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100 Greatest Punk Rock Artists

Criteria: These 'Punk Rock Music Artists' were chosen and ranked for their for there influence, innovation, origianality and impact on punk music.

Last Updated: 2021-04-28
Newly added names are in  Red 
Greatest Punk Rock Artists
  1. The Clash
  2. MC5
  3. The Ramones
  4. The Sex Pistols
  5. The Stooges
  6. Dead Kennedys
  7. Fugazi
  8. Black Flag
  9. The Misfits
10. Bad Brains
11. Minor Threat
12. Joy Division
13. The Buzzcocks
14. Hüsker Dü
15. Bad Religion
16. Minutemen
17. The Damned
18. The Circle Jerks
19. X
20. Television
21. Stiff Little Fingers
22. Patti Smith
23. Green Day
24. Crass
25. Gang Of Four
26. Generation X
27. Operation Ivy
28. Rites of Spring
29. The Adolescents
30. Social Distortion
31. Embrace
32. Richard Hell & the Voidoids
33. Descendents
34. The Germs
35. The Jam
36. The Adicts
37. At The Drive In
38. Dead Boys
39. X-Ray Spex
40. NOFX
41. Wire
42. Rancid
43. Fear
44. Reagan Youth
45. The Exploited
46. Anti-Nowhere League
47. The Vandals
48. The Subhumans
49. The Pogues
50. Johnny Thunders & Heartbreakers
51. TSOL
52. Leftover Crack
53. Gorilla Biscuits
54. GBH
55. Anti Flag
56. Sunny Day Real Estate
57. Pennywise
58. Sham 69
59. Agent Orange
60. Conflict
61. Dead Milkmen
62. Discharge
63. 7 Seconds
64. Suicidal Tendencies
65. Against Me!
66. Flogging Molly
67. Chocking Victim
68. Jawbraker
69. Propaghandi
70. Dropkick Murpheys
71. Catch 22
72. U.K. Subs
73. D.O.A.
74. The Vibrators
75. The Unseen
76. Dag Nasty
77. Alkaline Trio
78. Screeching Weasels
79. A.F.I.
80. Guttermouth
81. Suicide Machines
82. Reel Big Fish
83. Strike Anywhere
84. Streetlight Manifesto
85. Refused
86. Rise Against
87. The Queers
88. Paint it Black
89. Bouncing Souls
90. Screamers
91. Agnostic Front
92. Kid Dynamite
93. Less Than Jake
94. D.R.I.
95. Link 80
96. Millencolin
97. 999
98. Mustard Plug
99. Bigwig
100. Dance Hall Crashers
Punk Rock Band The Clash
The Clash

Punk Rock Band The Ramones
The Ramones

Punk Rock Band The Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols

Punk Rock Band Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys





25 Greatest
Post Punk Artists
Editor: BlueMooN
25 Greatest
Hardcore Punk Artists
Editor: R. Thomas
10 Greatest
Hardcore Punk Albums
  1. Joy Division
  2. The Fall
  3. The Cure
  4. Gang of Four
  5. Wire
  6. Talking Heads
  7. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  8. Pere Ubu
  9. Bauhaus
10. Echo & The Bunnymen
11. Mission of Burma
12. New Order
13. Public Image Ltd
14. The Feelies
15. Adam and the Ants
16. U2
17. The Sound
18. Devo
19. Suicide
20. The B-52's
21. The Soft Boys
22. Sisters of Mercy
23. Depeche Mode
24. The Mekons
25. The Birthday Party
  1. Dead Kennedys
  2. Bad Brains
  3. Black Flag
  4. Minor Threat
  5. The Misfits
  6. Fugazi
  7. Bad Religion
  8. The Minutemen
  9. Circle Jerks
10. Hüsker Dü
11. Crass
12. X
13. Rites of Spring
14. The Adolescents
15. Reagan Youth
16. Gorilla Biscuits
17. D.O.A.
18. TSOL
19. The Descendents  
20. Embrace
21. Discharge
22. Agent Orange
23. Fear
24. At the Drive In
25. Cro-mags
  1. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
  2. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
  3. Damaged - Black Flag
  4. Comeplet Discography - Minor Threat
  5. 13 songs - Fugazi
  6. Double Nickles on the dime - The Minutemen
  7. Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü
  8. Walk Among Us - The Misfits
  9. Group Sex - Circle Jerks
10. Plastic Surgery Disasters - Dead Kennedys



The Greatest Punk Vocalists:
1. Jello Biafra - (Dead Kennedys)
2. Debbie Harry - (Blondie)
3. Glenn Danzig - (The Misfits)
4. Iggy Pop - (The Stooges)
5. Joey Ramone - (The Ramones)
The Greatest Punk Guitarists:
1. Wayne Kramer/Fred "Sonic" Smith - (MC5)
2. Johnny Ramone - (The Ramones)
3. Rikk Agnew - (The Adolescents)
4. Richard Lloyd/Tom Verlaine - (Television)
5. D. Boon - (Minutemen)
The Greatest Punk Lyricists:
1. Joe Strummer - (The Clash)
2. Ian Curtis - (Joy Division)
3. Jello Biafra - (Dead Kennedys)
4. Billie Joe Armstrong - (Green Day)
5. Paul Weller - (The Jam)
The Greatest Punk Songwriters:
1. Joe Strummer/Mick Jones - (The Clash)
2. Pete Shelley/Steve Diggle - (The Buzzcocks)
3. Johnny Rotten/Steve Jones/Glenn Matlock - (The Sex Pistols)
4. Ian Curtis/Bernard Sumner - (Joy Division)
5. D. Boon - (Minutemen)



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