours (England)
The Rezillos (Scotland)
RF7 (USA)
Rhino 39 (USA)
Rich Kids (England)
Rik L Rik (USA)
Rikki And The Last Days Of Earth (England)
Rikki Sylvan And The Last Days (England)
The Rings (England)
Riot/Clone (England)
Ritual (England)
The Rivvits (England)
Roses Are Red (England)
The Rotters (USA)
The Rowdies (England - London)
The Rowdies (England - Vale of Evesham)
Rozz And Negative Trend (USA)
Jonny Rubbish (England)
Rubella Ballet (England)
The Rude Kids (Sweden)
Rudi (Northern Ireland)
Rudimentary Peni (England)
Ruefrex (Northern Ireland)
Ruts (England)
Ruts D.C. (England)
S
Sad Society (Scotland)
The Saints (Australia)
The Salvation Army (USA)
The Samples (England) - New band added
Satan's Rats (England)
The Satellites (England)
Rat Scabies (England)
Schoolgirl Bitch (England)
Screeching Weasel (USA)
The Secluded (Wales)
Second Wind (USA)
The Seize (England)
Captain Sensible (England)
Sex Aids (England)
Sex Beatles (Spain)
Sex Pistols (England)
Shake (Scotland)
Sham 69 (England)
The Shapes (England)
Shattered Faith (USA)
The Shepherds Bush Comets (England)
Shock To The System (England)
The Sick Things (England)
Sin 34 (USA)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (England)
Skafish (USA)
Skids (Scotland)
Skin Deep (Scotland)
Skin Disease (England)
Skin-Deep (England)
Skrewdriver (England)
The Skulls (California) (USA)
Skulls (New Jersey) (USA)
Slaughter (England)
Slaughter & The Dogs (England)
The Sleepers (USA)
Slime (England)
The Slits (England)
TV Smith (England)
Snatch (England)
The Snipers (England)
The Snivelling Shits (England)
S.O.A. (USA)
Social Disease (England)
Social Distortion (USA)
Society's Rejects (Wales)
The Sods (England)
Sods (Denmark)
Sofisticatos (Canada)
The Soft Boys (England)
The Softies (Holland)
Some Chicken (England)
Some Weird Sin (Canada)
Sorry (USA)
Sounder (England)
Special Duties (England)
Speed (Northern Ireland)
Speedometers (England)
The Spics (England)
Spitfire Boys (England)
Spizz Oil (England)
Spizz Orbit (England)
Spizzenergi (England)
Spizzenergi: 2 (England)
The Spizzles (England)
Splodge (England)
Max Splodge (England)
Splodgenessabounds (England)
SS-20 (USA)
Stadium Dogs (England)
The Stains (USA)
Starship (England)
State Of Alert (USA)
Stepmothers (USA)
Stiff Little Fingers (Northern Ireland)
Stinky Toys (France)
The Stoat (England)
Stormtrooper (England)
Stranglehold (USA)
The Stranglers (England)
The Straps (England)
Pete Stride And John Plain (England)
The Strike (Scotland)
Joe Strummer (England)
Studio Sweethearts (England)
The Stukas (England)
Stupid Humans (England)
Poly Styrene (England)
Subculture (England)
Subhumans (England)
The Subhumans (Canada)
Subs (Scotland)
Suburban Studs (England)
Subvert (England)
Subway Sect (England)
Sunset Boys (England)
Super Heroines (USA)
Superman's Girlfriend (USA)
Symbol Six (USA)
The Syndicate (England)
T
The Table (Wales)
Tagmemics (England)
Tanz Der Youth (England)
Target 13 (USA)
T.D.A. (England)
The Teardrops (England)
Teenage Jesus And The Jerks (USA)
Telescope (England)
Television (USA)
Tenpole Tudor (England)
Terminal Disaster (England)
Tex And The Horseheads (USA)
The Three Wise Men (England)
Tiger Lily (England)
The Tights (England)
Nik Toczek (England)
Toxic Reasons (USA)
The Tracksuits (England)
The Transistors (England)
Trash (England)
The Troops (England)
Troops Of Tomorrow (England)
True Sounds Of Liberty (USA)
T.S.O.L. (USA)
Tubeway Army (England)
The Tudors (England)
TV Smith's Explorers (England)
TVn: Orjat (Finland)
U
The Ugly (Canada)
UK Decay (England)
UK Subs (England)
Ultra-Violent (England)
Ultravox! (England)
Undead (England)
Under The Gun (England)
The Underdogs (England)
The Undertones (Northern Ireland)
The Untouchables (England)
The Unwanted (England)
Uproar (England)
Urban Dogs (England)
The Urinals (USA)
The Users (England)
U.X.A. (USA)
V
V2 (England)
The Valves (Scotland)
The Varukers (England)
Vermilion (England)
Vermilion And The Aces (England)
The Vibrators (England)
Vice Creems (England)
Vice Squad (England)
The Violators (England)
The Visitors (Scotland)
The Victims (New Jersey) (USA)
VKTMS (USA)
Vomit Pigs (USA)
W
Chuck Wagon (USA)
The Wall (England)
Larry Wallis (England)
Larry Wallis' Psychedelic Rowdies (England)
The Wanderers (England)
Warrior (England)
Warsaw Pakt (England)
The Wasps (England)
The Weirdos (USA)
Whipping Boy (USA)
White Flag (USA)
White Pride (USA)
Wire (England)
The Witch Trials (USA)
Wreckless Eric (England)
Würm (USA)
XYZ
Geza X (USA)
X-Cretas (England)
X-Ray Spex (England)
The Xpozez (England)
XS (England)
X.S. Energy (England)
XTC (England)
Xtract (England)
The Yachts (England)
The Yobs (England)
Robert Nat Young (England)
Youth Brigade (USA - Los Angeles)
Youth Brigade (USA - Washington DC)
Youthanasia (Scotland)
Youthanasia PX (Scotland)
The Zarkons (USA)
Zero Boys (USA)
The Zeros (USA)
The Zeros (England)
Zounds (England)
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AUSTRALIA / CANADA / USA
AUSTRALIA
The Aints
The Birthday Party
The Boys Next Door
The Saints
CANADA
Active Dog
The B Girls
The Curse
The Diodes
D.O.A.
Amerigo Marras and Bruce Eves
The Hanson Brothers
Nomeansno
The Pointed Sticks
Randy Rampage
Sofisticatos
Some Weird Sin
The Subhumans
The Ugly
DENMARK
Electric Deads
Gate Crashers
Kalashnikov
Sods
ENGLAND
3rd Party
4 Minute Warning
The 4 Skins
7th Plague
16 Guns
999
A Few Tears
The A-Heads
The Abductors (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)
The Abductors (Nottingham)
A.B.H.
