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During the early '90s -- nearly a full 20 years after punk happened -- the United States had its first punk rock hit albums and singles, as a wave of bands raised on '80s hardcore and '70s punk worked its way into the American mainstream. Essentially, Punk Revival bands were all traditionalists -- they kept alive the sounds and styles of groups like the Sex Pistols, the Stooges, the Jam, the Exploited, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, the Descendents, and countless other punk and hardcore bands. Since hardcore mutated into speed metal in the late '80s, it wasn't surprising that these punk traditionalists were heavier than their initial influences, but that is partially what made the music appealing to a mass audience in America -- it was simpler and heavier, much like a faster, harder outgrowth of grunge rock. The first punk revivalists to break into the American mainstream were Green Day and the Offspring, and their success helped solidify cult followings for groups like Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise, and Pansy Division, as well as bring the spotlight to neglected '80s punk bands like Bad Religion and underground punk genres like the third wave of ska revival.

Punk Revival Artists Highlights

Protomartyr
Protomartyr
Green Day
Green Day
The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
blink-182
blink-182
Against Me!
Against Me!

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Punk Revival Album Highlights

International Superhits!
Green Day
International Superhits!
Dookie
Green Day
Dookie
American Idiot
Green Day
American Idiot
The Reunion: Can't Get the Hell Out of Texas
Willie Nelson / The ...
The Reunion: Can't Get the ...
Warning
Green Day
Warning
YRU Still Here?
Marc Ribot / Marc Ribot's ...
YRU Still Here?

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Punk Revival Song Highlights

Title/Composer Performer Stream
Longview Green Day
Longview Green Day
American Idiot Green Day
Blood, Sex and Booze Green Day
Personal Nancy Marc Ribot / Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
Longview
Green Day
Heaven Knows Rise Against
Nitro (Youth Energy) The Offspring
Geek Stink Breath Green Day
The Rock Show blink-182

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