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Band name | Origin | Years active | Brief summary |
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Babes in Toyland | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | 1987–97 | |
Backyard Babies | Nässjö, Sweden | 1987–present | A glam punk/hard rock band. |
Bad Astronaut | USA | 2000-06, 2010 – present | |
Bad Brains | Washington, D.C., USA | 1977–84, 1986–95, 1997–present | A hardcore punk/reggae band. |
Bad Religion | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA | 1979–present | A punk rock group credited with the revival of punk rock during the late 1980s, as well as influencing a large number of other punk bands. Active for over 30 years. |
The Bags | Los Angeles, California, USA | 1977-81 | One of the first generation of California punk rock bands. |
Balzac | Osaka, Japan | 1992–present | A Japanese horror punk band. |
The Bananas | Sacramento, California, USA | An underground punk rock band. | |
Bane | Worcester, Massachusetts, USA | 1995–present | |
Bankrupt | Budapest, Hungary | 1996–present | A melodic punk rock band. |
The Banner | New Jersey, USA | 1999–present | |
Banner Pilot | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | 2005–present | |
Barely Blind | Groves, Texas USA | 2003–present | An underground Pop punk, Alternative rock, Indie rock band. |
Batfoot | Sydney, Australia | 2008–present | A pop punk band influenced by Screeching Weasel and The Queers. |
Battalion of Saints | San Diego, California, USA | 1980-85, 1995–present | |
Battery | Washington, D.C., USA | 1990-98 | |
Bayside | Queens, New York City, USA | 2000–present | |
BBQ Chickens | Japan | 2000–present | A Japanese hardcore punk band formed by Ken Yokoyama of Hi-Standard. |
Beastie Boys | Brooklyn, New York, USA | 1980–present | Began as a hardcore punk band, transitioned into Hip-hop/rap rock. |
Beat Crusaders | Japan | 1997–2010 | A pop punk band that performs with masks of dot-matrix drawings of themselves. |
Beatsteaks | Berlin, Germany | 1995–present | |
Bedwetters | Pärnu, Estonia | 2004–present | |
Beer7 | Beersheba, Israel | 2002–present | |
Behind Enemy Lines | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | 2000–present | An anarchist crust punk/heavy metal band with two members of Aus-Rotten. |
Belvedere | Alberta, Canada | 1995-2005, 2011–present | |
Bérurier Noir | Paris, France | 1983–89, 2003–06 | |
Best Revenge | Los Angeles, California, USA | 1998–2002 | A queercore punk band. |
Better Than a Thousand | Washington, D.C., USA | ||
Bhopal Stiffs | Chicago, Illinois, USA | 1985-89 | |
Bickley | Houston, Texas, USA | 1995–2001 | |
Big Black | Evanston, Illinois, USA | 1981-1987 | Instrumental in the development of noise rock. Notable for using a drum machine instead of a kit. |
Big Boys | Austin, Texas, USA | 1979–84 | One of the pioneers of the hardcore punk genre. |
Big D and the Kids Table | Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 1995–present | A third-wave ska band. |
Big Drill Car | Costa Mesa, California, USA | 1987–95, 2008 | One of the pioneers of the melodic hardcore genre. |
Big in Japan | Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK | 1977–79 | |
Bigwig | Nutley, New Jersey, USA | 1995–present | |
Bikini Kill | Olympia, Washington, USA | 1990–98 | A punk rock band part of the Riot Grrrl movement. |
The Bill | Pionki, Poland | 1988–present | |
Billy Club Sandwich | New York, New York, USA | 1991-2010 | |
Billy Idol | Stanmore, Middlesex, England | 1975–present | |
Billy Talent | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | 1993–present | The punk rock group was formerly known as Pezz. They changed their name When they were threatened with a law suit from an American band of the same name. |
Biohazard | Brooklyn, New York, USA | 1988–2006, 2008–present | One of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk with elements of hip-hop. |
Blackbird Raum | Santa Cruz, California, USA | ||
Blackfire | Black Mesa, Arizona, USA | 1989–present | A Navajo traditionally influenced, punk rock group of three siblings, with strong political messages. |
Black Flag | Hermosa Beach, California, USA | 1976–86, 1976–86, 2003 | A hardcore punk band active since the late 1970s. |
The Black Halos | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 1993–present | |
Black Lips | Dunwoody, Georgia, USA | 1999–present | A self-proclaimed "flower punk" band from Georgia. |
Black Lungs | St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | 2005–present | |
The Black Pacific | Huntington Beach, California, USA | 2010–present | |