Abrasive Wheels
Abstract Critique
The Accelerators
Accident On The East Lancs
The Accidents
Accumulative Poison
Accursed
The Accused (Solihul)
Accused (Rainham)
The Aces
Acid Attack
Acme Sewage Co.
Act Of Defiance
Actifed
Action Pact!
Action Replay
Active Minds
A.D. 1984
Ad-Nauseam
Adam And The Ants
The Addix
The Adicts
Admit You're Shit (A.Y.S.)
Advertising
The Adverts
AD-X
The Afflicted
Afflicted Man
Aftermath UK
Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
Alien Kulture
Alternative TV
Amazing Space Frogs
Amazorblades
The Amber Squad
Amebix
Anabollic Steroids
The Anal Fleas
Anarchist Attack
Anathema
Barry Andrews
Androids Of Mu
Angela Rippon's Bum
Angelic Upstarts
Animal Farm
Anorexia (Watford, Hertfordshire)
Anorexia (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Anthrax
Anti Establishment
Anti-Nowhere League
Anti-Pasti
Anti-Social
Anti-State Control
Anti-System
Antibody
Antidote
Antisect
Antisocial
Annie Anxiety
The A.P.F. Brigade
Apartment
The Apostles
Arch Criminals
Argy Bargy
Armchair Power
Armed Force
Armitage Shanks
The Art Attacks
Arthur 2 Stroke + WM7
Arthur Comics
Andy Arthurs
The Assassins
Assassins Of Hope
The Astronauts
The Astronoughts
Athletico Spizz 80
The Atoms
Atrox
Attak
Attempted Moustache
Attila the Stockbroker
Attrix
Auntie Pus
Avant Gardener
(Ye) Avant Gardener(s)
Avoid
Awake Mankind
A.Y.S. (Admit You're Shit)
Honey Bane
The Banned
The Barracudas
Bethnal
Betrayed
Big In Japan
Black Easter
The Blanks
Bleed
Blitz
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg Bop
The Blood
Blood And Roses
Blood And Thunder
Blood Robots
The Bloodclots
Born B.C.
The Boys
Brainiac 5
Bullets
The Burial
Jean Jacques Burnel
The Business
Butcher
Buzz
The Buzzards
Buzzcocks
Cadaverous Clan
Cane
Carnage
The Carpettes
Case
Cash Pussies
Catch 22
Catwax Axe Co.
Celia & The Mutations
Chaos U.K.
Chaotic Dischord
Chaotik Dischord
Charge
Charged G.B.H.
Chartreuse
Chelsea
Chron Gen
The Chuddy Nuddies
Chumbwamba
John Cooper Clarke
The Clash
The Clergy
Clockwork Soldiers
Cock Sparrer
Cockney 'n' Westerns
Cockney Rejects
Combat 84
Coming Blood
The Condemned
Conflict
Controls
Hugh Cornwell
The Cortinas
Elvis Costello
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs
Court Martial
Crass
The Cravats
The Cravats DCL
Criminal Class
Criminal Justice
Crisis
Crossed Hammers
The Crowd
Cuddly Toys
Crash (aka The Crash)
Crux
The Cult Maniax
Culture Shock
Cyanide
D & V
The Damned
The Dark
Dead Fingers Talk
Dead Katss
Dead Man's Shadow
Dead Wretched
The Deceased
Decontrol
Demob
Demon Preacher
The Demons
The Depressions
The Desperate Bicycles
Destructors
Dirt
Dirty Dog
Discharge
Disorder
The Disrupters
Disturbance
The Doctors
Doctors Of Madness
The Dodgems
The Doll
The DP's
The Drones
Drongos For Europe
The Drug Addix
John Du Cann
Ian Dury
Ian Dury And The Blockheads
Ian Dury And The Music Students
Eater
Eddie & The Hot Rods
The Edge
The Ejected
The Electric Chairs
Elizabeth
John Ellis
Elton Motello
Embryo
Emergency
The Enemy
English Dogs
English Subtitles
Epidemic
The Epileptics
Erazerhead
The Evening Outs
Exit-Stance
The Exits (Battersea, London)
The Exits (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
The Expelled
Faction
The Fakes
'Fatal' Microbes
Pete Fender
The Fits
Patrik Fitzgerald
Flux Of Pink Indians
The Flys
The Friendly Hopefuls
Front
Fruit Eating Bears
Fungus
Gaffa
Gang Of Four
Garbo
Garbo's Celluloid Heroes
Gary And The Gonads
G.B.H.
Gen X
Generation X
Genocides
Girls At Our Best
The Gonads
The Good Missionaries
Dave Goodman and Friends
Gordon The Moron
The Gorillas
Great British Heroes
The Greedies
The Gymslips
The Hammersmith Gorillas
Handbag
Charlie Harper
The Head
Headache
High Speed & The Afflicted Man
Jeff Hill
The Hoax
Steve Hooker & The Heat
Steve Hooker Band
Horrorcomic
I Jog And The Tracksuits
Icon
Icon A.D.
Iconoclasts
Il y a Wolksvagens
I'm Dead
Infa-Riot
The Infas
The Insane
Instant Agony
Intensive Care
Jabberwock
Janie Jones & The Lash
The Jerks
Jet Bronx
Jet Bronx And The Forbidden
Jilted John
The Jive Bureaux
Jo Callis S.H.A.K.E. Project
Joe Cool And The KIllers
Johnny Japes And His Jesticles
Johnny Moped
Jump Squad
Billy Karloff & The Extremes
Billy Karloff & The Goats
Billy Karloff Band
Kilburn And The High Roads
The Killers
Killjoys
King
The Last Resort
Last Rough Cause
Le Ritz
Left Hand Drive
The Len Bright Combo
The Leyton Buzzards
The Licks
Lockjaw
London
Nick Lowe
Lucy
The Lurkers
The Luxury Item
Magic Michael
The Magnificent Gonads
Major Accident
Mania
Maniacs
Manufactured Romance
Martin And The Brownshirts
Masterswitch
Matt Black & The Doodlebugs
Mau Maus
Max 'n' Gal (The Brothers Gonad)
Maxim's Trash
Mayhem
Mean Street
The Mekons
The Members
Menace
The Mental
Millwall Roi's Last Resort
The Mistakes
The Mob
The Models
The Molesters
Murder The Disturbed
Mutants
Nazis Against Fascism
Neon Hearts
New Hearts
Nicky And The Dots
Nipple Erectors
The Nips
No Future UK
No Remorse
No Respect
Danbert Nobacon
The Noise
The Noise Toys
Norman And The Hooligans
The Nosebleeds
The Now
Obscene Females
Gene October
Omega Tribe
One Way System
The Out
The Outsiders
The Panik
Paranoia
Passion Killers
The Pathetix
Penetration
Peroxide
Peter And The Test Tube Babies
Phantoms of the Underground
Physicals
The Pigs
The Plastic Gangsters
Pneumania
Poison Girls
The Pork Dukes
Potential Victims
Primtive
Production House
The Professionals
Proles
Protest
Pseudo Existors
Public Disturbance
Public Image Limited
Public Zone
Puncture
Punilux
Punishment Of Luxury
Jimmy Pursey
Rabid
Radio Active
Radio Blank
Radio Stars
Raped
The Rat And The Whale
Red Alert
Red London
Reality Control
The Red Lights
Redskins
The Resistance
Resistance 77
Restricted Hours
Rich Kids
Rikki And The Last Days Of Earth
Rikki Sylvan And The Last Days
The Rings
Riot/Clone
Ritual
The Rivvits
Roses Are Red
The Rowdies (London)
The Rowdies (Vale of Evesham)
Jonny Rubbish
Rubella Ballet
Rudimentary Peni
Ruts
Ruts D.C.
