Top 10 Modern Punk Bands
Here's a list of the best punk bands from the 90s and up.
Rise Against is an American hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. The band's current line-up comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist Tim McIlrath, lead guitarist Zach Blair, bassist Joe Principe, and drummer Brandon Barnes. They are known for popularizing punk. Some of their most well-known ...read more. How I wish these guys could go back to the sounds of Siren song of the counter culture and the sufferer and the witness! Still love them since 2006 when I heard them for the 1st time
Well deserving of this number 1 spot! My friend recommended them to me and I listened to The Good Left Undone and Savior with no prior knowledge of them or who they were. I thought those two songs were fantastic so I lestened to some of their other songs. Less than 24 hours after first hearing them I bought a ticket to see them live. They were fantastic live! They went from being a band I never knew existed to my favorite band in less than 2 days. They're still my favorite band to date. I urge people who don't know who they are to listen to them. It's well worth your time!
Rise Against is the greatest band on planet earth ( I can't speak for the other planets) Their song make perfect sense and are written in a way that makes you think, smile and cry at the same time. Anyone can relate to pretty much everything their songs are about, because most of them have multiple meanings.
My introduction to Punk Rock and my favourite band to date. Agreed that Bad Religion, NOFX, and The Offspring are great bands but their heydays are most likely over now as the legends are now in their 50's. Rise Against is slightly younger and are currently more mainstream in their popularity.
Green Day are an American pop punk/punk rock band formed in East Bay, California in 1987. The members include Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals and guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass), Tré Cool (drums) and Jason White (guitar). Green Day are associated with punk rock, pop punk and alternative rock. Some of their influences include The Ramones, Sex Pistols, NOFX, and Bad Religion. They are best known for their songs like ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’, ‘Basket Case’ and their ‘American Idiot’ & ‘Dookie’ albums. American Idiot sold 6 million copies in the U.S. and won a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album". Green Day have sold over 75 million records worldwide and have won 5 Grammy Awards. They ...read more. You cannot leave Green Day off this list. They are the kings of the punk revival. They are the most popular punk band ever, for better or worse. They make very catchy and original songs that a lot of us have heard. Even after they "sold out" with American idiot, they still make great music.
Green Day is the reason I even started to play music. I wouldn't be a self-started punk rocker myself without their inspiration.
Green Day are the kings. They aren't exactly modern since they were formed in 1986, but still no one comes close to them.
One of the only punk bands my dad doesn't hate (he grew up in Berkley and oakland) so the only one I can listen when he's in the room. Love them
Highly underrated, started as some fast-paced in your face melodic skate punk transforming themselves to the technical progressive hardcore band they are today. With albums like How To Clean Everything and Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes under their belt how have they not been mentioned. With witty, satirical lyrics with that punk rock grit making them one of the smartest punk bands of the modern era. Also Supporting Caste absolutely amazing record everyone should give it a listen, just beautifully made. Best songs Dear Coaches Corner, Back To The Motor League, Purina Hall of Fame, Anti-Manifesto & Note To Self.
This is punk. Not that Green Day and blink bull. Theyve killed off their punk roots, propagandhi is the real deal
Highly overrated. Blink and Green Day are the best. Legend.. Wait for it.. Dary
The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, bassist Greg K., lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman and drummer Pete Parada. Why is Offspring so far from the top. I personally prefer them over Green Day. Offspring have funny songs like Pretty Fly (For A White Guy), and Why Don't You Get A Job, but they also have serious songs like The Kids Aren't Alright, Come Out And Play, Self Esteem, and Days Go By. Seriously, who doesn't love Come Out And Play? I find Green Day and Blink-182 over-rated. They're good, but I wouldn't call them the best. Rise Against and Sum 41 deserve their places though. Maybe switch them around.
The Offspring is not only better but much more well known and influential lot of the other bands. The Offspring influenced culture in the 90s in a way that can contest that of Blink-182 and certainly more than I-SPY or Fifteen. Also My Chemical Romance not in the top ten proves that this list is bull. It needs more people to vote.
These guys have had their share of funny songs and more serious songs, doing a great job at both. Some songs are really meaningful while not covering very serious topics, a great feat. Give it up for these guys.
The Offspring and Rancid (and debatably Sum 41) appear to be the only non-pop-punk band on this list. I have nothing against pop-punk, it sounds great and is in the punk genre, but I just feel the more hardcore sound is better.
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979. The band makes extensive use of soaring three-part vocal harmonies, guitar solos and lyrics that often contain religious and political commentary. They should be AT LEAST number 3. Bad Religion is a phenomenal punk band.
BR should be top 5. They're a great band and still make good music.
Bad Religion brought me back to punk after years away.
The band is not from this planet..
Blink-182 are a pop-punk band formed in 1992. Original lineup were Mark Hoppus (Bass Guitar, Vocals)
Tom DeLonge (Guitar, vocals) Scott Raynor (Drums). Raynor was fired from the band in 1998 and replaced by drummer Travis Barker. They got into mainstream after the album "Enema of the State"
Tom DeLonge left the band in 2015 and was replaced by Matt Skiba.
Tom DeLonge returned in October 2022, bringing the classic line-up back If you don't think that Blink-182 is the best punk band ever you don't know punk rock. It's as simple as that. To say Green Day is punk is only true on their old songs. American idiot yeah that's very punk but to say 21 guns is punk... Blink-182 has real life situations and they rock so much more than Green Day. I would put Blink-182 top and then Sum 41 all the way. Rise against is a great band and so is the offspring but sum 41 shows the youth punk which is way more inspirational.
