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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
F[edit]
- 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[edit]
H[edit]
- Hammerhead
- Hi-Standard
- Hogan's Heroes
- The Honor System
- The Hope Bombs
- Horrorpops
- Hot Snakes
- Hot Water Music
J[edit]
K[edit]
L[edit]
M[edit]
- 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[edit]
O[edit]
P[edit]
- 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[edit]
R[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Tales of Terror
- Teen Idles
- Terrorgruppe
- The Scarred
- Three Dollar Bill[citation needed]
- Toxic Waste
- T.S.O.L.
- Two Man Advantage
- The Templars
- The Transplants
- Total Chaos
- Toy Dolls
V[edit]
W[edit]
Y[edit]
Z[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "'90s California bands that defined the second wave of punk rock". KCRW. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Iggy and the Stooges' Raw Power Created the Blueprint for Punk Rock". 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-24.