The Samples
Satan's Rats
The Satellites
Rat Scabies
Schoolgirl Bitch
The Seize
Captain Sensible
Sex Aids
Sex Pistols
Sham 69
The Shapes
The Shepherds Bush Comets
Shock To The System
The Sick Things
Skin Disease
Skin-Deep
Skrewdriver
Slaughter
Slaughter & The Dogs
Slime
The Slits
TV Smith
The Snipers
The Snivelling Shits
Social Disease
The Sods
The Soft Boys
Some Chicken
Sounder
Special Duties
Speedometers
The Spics
Spitfire Boys
Spizz Oil
Spizz Orbit
Spizzenergi
Spizzenergi: 2
The Spizzles
Splodge
Max Splodge
Splodgenessabounds
Stadium Dogs
Starship
The Stoat
Stormtrooper
The Stranglers
The Straps
Pete Stride And John Plain
Joe Strummer
Studio Sweethearts
The Stukas
Stupid Humans
Poly Styrene
Subculture
Subhumans
Suburban Studs
Subvert
Subway Sect
Sunset Boys
The Syndicate
Tagmemics
Tanz Der Youth
T.D.A.
The Teardrops
Telescope
Tenpole Tudor
Terminal Disaster
The Three Wise Men
Tiger Lily
The Tights
Nik Toczek
The Tracksuits
The Transistors
Trash
The Troops
Troops Of Tomorrow
Tubeway Army
The Tudors
TV Smith's Explorers
UK Decay
UK Subs
Ultra-Violent
Ultravox!
Undead
Under The Gun
The Underdogs
The Untouchables
The Unwanted
Uproar
Urban Dogs
The Users
V2
The Varukers
Vermilion
Vermilion And The Aces
The Vibrators
Vice Creems
Vice Squad
The Violators
The Wall
Larry Wallis
Larry Wallis' Psychedelic Rowdies
The Wanderers
Warrior
Warsaw Pakt
The Wasps
Wire
Wreckless Eric
X-Cretas
X-Ray Spex
The Xpozez
XS
X.S. Energy
XTC
Xtract
The Yachts
The Yobs
Robert Nat Young
The Zeros
Zounds
FINLAND
God's Lonely Men
TVn: Orjat
FRANCE
84 Flesh
1984
Asphalt Jungle
Metal Urbain
Stinky Toys
NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND)
Antidote
Helmettes
The Softies
NORTHERN IRELAND
The Androids
The Duggie Briggs Band
Midnite Cruiser
The Outcasts
Protex
Rudi
Ruefrex
Speed
Stiff Little Fingers
The Undertones
SCOTLAND
1st Offence
The Actives
Alternative
The Alternators
A.O.A.
Barbed Wire
Bee Bee Cee
Chaotic Youth
The Drive
The Exile
The Exploited
External Menace
Fun City
Johnny And The Self Abusers
The Jolt
Neon Barbs
Oi Polloi
PVC2
The Rezillos
Sad Society
Shake
Skids
Skin Deep
The Strike
Subs
Twisted Nerve
The Valves
The Visitors
Youthanasia
Youthanasia PX
SPAIN
Sex Beatles
SWEDEN
Anti Cimex
Asta Kask
Attentat
Bizex-B
Mob 47
The Rude Kids
SWITZERLAND
Abgas
Nasal Boys
USA
8 Eyed Spy
45 Grave
100 Flowers
Abandoned
Absence Of Malice
The Abused
Accelerators
The Accident
The Accüsed
Action Swingers
Active Ingredients
A.D's
Tony Adolescent & The Flower Leperds
Adolescents
Adrenalin O.D.
The Adults
ADZ
Agent Orange
Rikk Agnew
Agnostic Front
Agression
Alan Milman Sect
Alice Bag Band
ALL
The Alley Cats
GG Allin
Alloy
Amoebas in Chaos
¡Anarchy 6!
Angry Red Planet
Angry Samoans
Anti-Heros
Anti Scrunti Faction
Antidote
Annie Anxiety
Any Three Initials
Art
Art Only Band In The World
Articles of Faith
Artless
Attitude Adjustment
Authorities
Avengers
The B-52's
Bad Brains
Bad Religion
The Bags
Bedlam
Befour Three O'Clock
Beirut Slump
Jello Biafra
Big Boys
Black Flag
Black Randy & Metrosquad
Blondie
Breakouts
The Brigade
CH3
Channel 3
The Cheifs
The Child Molesters
Circle Jerks
Circle One
C.O.C.
The Controllers
Corrosion of Conformity
Wayne / Jayne County
The Crewd!
Crime
The Crowd
Crucifix
The Crucifucks
Chris D.
De De Troit & The Car-Tunes
The Dead Boys
Dead Kennedys
The Deadbeats
Decry
Dix Denney and John Denney
Descendents
Devo
D.I.