Ok, heres the deal: blink-182 created pop-punk. They make great songs about adolescence, relationships, personal problems, etc. And they make songs with humerous lyrics to songs with more serious concepts. Very fast catchy songs.
Green Day are definitely first! But Blink should be second. Easily the two most inspirational bands after Nirvana. Also, My Chemical Romance should be higher!
Blink 182 are my favourite band by far. They are definitely the best band from the 90's by far and definitely deserve to be up the top of this list!
Just bare bones skate punk with a somewhat sensible political view. Steps and moderne rebellion will cure your boo boos
NOFX are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. Don't understand how these guys aren't in the top 3. Around longer than most of the bands already mentioned and still rocking
This is Punk like Propaghandi. It pisses me off its Not at atleat 5th place. And some of These Bands on This list aren't even Punk.
NOFX and Bad religion not being 1 and 2 is a joke, Rise against no1 seriously?
Ribbed, Punk In Drublic, White Trash Two Heebs and a Bean and Heavy Petting Zoo great albums and then it drops off after.
My Chemical Romance is an American rock band from Jersey City, New Jersey, active from 2001 to 2013, and again from 2019 to present day. For much of their career, the band consisted of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way, and drummer Bob Bryar. They are one of my all time favorites and although people list them under many genres there will never be a band quite like them. They are very unique in their sound and style.
I mean, honestly. Please. Listen to any song on Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge other than The Ghost of You and I'm Not Okay (I Promise), which didn't do them justice.
Are you kidding? Paramore is on the list before My Chemical Romance? Nothing against paramore (I saw them live on Monumentour) but I can think of a billion bands More Punk Than Them, including Fall out Boy (who was touring with them) and My Chemical Romance. And Honestly I would say that My Chemical Romance is more punk than Blink-182
As a teenage boy, My Chemical Romance was my favorite punk rock band and I still love them. They are possibly my favorite band off any genre
If it weren't for Jeff Ott -- frontman of Fifteen--being a part of putting 924 Gilman and the Berkeley punk scene on the map, bands like Green Day and Rancid would not exist. Period. A big reason the pop punk explosion of the 90's saw the light of day.
Grew up with this
Sum 41 was a Canadian pop-punk band from Ajax, Ontario, Canada. Originally called Kaspir, the band was formed in 1996 and separated in 2023. They consisted of lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Deryck Whibley, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dave Baksh, co-lead guitarist/backing vocalist Tom Thacker, bassist/backing vocalist Jason McCaslin, and drummer Frank Zummo. Their most popular songs include The Hell Song, In Too Deep, Fatlip, Pieces, With Me, Still Waiting, Walking Disaster, and Underclass Hero. They have switched on and off again from regular pop-punk (All Killer, No Filer, Underclass Hero) to melodic hardcore (Chuck, Screaming Bloody Murder, 13 Voices, Order in Decline). They have released ...read more. Not only did sum 41 become noticed alongside bands such as blink-182, Green Day, and the offspring with their contribution to pop punk, but they have done many different styles of punk rock, ranging from pop punk, to melodic hardcore. They have had their share of serious song topics, to classic relationship pop punk topics.
Sum 41 should be in the top 3 alongside Green Day and Blink-182. See for yourself. Listen to Still Waiting, Blood in my Eyes, The Hell Song, and Over my Head.
Ok... I love Sum 41, but punk rock? Not really... Aside from Bad Religion and Rise Against this could be a top ten pop punk bands list
This band is the reason I like pop-punk. One of their newer songs - War - is my favourite song.
Billy Talent is a Canadian rock band from Mississauga, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Benjamin Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk. Billy Talent is a band that has a different sound each album. It shows their range as a band and growth as a whole. They are focused on giving quality and passoinate work while never reproducing a sound from another album. That is something a lot of bands don't accomplish. They do this but also stay with their punk roots and keep to their own unique sound.
Billy Talent is my favorite band if all time and the first band to get me into rock music personally I think they should be number 1 on the list. I love there music and them so much
When bands like blink-182 lack the ability of being good live band. Billy Talent always delivers.
My favorites. Totally overrated
Three Days Grace is a Canadian post-grunge/alternative rock band formed in Norwood, Ontario in 1992 with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer and backing vocalist Neil Sanderson, and bassist Brad Walst. Their original name was Groundswell until they changed it to ...read more. Definitely worth a listen, their new stuff has a little different sound than their older songs, however their new vocalist is doing a great job! If you enjoy songs with a raw and "real" feeling, give these guys a try.
Why is Three Days Grace so down on the list? As a punk rock and metal listener, I can attest that TDG is one of the best, at least the top ten. Their old songs were very real, and the new ones are uplifting to the spirit. They deserve a top spot
Seriously? Fat Mike is the reason half of these bands were ever signed in the first place... Anyone not putting them in the top three should play golf, say whoops, and call an ambulance.
I swear to god these guys are way too low on this list. Come on! Californian Punk!
One of the best
"Heart Full of Hate" is a great album.
All Time Low is an American pop punk band from Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, formed in 2003. The band currently consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Jack Barakat, bassist and backing vocalist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson. ...read more. All Time Low are the perfect example for a modern punk band, however they should definitely go back to their 2009 music sounding days!
I cannot explain my love for them. They have an amazing music and the compositions of the lyrics is so witty.
Their music is amazing! I love their music and is without a doubt they are my favorite band!
I LOVE THEM! They are th perfect combination between punk and rock its amazing! and on top of that they sound like they are having fun when they sing you can here them I've seen them live and on my phone and they a amazing either way in my opinion they should definietly in the top 10.