Music 4 Albums

At the Drive‐In

At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore band formed in El Paso, Texas, in the mid-1990s around Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar. The group became known for a tense and explosive sound blending post-hardcore, punk, alternative rock and experimentation, driven by frantic rhythms, angular guitars and intense live performances. With albums such as In/Casino/Out and …

Punk
Rock-alternatif
Post-hardcore

Music 8 Albums

Beastie Boys

Formed in New York in the early 1980s, Beastie Boys was an American group made up of Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock. Originally part of the hardcore punk scene, the trio soon turned toward hip-hop and developed a distinctive sound blending rap, rock, punk, funk and sampling. With landmark albums such as Licensed to Ill, Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication, Beastie Boys became one of the most influential …

Rock
Punk
Hip-hop

Music 2 Albums

Condkoï

Condkoï is a French hardcore punk band originally from Luçon, Vendée, formed in the 1990s before relocating to southwestern France. The group developed an energetic sound blending punk, hardcore, reggae and more melodic elements, driven by two vocalists and lyrics in both French and English. With albums such as Evilution, Still Ready and Quinte Flush Royale, Condkoï built a distinctive identity within the French ind…

Punk
Hardcore

Music 8 Albums

Descendents

Descendents is an American punk rock band formed in California in the late 1970s around Milo Aukerman, Bill Stevenson, Tony Lombardo and Frank Navetta. Their music blends hardcore punk, melodic punk and pop punk, with short, fast and highly melodic songs often focused on relationships, adolescence, frustration and everyday life. With albums such as Milo Goes to College, I Don’t Want to Grow Up and Everything Sucks, …

Punk
Punk-rock

Music 1 Album

Minor Threat

Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in the early 1980s around Ian MacKaye, Lyle Preslar, Brian Baker and Jeff Nelson. Their music was defined by very short, fast and incisive songs, closely associated with a DIY ethic and lyrics dealing with independence, social pressure, identity and the rejection of certain norms within punk culture. Despite a brief career, with releases suc…

Punk

Music 12 Albums

Pennywise

Pennywise is an American punk rock band formed in Hermosa Beach, California, in the late 1980s around Jim Lindberg, Fletcher Dragge, Jason Thirsk and Byron McMackin. Their music blends skate punk, hardcore punk and melodic punk, driven by fast rhythms, anthemic choruses and lyrics dealing with freedom, personal responsibility, society and self-improvement. With albums such as Pennywise, Unknown Road and Full Circle,…

Punk
Punk-rock

Music 8 Albums

Propagandhi

Propagandhi is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Winnipeg in the mid-1980s around Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky. Their music blends hardcore punk, skate punk, thrash metal and melodic punk, with strongly political writing focused on anti-capitalism, anti-war themes, animal rights, inequality and systems of power. With albums such as How to Clean Everything, Less Talk, More Rock and Supporting Caste, Propagandhi …

Punk
Punk-rock

Music 4 Albums

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in the early 1990s around Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. The group became known for an explosive sound blending rap, metal, funk, punk and alternative rock, driven by Tom Morello’s inventive guitar work and Zack de la Rocha’s forceful vocals. With albums such as Rage Against the Machine, Evil Empire and The Battle o…

Rock
Metal
Punk

Music 5 Albums

Refused

Refused is a Swedish hardcore punk band formed in Umeå in the early 1990s around Dennis Lyxzén, Kristofer Steen, David Sandström and Magnus Flagge. Their music blends hardcore, post-hardcore, punk and experimentation drawing from alternative rock and electronic music, with tense structures, strong rhythmic intensity and political lyrics. With albums such as Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent and especially The Sh…

Punk
Hardcore
Post-hardcore

Music 5 Albums

Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols was a British punk rock band formed in London in the mid-1970s around Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, later replaced by Sid Vicious. Their music was built on raw, direct and provocative punk, driven by aggressive guitars, an anti-establishment attitude and lyrics attacking institutions, the monarchy and social conformity. With the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pist…

Punk

Music 1 Album

Snot

Snot is an American band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in the mid-1990s around singer Lynn Strait. Their music blends alternative metal, hardcore punk, funk metal and hip-hop influences, with an aggressive, energetic and highly rhythmic sound. Driven by the album Get Some, which gained cult status after Strait’s death in 1998, Snot left a lasting mark on the late-1990s alternative metal and nu-metal scenes.

Metal
Punk
Hip-hop

Music 5 Albums

System of a Down

System of a Down is an American alternative metal band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1990s around Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan. The group is known for an explosive sound blending metal, punk, alternative rock, Armenian influences and deliberately unpredictable passages, driven by abrupt rhythmic shifts and a highly distinctive vocal identity. With albums such as Toxicity, Steal T…

Metal
Punk
Rock-alternatif

Music 11 Albums

The Specials

The Specials are a British band formed in Coventry in the late 1970s around Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Roddy Radiation, Horace Panter and John Bradbury. Their music blends ska, reggae, punk and new wave, with an energetic, danceable sound closely associated with the 2 Tone movement, along with lyrics focused on social tensions, racism, unemployment and British urban life. With albums …

Punk
Reggae
Ska

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