The Dickies
Dicks
The Dictators
The Dils
Dim Stars
Divine Horsemen
Double-O
Ebenezer & The Bludgeons
The Ed Davis Band
Eddie And The Subtitles
Eddy Upp
The Effigies
Egg Hunt
The Eggs
The Essentials (New York)
The Essentials (Florida)
Extremes
Eyes
False Prophets
Fear
Feederz
The Flesh Eaters
Flipper
Klaus Flouride
Flower Leperds
F-Word
Genocide
Genöcide
Germs
Geza X & The Mommy Men
Greg Graffin
Half Japanese
Richard Hell
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Hüsker Dü
Hypnotics
If-Then-Else
Immune System
(Impatient) Youth
The Insurgence
Iron Cross
JFA
Junior Achievement
KAOS
Kraut
Legal Weapon
The Lewd
Bruce Lose
The Lovedolls
Lydia Lunch
Mad Parade
Man-Ka-Zam
Meat Puppets
M.I.A.
The Middle Class
Minor Threat
MinuteFlag
The Minutemen
The Mob
Modern Warfare
Mutants
Negative Trend
The Neon Boys
Nip Drivers
No Labels
No Rock Stars
The Nuns
The Offs
Outer Circle
Pleased Youth
The Plugz
Poison Idea
Poison Squirrel
Iggy Pop
Pure Hell
Queer Pills
The Queers
Ramones
Randoms
Really Red
Red Cross
Redd Kross
Rejectors
RF7
Rhino 39
Rik L. Rik
The Rotters
Rozz And Negative Trend
The Salvation Army
Screeching Weasel
Second Wind
Shattered Faith
Sin 34
Skafish
The Skulls (California)
Skulls (New Jersey)
The Sleepers
S.O.A.
Social Distortion
Sorry
SS-20
The Stains
State Of Alert
Stepmothers
Stranglehold
Super Heroines
Superman's Girlfriend
Symbol Six
Target 13
Teenage Jesus And The Jerks
Television
Tex And The Horseheads
Toxic Reasons
True Sounds Of Liberty
T.S.O.L.
The Urinals
U.X.A.
The Victims (New Jersey)
VKTMS
Vomit Pigs
Chuck Wagon
The Weirdos
Whipping Boy
White Flag
White Pride
The Witch Trials
Würm
Geza X
Youth Brigade (Los Angeles)
Youth Brigade (Washington DC)
The Zarkons
Zero Boys
The Zeros
WALES
The Abnormal
The Abs
Addiction
The Alarm
The Allies
Anhrefn
Icons Of Filth
Krypton Tunes
The Mirrors
No Choice
The Partisans
Picture Frame Seduction
The Secluded
Society's Rejects
The Table
WEST GERMANY
Die Alliierten
Balls
Big Balls
Big Balls and the Great White Idiot
PROTO PUNK / PUB ROCK / PUNK 1976-1979 / PUNK 1980-1986 / NEW WAVE / POST-PUNK/MESSTHETICS / HARDCORE / OI! / ANARCHO / TRALLPUNK / DEATHROCK/GOTH / BANDS POST 1986
It's worth noting that some bands moved from one genre to another (i.e. Abgas started off as punk but went post-punk) and some bands straddled genres so closely that it made to include them in more than one genre (i.e. Skids, The Rezillos and The Stranglers are all listed as both punk and new wave).
PROTO-PUNK
Not a genre, but a catch-all term for those bands pre-dating the Sex Pistols etc and having a sound that would greatly influence (or pre-echo) punk.
Death (USA)
The Dictators (USA)
Die Electric Eels (USA)
The MC5 (USA)
The Modern Lovers (USA)
The Neon Boys (USA)
New York Dolls (USA)
The Stooges (USA)
Stormtrooper (England)
PUB ROCK
A slightly disparaging term for UK bands in immediate pre-punk period (1971-1975) which played fast rhythm 'n' blues in sweaty pubs, largely as a reaction against prog rock and glam rock. The earliest bands on this circuit were Eggs Over Easy, regulars at the Tally Ho in Kentish Town, followed by Bees Make Honey, Ducks Deluxe and others. The biggest pub band was Dr Feelgood, who enjoyed considerable success before punk arrived. The band venues were the Hope and Anchor (in Islington), the Red Lion, the Nashville, Dingwalls, the Half Moon and the Kensington. Quite a lot of early punk bands had a pub rock influence.
The 101'ers (England)
The Addix (England)
The Bishops (England)
The Count Bishops (England)
Dr Feelgood (England)
The Drug Addix (England)
Eddie & The Hot Rods (England)
Kilburn And The High Roads (England)
The Gorillas (England)
The Hammersmith Gorillas (England)
Roogalator (England)
PUNK
By which I mean the sound typified by the Ramones, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Dead Boys, The Damned, The Clash, Eater, The Drones and Germs. Some of these bands (The Stranglers, Undertones) are also considered new wave (see below). Some bands, however, were a bit stranger (Devo), and some very early punks swiftly expanded beyond the classic punk sound (Television, who were noisy when they formed) or never really sounded like trad punk but helped create it anyway (Patti Smith). These latter ones were formed too early to be considered new wave, but whenever I get around to including Talking Heads (who formed early) I'll put them in the new wave section because they definitly did not sound punk.
Then there's the second bunch of bands, prominent from 1980 onwards, who took the punk sound, updated it for the 80's, adopted the leather jacket/mohawk/idiot image and released records mainly on independents. Top of the tree here were The Exploited and Discharge. This second bunch does not include sub-genres such as anarcho punk, Oi! and hardcore.
