Best Hardcore Punk Bands

Hardcore punk artists list, with photos, ranked best to worst by votes. List of good hardcore punk bands includes a filter so you can sort by the groupss label and what albums they've put out. This list of the top hardcore
punk bands in the world includes all musicians who have released recordings that have gotten distribution, and is an up-to-date list. Hardcore punk groups and artists are shown below along with any additional genres in
which their music belongs. If available, you can also see information about where all hardcore punk bands on this list got started. These are truly the greatest hardcore punk bands of all time, since the most famous
hardcore punk artists ever are listed, and the order is decided by actual fans of the best hardcore punk music.

You can click on the hardcore punk band names to see more information about that particular notable hardcore punk group. If they're near the top of the best hardcore punk artist list, though, then they should have at least
some information available. All the top hardcore punk bands named on the list also have discographies on their pages if you click on the hardcore punk band names themselves.

This list is made up of a variety of items, including Nirvana and Beastie Boys. Upvote your favorite items on the list to see them rank higher. Downvote the items you like the least, like Bad Religion or Dead Kennedys. If
you do like them, then vote them up.

All important, significant and iconic names in hardcore punk music history deserve your votes, so make sure to choose wisely. You can only vote once on this list.

The list includes all new hardcore punk bands, and if there are any missing on the list, you can always add them yourself. Just make sure they aren't already on the list and check your spelling, because this is already an
accurate compilation of the best examples of hardcore punk, as well as a good place to start if you're asking yourself, or friends, exactly how to get into hardcore punk music. Especially since the bands at the top of the list
will at the very least be the best choices if you're looking for a list of good hardcore punk bands with which to start out. No point in listening to them if they aren't actually good or even half-way decent hardcore punk bands.

This list answers the questions "who are the best hardcore punk bands of all time?" and "who is the greatest hardcore punk musician ever?"

If you know enough about the genre, please vote based on the quality of the band's music instead of just voting for the most popular hardcore punk bands that you might've heard of, but not really listened to closely
enough to cast an informed vote.

Re-rank the page to fit your opnions then make it votable so you can share it with your friends and get only their input on this whole thing. (250 items)

Rank Name Genre(s)

1 Black Flag Heavy metal, Punk rock, Hardcore punk

2 Misfits Horror punk, Heavy metal, Classic Punk

3 Minor Threat Straight edge, Punk rock, Hardcore punk

Most Voted
4 Dead Kennedys Psychobilly, Anarcho-punk, Skate punk

5 Bad Religion Pop punk, Crossover thrash, Melodic

hardcore

6 Bad Brains Crossover thrash, Thrash metal, Reggae

7 Operation Ivy Ska punk, Punk rock, Hardcore punk

8 Suicidal Tendencies Nu metal, Rock music, Heavy metal

9 NOFX Pop punk, Ska punk, Melodic hardcore

10 Social Distortion Pop punk, Blues-rock, Rockabilly

11 Agnostic Front Crossover thrash, Thrash metal, Street

punk

12 Sick Of It All Crossover thrash, Metalcore, New York

hardcore

13 Rancid Pop punk, Ska punk, Street punk

14 Hsker D Alternative rock, Punk rock,

Post-hardcore

15 Minutemen Dance-punk, Experimental music,

Alternative rock

16 Madball Crossover thrash, Thrash metal,

Metalcore

17 The F.U.'s Hardcore punk

18 Shai Hulud Progressive metal, Mathcore, Metalcore

19 Have Heart Straight edge, Youth crew, Melodic

hardcore

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20 Rollins Band Noise rock, Punk blues, Rock music

21 Melvins Doom metal, Noise rock, Rock music

22 Anti-Flag Pop punk, Anarcho-punk, Punk rock

23 Agent Orange Skate punk, Surf rock, Punk rock

New!
24 No Use For A Name Pop punk, Melodic hardcore, Skate punk

25 Biohazard Crossover thrash, Nu metal, Thrash

metal

26 The Bronx Melodic hardcore, Punk rock, Mariachi

27 The Replacements Jangle pop, Pop punk, Heartland rock

28 The Offspring Pop punk, Ska punk, Rock music

29 Milo Aukerman Melodic hardcore, Punk rock, Hardcore

punk

30 Strike Anywhere Melodic hardcore, Punk rock,

Post-hardcore

31 Youth Of Today Straight edge, Youth crew, Hardcore

punk

32 Subhumans Ska punk, Anarcho-punk, Punk rock

33 Earth Crisis Metalcore, Heavy metal, Hardcore punk

34 Germs Punk rock, Hardcore punk

35 Turbonegro Crossover thrash, Glam metal, Rock

music

36 The Distillers Pop punk, Street punk, Alternative rock

37 T.S.O.L. Horror punk, Glam metal, Gothic rock

38 Screeching Weasel Pop punk, Skate punk, Punk rock

39 Voodoo Glow Skulls Ska punk, Third-wave of ska, Ska

40 Lifetime Pop punk, Emo, Melodic hardcore

41 Clutch Blues-rock, Rock music, Rockabilly

42 Vision Of Disorder Thrash metal, Grunge, Metalcore

43 Snapcase Noise rock, Metalcore, Post-hardcore

44 Wasted Youth Thrash metal, Heavy metal, Punk rock

45 Strife Metalcore, Heavy metal, Speed metal

46 Champion Hardcore punk

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48 The Casualties Crossover thrash, Street punk, Punk
rock

49 The Accsed Crossover thrash, Thrash metal, Grunge

50 The Adicts Punk pathetique, Punk rock, Indie rock

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