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Bad Religion
American punk rock band
Dead Kennedys
American punk band
Black Flag
American hardcore punk band
AFI
American punk rock band
Suicidal Tendencies
American crossover thrash band
Social Distortion
American punk rock band
Body Count
American rap metal band
Descendents
The Descendents are an American punk rock band formed in Manhattan Beach, California, in 1977, by guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo and drummer Bill Stevenson as a power pop/surf punk band. In 1979, they enlisted Stevenson's school friend Milo Aukerman as a singer, and reappeared as a melodic hardcore punk band, becoming a major player in the hardcore scene developing in Los Angeles at the time. They have released eight studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, and four EPs. Since 1986, the band's lineup has consisted of Aukerman, Stevenson, guitarist Stephen Ege
The Distillers
American punk rock band
Minutemen
American punk rock band
Snot
American nu metal band
Neurosis
American post-metal band
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
American crossover thrash band
Circle Jerks
American punk band
Terror
American hardcore band
Flipper
American musical group
Ignite
American melodic hardcore band
Terrorizer
Terrorizer is an American grindcore band from Los Angeles, California. It was originally formed in 1985 as Unknown Death by vocalist Oscar Garcia and guitarist Jesse Pintado. They would rename themselves Terrorizer after recruiting drummer Pete Sandoval, who remains the band's sole constant member throughout their discography, in 1986. The band's current lineup consists of Sandoval, bassist David Vincent, vocalist Brian Werner and guitarist Richie Brown. They are currently signed to Earache Records.
Agent Orange
American punk band
Throwdown
American metal band
T.S.O.L.
T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Huntington Beach, California. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.'s music has varied on each release, including such styles as deathrock, art punk, horror punk, other varieties of punk music, and hard rock.
Touché Amoré
American post-hardcore band
Adolescents
American band
Pinhead Gunpowder
American punk rock band
Voodoo Glow Skulls
American ska punk band
Fear
American punk rock band
Death by Stereo
American hardcore punk band
Good Riddance
band
Youth Brigade
American hardcore punk band
Nails
American hardcore punk band
Samiam
Samiam (pronounced "sam-I-am") is an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California, active since 1988.
The Locust
American band
Off!
Off! (stylized as OFF!) was an American hardcore punk supergroup, formed in Los Angeles, California in late 2009 by Circle Jerks/Black Flag singer Keith Morris, Burning Brides frontman Dimitri Coats, Redd Kross bassist Steven Shane McDonald, and Rocket From The Crypt/Hot Snakes drummer Mario Rubalcaba. In 2021, it was announced that the line-up had changed, with McDonald and Rubalcaba replaced by Autry Fulbright II and Justin Brown, respectively. The band were known for playing short, intense punk songs, with Pitchfork describing the band as "a vital blast of classic hardcore."
Inside Out
hardcore punk band
downset.
Downset (usually stylized as downset.) is an American rap metal band from Los Angeles, California. Originally called Social Justice, the band's music blends influences from rap, funk, hardcore punk, and metal with "socially aware lyrics."
The Ghost Inside
American musical group; metalcore band
Rich Kids on LSD
band
Being as an Ocean
American post-hardcore band
Amen
American punk/metal band
Angry Samoans
American punk rock band
The Bronx
American punk rock band
Fever 333
American rock band
The Lookouts
American punk rock band
Stick to Your Guns
American melodic hardcore band
Victims Family
American hardcore punk band
Abscess
hardcore punk-influenced death metal band from Oakland, California
D.I.
Southern California punk band
Strife
American hardcore punk band
Letlive
Letlive, stylized letlive., is an American rock band from Los Angeles. The band's final lineup consisted of lead vocalist Jason Aalon Butler (son of Aalon Butler, vocalist, and guitarist of the soul group Aalon), guitarist Jeff Sahyoun, bassist Ryan Jay Johnson and drummer Loniel Robinson. Butler was the band's only constant member. The band has released four full-length albums and one EP, with their final album ''If I'm the Devil'' being released on June 10, 2016. They were last signed to Epitaph Records.
Heroin
American screamo band
Middle Class
American punk rock band
Dystopia
sludge metal and crust punk band from the United States
98 Mute
band
Trash Talk
American musical group; hardcore punk band
Man Is the Bastard
American band
Saccharine Trust
American punk rock band
No Innocent Victim
American Christian hardcore band
Verbal Abuse
American hardcore punk/crossover thrash band
Ill Repute
American band
First Blood
American hardcore band