1976-1979
84 Flesh (France)
999 (England)
1984 (France)
The Accelerators (England)
The Accident (USA)
Accident on the East Lancs (England)
Accused (Solihull)
Acme Sewage Co. (England)
Active Dog (Canada)
A.D. 1984 (England)
Adam And The Ants (England)
Addiction (Wales)
The Addix (England)
The Adicts (England)
The Adults (USA)
The Adverts (England)
Alan Milman Sect (USA)
Alice Bag Band (USA)
Alien Kulture (England)
Alley Cats (USA)
The Allies (England)
Alternative TV (England)
The Alternators (Scotland)
Amazing Space Frogs (England)
Amazorblades (England)
The Amber Squad (England)
The Androids (Northern Ireland)
Angelic Upstarts (England)
Anorexia (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Anti-Social (England)
Apartment (England)
Armed Force (England)
The Art Attacks (England)
Arthur 2 Stroke + WM7 (England)
Arthur Comics (England)
Asphalt Jungle (France)
The Atoms (England)
Attempted Moustache (England)
Attentat (Sweden)
Attrix (England)
Auntie Pus (England)
Avengers (USA)
The Bags (USA)
The Balls (Germany)
Honey Bane (England)
The Banned (England)
The Bears (England)
Bee Bee Cee (Scotland)
Big Balls (Germany)
Big Balls and the Great White Idiot (Germany)
Big In Japan (England)
Black Randy & Metrosquad (USA)
The Blanks (England)
Bleach Boys (England)
Blitzkrieg Bop (England)
The Bloodclots (England)
Blunt Instrument (England)
Born B.C. (England)
The Boys (England)
Breakouts (USA)
Bullets (England)
Cane (England)
Cash Pussies (England)
Chartreuse (England)
The Cheifs (USA)
Chelsea (England)
The Child Molesters (USA)
Chron Gen (England)
The Cigarettes (England)
John Cooper Clarke (England)
The Clash (England)
Cock Sparrer (England)
Cockney 'n' Westerns (England)
The Condemned (England)
The Controllers (USA)
Controls (England)
The Cortinas (England)
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs (England)
Crime (USA)
Crisis (England)
The Crowd (USA)
The Crowd (UK)
The Curse (Canada)
Cyanide (England)
The Cybermen (England)
The Damned (England)
Dangerous Girls (England)
The Dark (England)
The Dead Boys (USA)
The Deadbeats (USA)
Demon Preacher (England)
The Demons (England)
Dix Denney and John Denney (USA)
The Depressions (England)
Devo (USA)
The Dickies (USA)
The Dils (USA)
The Diodes (Canada)
Dirty Dog (England)
The DP's (England)
The Drive (Scotland)
The Drones (England)
The Duggie Briggs Band (Ireland)
The Dyaks (England)
Ebenezer & The Bludgeons (USA)
The Ed Davis Band (USA)
The Electric Chairs (USA)
Elton Motello (England)
Elizabeth (England)
The Exile (Scotland)
The Exits (Newcastle-under-Lyme, England)
Eyes (USA)
The Fakes (Scotland)
Patrik Fitzgerald (England)
The Freeze (Scotland)
The Friendly Hopefuls (England)
Front (England)
Fruit Eating Bears (England)
Fun City (Scotland)
F-Word (USA)
Garbo's Celluloid Heroes (England)
Gate Crashers (Denmark)
Gen X (England)
Generation X (England)
Germs (USA)
Geza X & The Mommy Men (USA)
Girls At Our Best (England)
Dave Goodman and Friends (England)
Gordon The Moron (England)
Great British Heroes (England)
Handbag (England)
Charlie Harper (England)
The Head (England)
Headache (England)
Richard Hell (USA)
Helmettes (Holland)
Henry Essence (England)
The Hoax (England)
Horrorcomic (England)
The Idols (USA)
(Impatient) Youth (USA)
The Jerks (England)
Jilted John (England)
Joe Cool And The Killers (England)
Johnny And The Self Abusers (Scotland)
Johnny Moped (England)
The Jolt (Scotland)
The K9's (England)
KAOS (USA)
Billy Karloff & The Extremes (England)
Billy Karloff & The Goats (England)
Billy Karloff Band (England)
The Killers (England)
Killjoys (England)
King (England)
Krypton Tunes (England)
Last Words
Le Ritz (England)
Left Hand Drive (England)
The Lewd (USA)
The Leyton Buzzards (England)
Lockjaw (England)
London (England)
Lucy (England?)
The Lurkers (England)
The Machines (England)
Magic Michael (England)
Man-Ka-Zam (USA)
Maniacs (England)
Manufactured Romance (England)
Martin And The Brownshirts (England)
Matt Black & The Doodlebugs (England)
Maxim's Trash (England)
Mean Street (England)
The Members (England)
Menace (England)
Metal Urbain (France)
Midnite Cruiser (Northern Ireland)
The Mirrors (England)
The Mistakes (England)
The Models (England)
The Molesters (England)
Mutants (UK)
Nasal Boys (Switzerland)
Nazis Against Fascism (England)
Negative Trend (USA)
Neon Hearts (England)
Nipple Erectors (England)
The Nips (England)
No Choice (England)
The Noise Toys (England)
Norman And The Hooligans (England)
The Nosebleeds (England)
The Now (England)
The Nuns (USA)
Gene October (England)
The Offs (USA)
The Outcasts (Northern Ireland)
The Outsiders (England)
The Panik (England)
The Pathetix (England)
Penetration (England)
Physicals (England)
The Pigs (England)
The Plague (England)
Plastix (England)
The Plugz (USA)
Pneumania (England)
Iggy Pop (USA)
The Pork Dukes (England)
The Prats (England)
The Prefects (England)
The Professionals (England)
Proles (England)
Protex (Northern Ireland)
Pseudo Existors (England)
Psykik Volts (England)
Puncture (England)
Pure Hell (USA)
PVC2 (Scotland)
The Radiators From Space (Eire)
Radio Active (England)
Radio Blank (England)
Ramones (USA)
Randoms (USA)
Raped (England)
Razar (Australia)
Red Letters (Scotland)
The Red Lights (England)
The Reducers (England)
The Rezillos (Scotland)
Rich Kids (England)
Rik L Rik (USA)
Rikki And The Last Days Of Earth (England)
Rikki Sylvan And The Last Days (England)
The Rings (England)
The Ripchords (England)
The Rotters (USA)
The Rowdies (London)
The Rowdies (Vale of Evesham)
Rozz And Negative Trend (USA)
The Rude Kids (Sweden)
Rudi (Northern Ireland)
Ruefrex (Northern Ireland)
Ruts (England)
Ruts D.C. (England)
The Saints (Australia)
Satan's Rats (England)
Rat Scabies (England)
The Scabs (England)
The Scars (Scotland)
Schoolgirl Bitch (England)
Scrotum Poles (Scotland)
The Seize (England)
Captain Sensible (England)
Sex Pistols (England)
Sham 69 (England)
The Shapes (England)
The Sick Things (England)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (England)
Skids (Scotland)
Skrewdriver (England)
Slaughter (England)
Slaughter & The Dogs (England)
Slime (England)
The Slits (England)
TV Smith (England)
The Snivelling Shits (England)
Sods (Denmark)
The Sods (England)
Sofisticatos (Canada)
The Softies (Holland)
Some Chicken (England)
Sounder (England)
Speed (Northern Ireland)
Spitfire Boys (England)
Stiff Little Fingers (Northern Ireland)
Stinky Toys (France)
The Stoat (England)
The Stranglers (England)
Pete Stride And John Plain (England)
The Subhumans (Canada)
Suburban Studs (England)
Subs (Scotland)
Subway Sect (England)
Sunset Boys (England)
Superman's Girlfriend (England)
The Syndicate (England)
The Table (Wales)
Tax Exiles (Wales)
The Teardrops (England)
Television (USA)
The Tights (England)
TV Smith's Explorers (England)
TVn: Orjat (Finland)
Ugly (Canada)
UK Subs (England)
The Undertones (Northern Ireland)
The Unwanted (England)
The Urinals (USA)
The Users (England)
V2 (England)
The Valves (Scotland)
Vermilion (England)
Vermilion And The Aces (England)
The Vibrators (England)
Vice Creems (England)
Victim (Northern Ireland)
Victimize (Wales)
The Victims (New Jersey, USA)
The Visitors (Scotland)
VKTMS (USA)
Vomit Pigs (USA)