Black Randy and the Metrosquad | Los Angeles, California, USA | 1977-80 | |
Black Square | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | 2002–present | |
Blaggers ITA | England | 1988-93 | |
Blanks 77 | Hillside, New Jersey, USA | 1990–2001, 2004–present | |
Bl'ast | Santa Cruz, California, USA | 1984-90, 2001 | |
Blatz | Berkeley, California, USA | 1989–92 | |
The Bleach Boys | Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England | 1976–present | |
Blink-182 | Poway, California, USA | 1992–2005, 2009–present | A pop punk band which achieved commercial success beginning in the mid-1990s. |
Blitz | New Mills, Derbyshire, England | 1980–2007 | An English Oi/Street punk band. |
Blitzkrieg | Southport, Merseyside, England | 1979–1984, 1991–1995, 2007–present | |
Blondie | New York City, New York, USA | 1976–82, 1997–present | A pioneer of American punk rock and New Wave music. |
The Blood | London, England | 1982–present | The First Punk Band to feature in the Rock magazine Kerrang. |
Blood for Blood | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 1994-2004, 2010 | |
Bloodhound Gang | Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA | 1992–present | |
Bloody Mess & The Skabs | Peoria, Illinois, USA | 1989-95 | |
The Blue Hearts | Tokyo, Japan | 1985–95 | An influential punk band from Japan. |
Blue Meanies | Carbondale, Illinois, USA | 1989-2001 | |
Bobot Adrenaline | Los Angeles, California, USA | 2001–present | |
Body Count | Los Angeles, California, USA | 1990–2006, 2009–present | |
Bodyjar | Melbourne, Australia | 1994–2009 | |
Bold | Westchester County, New York, USA | 1986–2006 | |
Bomb the Music Industry! | Nassau County, New York, USA | 2004–present | DIY punk band that offers its music by donation on Quote Unquote Records. |
Bomberos | Norway | 2002–present | |
The Boomtown Rats | Dún Laoghaire, Ireland | 1975-86 | |
Born Against | New York City, USA | 1989-93 | |
The Bouncing Souls | New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA | 1987–present | An American punk rock band. |
Box Car Racer | Los Angeles, California, USA | 2002–03 | A side project of Blink-182, with members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker. |
The Boys | London, England | 1976–82, 1999–present | |
Bracket | Forestville, California, USA | 1992–present | |
Brain Failure | Bejiing, China | ||
Brand New | Levittown, New York, USA | 2000–present | An alternative rock/pop punk band. |
Brand New War | Los Angeles, California, USA | Formerly known as The God Awfuls. | |
Brat Pack | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | 2006–present | |
Bratmobile | Olympia, Washington, USA | 1991-94, 1999–2003 | |
Breakdown | New York, New York, USA | 1986–present | |
Break Even | Perth, Australia | 2005-12 | |
The Briefs | Seattle, Washington, USA | 2000–present | An American Pop-punk band. |
The Briggs | Los Angeles, California, USA | 2001–present | A working class-style punk band. |
The Broadways | Chicago, Illinois, USA | 1996-98 | |
Broadway Calls | Rainier, Oregon, USA | 2005–present | |
Broken Bones | England | 1983–present | An English street punk/thrash band. |
The Bronx | Los Angeles, California, USA | 2002–present | |
Brother's Keeper | Erie, Pennsylvania, USA | 1994-2003 | |
The Bruce Lee Band | California, USA | 1997-2005 | |
The Bruisers | Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA | 1988–1998 | A street punk band featuring future Dropkick Murphys singer Al Barr |
Brutal Juice | Denton, Texas, USA | 1991-97 | |
Brygada Kryzys | Warsaw, Poland | 1981–present | |
Buck-O-Nine | San Diego, California, USA | 1991–present | |
Bus Station Loonies | Plymouth, Devon, England | 1995–present | A comedic anarcho-punk band, including ex-members of Oi Polloi and Disorder. |
The Business | Lewisham, South London, England | 1979–1988, 1992–present | |
Bunkface | Klang, Selangor, Malaysia | 2005–present | A Malaysian pop punk band. |
Bulbulators | Poland | 1989–present | |
Bullets and Octane | St. Louis, Missouri, USA | 1998–present | |
Bullet Treatment | Los Angeles, California, USA | ||
Burn | New York, New York, USA | 1988–present | |
Burning Heads | Orléans, France | 1988–present | |
…But Alive | Hamburg, Germany | 1992–99 | A political punk rock band, signed with G7 Welcoming Committee Records. |
Butthole Surfers | San Antonio, Texas, USA | 1981–present | |
Buzzcocks | Manchester, England | 1975–81, 1989–present | A punk rock band that influenced later pop punk bands and were also one of the first punk bands to establish an independent record label. |
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