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Punk & Alternative Bands

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Country
Iconic Album
The Ramones
1970sPunk RockUSARamones
The Clash
1970s–80sPunk/Post-PunkUKLondon Calling
Sex Pistols
1970sPunk RockUKNever Mind the Bollocks
Green Day
1990s–presentPop PunkUSAAmerican Idiot
Blink-182
1990s–presentPop PunkUSAEnema of the State
Dead Kennedys
1980sHardcore PunkUSAFresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Bad Religion
1980s–presentPunk RockUSASuffer
The Offspring
1990s–presentPunk RockUSASmash
Misfits
1970s–presentHorror PunkUSAWalk Among Us
My Chemical Romance
2000s–presentPost-Hardcore/EmoUSAThe Black Parade
Paramore
2000s–presentPop Punk/AlternativeUSARiot!
Fall Out Boy
2000s–presentPop Punk/EmoUSAFrom Under the Cork Tree
Sum 41
2000s–presentPop Punk/Punk MetalCanadaAll Killer No Filler
Rise Against
2000s–presentMelodic HardcoreUSAThe Sufferer & the Witness
NOFX
1980s–presentPunk RockUSAPunk in Drublic
Social Distortion
1980s–presentPunk RockUSASocial Distortion
AFI
1990s–presentPost-HardcoreUSASing the Sorrow
The Buzzcocks
1970s–presentPunk PopUKSingles Going Steady
Jawbreaker
1990sPost-Hardcore/EmoUSADear You
Turnstile
2010s–presentHardcore PunkUSAGlow On

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