The Wall (England)
Warsaw Pakt (England)
The Wasps (England)
Weirdos (USA)
White SS (USA)
Wire (England)
X (USA)
Geza X (USA)
X-Ray Spex (England)
X.S. Energy (England)
The Xtraverts (England)
The Yobs (England)
The Zeros (England)
The Zeros (USA)
The Zips (England)
1980-1986
1st Offence (Scotland)
3rd Party (England)
16 Guns (England)
A Few Tears (England)
A.D's (USA)
Abgas (Switzerland)
The Abductors (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England)
The Abductors (Nottingham, England)
The Abnormal (Wales)
Abrasive Wheels (England)
The Abs (Wales)
The Accursed! (England)
Acid Attack (England)
Act Of Defiance (England)
Action Pact! (England)
The Actives (Scotland)
Ad-Nauseam (England)
AD-X (Wales)
Aftermath UK (England)
Anhrefn (Wales)
The Anal Fleas (England)
Anabollic Steroids (England)
Anarchist Attack (England)
Animal Farm (England)
Anti Establishment (England)
Anti-Nowhere League (England)
Anti-Pasti (England)
Anti-State Control (England)
Antibody (England)
Attila the Stockbroker (England)
Avoid (England)
Barbed Wire (Scotland)
Bizex-B (Sweden)
Black Easter (England)
Blood And Thunder (England)
Butcher (England)
Cadaverous Clan (England)
Carnage (England)
Catch 22 (England)
Chaos U.K. (England)
Chaotic Dischord (England)
Chaotik Dischord (England)
Chaotic Youth (Scotland)
Charge (England)
Charged G.B.H. (England)
The Clergy (England)
Court Martial (England)
Criminal Justice (England)
The Cult Maniax (England)
Dead Katss (England)
Dead Man's Shadow (England)
Dead Wretched (England)
The Deceased (England)
Decontrol (England)
Demob (England)
Disorder (England)
Disturbance (England)
Drongos For Europe (England)
Eddie And The Subtitles (USA)
The Ejected (England)
Electric Deads (Denmark)
Embryo (England)
Emergency (England)
The Enemy (England)
English Dogs (England)
Epidemic (England)
Erazerhead (England)
Expelled (England)
Exploited (Scotland)
External Menace (Scotland)
The Fits (England)
Fungus (England)
G.B.H. (England)
Genocides (England)
The Gymslips (England)
Iconoclasts (England)
The Insane (England)
Instant Agony (England)
Intensive Care (England)
Jump Squad (England)
Last Rough Cause (England)
The Len Bright Combo (England)
Mad Parade (USA)
Major Accident
Mania (England)
Mau Maus (England)
Mayhem (England)
No Future UK (England)
No Remorse (England)
No Respect (England)
The Noise (England)
Obscene Females (England)
Paranoia (England)
The Partisans (Wales)
Peroxide (England)
Phantoms Of The Underground (England)
Picture Frame Seduction (Wales)
Primtive (England)
Production House (England)
Protest (England)
Public Disturbance (England)
Rabid (England)
The Rat And The Whale (England)
Redskins (England)
Resistance 77 (England)
Roses Are Red (England)
Sad Society (Scotland)
The Samples (England)
The Satellites (England)
Sex Aids (England)
Social Disease (England)
Society's Rejects (Wales)
Special Duties (England)
The Straps (England)
Joe Strummer (England)
Subculture (England)
Subvert (England)
T.D.A. (England)
Tenpole Tudor (England)
Nik Toczek (England)
The Troops (England)
The Troops Of Tomorrow (England)
The Tudors (England)
Ultra-Violent (England)
Undead (England)
Under The Gun (England)
The Underdogs (England)
The Untouchables (England)
Uproar (England)
Urban Dogs (England)
The Varukers (England)
Vice Squad (England)
The Wanderers (England)
Xtract (England)
NEW WAVE
"New wave" was initially a phrase used to describe all the new bands forming in '76/77, as in "there's a new wave of bands". It was then used as a term to describe bands which had the influence of punk - short hair, short songs - but were much more commercial sounding and radio friendly. Classic examples are The Knack, The Boomtown Rats and Elvis Costello. Also prone to more obvious sixties influences and use of synthesisers.
The Accidents (USA)
The Aces (England)
Action Replay (England)
Active Ingredients (USA)
The Addix (England)
Advertising (England)
The Alarm (Wales)
Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias (England)
Barry Andrews (England)
Andy Arthur (England)
Automatics (UK)
The B-52's (USA)
The B Girls (Canada)
The Barracudas (England)
Befour Three O'Clock (USA)
Bethnal (England)
Blondie (USA)
The Boomtown Rats (Eire)
Brainiac 5 (England)
Bullets (England)
Buzz (England)
The Carpettes (England)
Celia & The Mutations (England)
The Chuddy Nuddies (England)
John Cooper Clarke (England)
Hugh Cornwell (England)
Elvis Costello (England)
The Cuban Heels (Scotland)
Dead Fingers Talk (England)
Deaf School (England)
Devo (USA)
The Doctors (England)
Doctors Of Madness (England)
The Dodgems (England)
The Doll (England)
The DP's (England)
The Drug Addix (England)
John Du Cann (England)
Ian Dury (England)
Ian Dury And The Blockheads (England)
Ian Dury And The Music Students (England)
Eddy Upp (USA)
The Edge (England)
The Eggs (USA)
Elton Motello (England)
The Essentials (New York, USA)
The Exits (Battersea, London)
Extremes (USA)
The Flys (England)
Jeff Hill (England)
Holly & The Italians (USA)
Steve Hooker & The Heat (England)
Steve Hooker Band (England)
Immune System (USA)
Jabberwock (England)
Janie Jones & The Lash (England)
Jet Bronx (England)
Jet Bronx And The Forbidden (England)
The Jive Bureaux (England)
Jo Callis S.H.A.K.E. Project (England)
Johnny Japes And His Jesticles (England)
The Jolt (Scotland)
Nick Lowe (England)
The Luxury Item (England)
Masterswitch (England)
Neon Barbs (Scotland)
New Hearts (England)
Nicky And The Dots (England)
The Out (England)
Plastic Bertrand (Belgium)
The Pointed Sticks (Canada)
Poison Squirrel (USA)
Public Zone (England)
The Radiators (Eire)
Radio Stars (England)
The Resistance (Scotland)
The Rezillos (Scotland)
Rikki & The Numbers (England)
The Rivvits (England)
Jonny Rubbish (England)
The Salvation Army (USA)
Sex Beatles (Spain)
Shake (England)
The Shepherds Bush Comets (England)
Skafish (USA)
Skids (Scotland)
The Soft Boys (England)
Speedometers (England)
The Spics (England)
Stadium Dogs (England)
Starship (England)
The Stiffs (England)
The Stranglers (England)
The Stukas (England)
Studio Sweethearts (England)
Tanz Der Youth (England)
Target 13 (USA)
The Three Wise Men (England)
Trash (England)
Tubeway Army (England)
Undertones (Northern Ireland)
The Vapors (England)
Chuck Wagon (USA)
The Waitresses (USA)
Larry Wallis (England)
Larry Wallis' Psychedelic Rowdies (England)
Wreckless Eric (England)
XTC (England)
The Yachts (England)
Robert Nat Young (Canada)
Zones (England)
POST-PUNK / MESSTHETICS
Wikipedia: Post-punk (originally "new musick"[2]) is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the traditional garage rock template of punk to pursue a variety of radical sensibilities. Attempting to break from rock cliché and subvert conventions, post-punk artists experimented with sources such as electronic music, black dance styles, and the avant-garde, as well as novel recording technology and production techniques. Artists also crossed their work with with art and politics, drawing widely on ideas from critical theory, modernist art, and literature. Communities that produced independent record labels, visual art, multimedia performances and fanzines developed in conjunction with these musical developments.
I've also included bands commonly lumped together under the term Messthetics. These bands made cheaply recorded records and released them on D.I.Y. labels, but for one reason or another - usually lack of musical expertise - did not fit into the standard punk bracket.
8 Eyed Spy (USA)
100 Flowers (USA)
Abgas (Switzerland)
The Afflicted (England)
Afflicted Man (England)
Alternative TV (England)
Amoebas in Chaos (USA)
Androids Of Mu (England)
Any Three Initials (USA)
Annie Anxiety (USA)
Arch Criminals (England)
Athletico Spizz 80 (England)
Avant Gardener (England)
(Ye) Avant Gardener(s) (England)
Beirut Slump (USA)
The Birthday Party (Australia)
The Boys Next Door (Australia)
Jean Jacques Burnel (England)
Catwax Axe Co. (England)
The Cravats (England)
The Cravats DCL (England)
Cuddly Toys (England)
The Desperate Bicycles (England)
John Ellis (England)
English Subtitles (England)
The Evening Outs (England)
Gang Of Four (England)
Garbo (England)
The Good Missionaries (England)
Half Japanese (USA)
High Speed & The Afflicted Man (England)
I Jog And The Tracksuits (England)
If-Then-Else (USA)
Il y a Wolksvagens (England)
I'm Dead (USA)
Kalashnikov (Denmark)
Bruce Lose (USA)
Lydia Lunch (USA)
Magazine (England)
Amerigo Marras and Bruce Eves (Canada)
The Mekons (England)
Metal Urbain (France)
MinuteFlag (USA)
Murder The Disturbed (England)
Mutants (USA)
Outer Circle (USA)
Public Image Limited (England)
Punilux (England)
Punishment Of Luxury (England)
Jimmy Pursey (England)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (England)
The Sleepers (USA)
The Slits (England)
Snatch (England)
Spizz Oil (England)
Spizz Orbit (England)
Spizzenergi (England)
Spizzenergi: 2 (England)
The Spizzles (England)
Poly Styrene (England)
Swell Maps (England)
Tagmemics (England)
Teenage Jesus And The Jerks (USA)
Telescope (England)
Television Personalities (England)
Tiger Lily (England)
The Tracksuits (England)
Tubeway Army (England)
Ultravox! (England)
The Urinals (USA)
Wire (England)
The Witch Trials (USA)
HARDCORE
These bands took the punk template and simply played it really, really fast. 30 second songs not uncommon. They didn't go in for fancy production techniques and many bands released records on their own labels. Top bands: Black Flag, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Descendents and Hüsker Dü. You'll have your own favourites.
Abandoned (USA)
Absence Of Malice (USA)
The Abused (USA)
Accelerators (USA)
The Accüsed (USA)
Tony Adolescent & The Flower Leperds (USA)
Adolescents (USA)
Adrenalin O.D. (USA)
ADZ (USA)
Agent Orange (USA)
Rikk Agnew (USA)
Agnostic Front (USA)
Agression (USA)
GG Allin (USA)
¡Anarchy 6! (USA)
Angry Red Planet (USA)
Angry Samoans (USA)
Anti Cimex (Sweden)
Anti Scrunti Faction (USA)
Antidote (USA)
Art (USA)
Art Only Band In The World (USA)
Articles of Faith (USA)
Artless (USA)
Attitude Adjustment (USA)
Authorities (USA)
Bad Brains (USA)
Bad Religion (USA)
Bedlam (USA)
Big Boys (USA)
Black Flag (USA)
The Brigade (USA)
CH3 (USA)
Channel 3 (USA)
Circle Jerks (USA)
Circle One (USA)
C.O.C. (USA)
Corrosion of Conformity (USA)
The Crewd! (USA)
Crucifix (USA)
The Crucifucks (USA)
Chris D. (USA)
De De Troit & The Car-Tunes (USA)
Dead Kennedys (USA)
Decry (USA)
Descendents (USA)
D.I. (USA)
Dicks (USA)
Divine Horsemen (USA)
D.O.A. (Canada)
Double-O (USA)
The Effigies (USA)
Egg Hunt (USA)
Electric Deads (Denmark)
The Essentials (Florida, USA)
False Prophets (USA)
Fear (USA)
Feederz (USA)
The Flesh Eaters (USA)
Flipper (USA)
Klaus Flouride (USA)
Flower Leperds (USA)
Genocide (USA)
Genöcide (USA)
Hüsker Dü (USA)
Hypnotics (USA)
JFA (USA)
Junior Achievement (USA)
Kraut (USA)
Legal Weapon (USA)
The Lovedolls (USA)
Mau Maus (England)
Meat Puppets (USA)
M.I.A. (USA)
The Middle Class (USA)
Minor Threat (USA)
MinuteFlag (USA)
Minutemen (USA)
The Mob (USA)
Mob 47 (Sweden)
Modern Warfare (USA)
Nip Drivers (USA)
No Labels (USA)
No Rock Stars (USA)
Nomeansno (Canada)
The Offs (USA)
Pleased Youth (USA)
Poison Idea (USA)
Queer Pills (USA)
The Queers (USA)
Randy Rampage (USA)
Really Red (USA)
Red Cross (USA)
Redd Kross (USA)
Rejectors (USA)
RF7 (USA)
Rhino 39 (USA)
Second Wind (USA)
Shattered Faith (USA)
Sin 34 (USA)
S.O.A. (USA)
Social Distortion (USA)
Some Weird Sin
Sorry (USA)
SS-20 (USA)
The Stains (USA)
State Of Alert (USA)
Stepmothers (USA)
Stranglehold (USA)
Symbol Six (USA)
Tex And The Horseheads (USA)
Toxic Reasons (USA)
True Sounds Of Liberty (USA)
T.S.O.L. (USA)
U.X.A. (USA)
Whipping Boy (USA)
White Flag (USA)
White Pride (USA)
Würm (USA)
Youth Brigade (Los Angeles, USA)
Youth Brigade (Washington DC, USA)
Zero Boys (USA)
OI!
The 1977 punk sound as played by morons obsessed with violence, football and beer. Usually played pretty slowly. It's hard to think of Oi! without thinking of gorillas, but some of these bands - Cockney Rejects, The Business, The Last Resort and The 4-Skins - were excellent. I love it.
The 4 Skins (England)
A.B.H. (England)
Accused (Rainham, England)
The Adicts (England)
AD-X (England)
Die Alliierten (Germany)
Angela Rippon's Bum
Antisocial (England)
Attak (England)
Betrayed (England)
Bleed (England)
Blitz (England)
Blitzkrieg (England)
The Blood (England)
The Burial (England)
The Business (England)
Case (England)
Clockwork Soldiers (England)
Cock Sparrer (England)
Cockney Rejects (England)
Combat 84 (England)
Coming Blood (England)
Crash (aka The Crash) (England)
Criminal Class (England)
Crossed Hammers (England)
Crux (England)
Gary And The Gonads (England)
The Gonads (England)
The Gymslips (England)
Infa-Riot (England)
The Infas (England)
Iron Cross (USA)
The Last Resort (England)
The Magnificent Gonads (England)
Mania (England)
Max 'n' Gal (The Brothers Gonad) (England)
Millwall Roi's Last Resort (England)
Peter And The Test Tube Babies (England)
The Plastic Gangsters (England)
Red Alert (England)
Red London (England)
Skin Deep (Scotland)
Skin Disease (England)
Skin-Deep (England)
Splodge (England)
Max Splodge (England)
Splodgenessabounds (England)
The Strike (Scotland)
The Violators (England)
Warrior (England)
ANARCHO
Led by Crass, anarcho was punk's political (left) wing, dedicated to smashing the system. Not for them the glossy allure of major labels, these bands dressed in black (Rubella Ballet notably excepted), frowned upon rockisms, housed their records in black-and-white sleeves and wondered why we couldn't all just love each other. War, animal rights, nuclear power, sexual freedom and deadly earnestness were the order of the day. Top bands (after Crass): Poison Girls, Conflict, Flux of Pink Indians, Subhumans, and (even though I don't actually like them much) The Mob.
4 Minute Warning (England)
7th Plague (England)
The A-Heads (England)
Abstract Critique (England)
Accumulative Poison (England)
Active Minds (England)
Admit You're Shit (A.Y.S.) (England)
Alternative (Scotland)
Amebix (England)
Anathema (England)
Anthrax (England)
Anti-System (England)
Antidote (Netherlands/England)
Antisect (England)
Annie Anxiety (USA)
A.O.A. (Scotland)
The A.P.F. Brigade (England)
The Apostles (England)
Armchair Power (England)
The Assassins (England)
Assassins Of Hope (England)
The Astronauts (England)
The Astronoughts (England)
Atrox (England)
Awake Mankind (England)
A.Y.S. (Admit You're Shit) (England)
Chumbwamba (England)
Conflict (England)
Crass (England)
Culture Shock (England)
D & V (England)
Dirt (England)
The Disrupters (England)
The Epileptics (England)
Exit-Stance (England)
Faction (England)
'Fatal' Microbes (England)
Pete Fender (England)
Flux Of Pink Indians (England)
Icon (England)
Icon A.D. (England)
Icons Of Filth (Wales)
The Licks (England)
The Mental (England)
The Mob (England)
Danbert Nobacon (England)
Oi Polloi (Scotland)
Omega Tribe (England)
Passion Killers (England)
Poison Girls (England)
Potential Victims (England)
Reality Control (England)
Restricted Hours (England)
Riot/Clone (England)
Rubella Ballet (England)
Rudimentary Peni (England)
The Secluded (Wales)
Shock To The System (England)
Skin Disease (England)
The Snipers (England)
Stupid Humans (England)
Subhumans (England)
Terminal Disaster (England)
Nik Toczek (England)
X-Cretas (England)
The Xpozez (England)
XS (England)
Youthanasia (Scotland)
Youthanasia PX (Scotland)
Zounds (England)
TRALLPUNK
A Swedish punk sub-genre: fast melodic hardcore with a slight metal influence.
Asta Kask
DEATHROCK / GOTH
A but like post-punk but even less entertaining and (usually) more doom-laden, but also tongue-in-cheek. Although commonly associated with Los Angeles and groups such as 45 Grave and Christian Death, it also thrived in the London club The Batcave. In the UK some exponents of the genre were briefly referred to as "positive punk".
Alien Sex Fiend (England)
45 Grave (USA)
Blood And Roses (England)
Brigandage (England)
Christian Death (USA)
Kommunity FK (USA)
Pompeii 99 (USA)
Ritual (England)
Sex Gang Children (England)
Skulls (New Jersey, USA)
Southern Death Cult (England)
Specimen (England)
Super Heroines (USA)
Twisted Nerve (England)
UK Decay (England)
The Zarkons (USA)
BANDS POST-1986
Action Swingers (USA)
The Aints (Australia)
ALL (USA)
Anti-Heros (USA)
Argy Bargy (England)
Armitage Shanks (England)
Jello Biafra (USA)
Dim Stars (USA)
God's Lonely Men (Finland)
Greg Graffin (USA)
The Hanson Brothers (Canada)
The Insurgence (USA)
Lard (USA)
Screeching Weasel (USA)
The Skulls (California, USA)
