This is a timeline of punk rock, from its beginnings in the mid-1970s to the present time.

1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005

1972

• Newly formed bands
  • The Saints

1973

• Newly formed bands
  • Television

1974

• Newly formed bands
  • The Ramones
  • Blondie

1975

• Newly formed bands
  • The Sex Pistols
  • The Heartbreakers
  • The Undertones

• Events
  • Television records a demo tape for Island Records with Brian Eno, but the label decides not to sign the band. Richard Hell leaves the band after recording the tape to form The Heartbreakers with former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders.

1976

• Newly formed bands
  • The Clash
  • The Damned
  • Dead Boys
  • The Flowers of Romance
  • The Jam
  • Masters Of The Backsides
  • Subway Sect
  • The Bizarros

• Albums
  • The Ramones - The Ramones
  • Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers (recorded 1971, released 1976)

• Events
  • The Ramones make their first non-US appearance at the Roundhouse, London, July 4, often pointed to as a galvanizing event for the UK punk scene.
  • Sniffin' Glue, Mark Perry's punk fanzine is first published, shortly after The Ramones' Roundhouse apearance.
  • The Sex Pistols releases their first single "Anarchy In The U.K."

1977

• Newly formed bands
  • Black Flag
  • Crass
  • Ebba Grön

• Albums
  • The Clash - The Clash UK release
  • The Damned - Damned, Damned, Damned
  • The Damned - Music for Pleasure
  • Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty
  • The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
  • The Jam - In the City
  • The Jam - This is the Modern World
  • The Ramones - Leave Home
  • The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
  • Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation
  • The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
  • Television - Marquee Moon

• Disbandments
  • The Heartbreakers

1978

• Newly formed bands
  • Bad Brains
  • Dead Kennedys
  • The Descendents
  • Hüsker Dü
  • Optics

• Albums
  • The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope
  • Dead Boys - We Have Come For Your Children
  • The Ramones - Road to Ruin
  • Television - Adventure
  • The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (single)

• Disbandments
  • Dead Boys
  • The Sex Pistols
  • Television

• Events
  • SST Records is formed when Black Flag guitarist/founder Greg Ginn needs an outlet to release his band's music.

1979

• Newly formed bands
  • Cheese
  • The Rebels
  • Sex Telegramm
  • Social Distortion

• Albums
  • The Clash - London Calling
  • The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
  • The Ramones - It's Alive (live album)
  • The Undertones - The Undertones

• Events
  • Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious of dies at the age of 21.

1980

• Newly formed bands
  • The Adolescents
  • Bad Religion

• Albums
  • The Clash - Sandinista! (triple album)
  • Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
  • The Ramones - End Of The Century
  • Sex Pistols - Flogging a Dead Horse
  • Sex Pistols - Seksualnye Pistolety
  • The Undertones - Hypnotised

• Disbandments

• Events
  • KROQ establishes the Top 106.7 Countdowns. The Clash and Dead Kennedys both reached on it on the same year.

1981

• Albums
  • The Adolescents - The Adolescents
  • Bad Religion - Bad Religion (EP)
  • Black Flag - Damaged
  • Dead Boys - Night Of The Living Dead Boys (Live)
  • Plasmatics - Beyond the Valley of 1984
  • Ramones - Pleasant Dreams
  • The Undertones - Positive Touch

• Disbandments

• Events

1982

• Newly formed bands
  • Suicidal Tendencies

• Albums
  • Bad Brains - Bad Brains
  • Bad Religion - How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (full-length debut)
  • The Clash - Combat Rock
  • Fear - The Record

• Disbandments
  • The Jam

• Events
  • 18 December- Crass squat the Zig Zag Club in west London and put on a free all day event featuring a number of anarcho-punk bands.
  • Social Distortion records their first album Mommy's Little Monster on Christmas Eve.

1983

• Newly formed bands
  • Dramarama
  • Samhain

• Albums
  • Bad Brains - Rock for Light
  • Bad Religion - Into the Unknown
  • Black Flag - Everything Went Black
  • Minor Threat - Out of Step
  • The Ramones - Subterranean Jungle
  • Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster
  • Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies

• Disbandments
  • Minor Threat
  • The Misfits
  • The Undertones

• Events

1984

• Newly formed bands
  • NOFX
  • Sick of it All
  • Vennaskond

• Albums
  • Bad Religion - Back to the Known
  • Black Flag - Slip It In
  • Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
  • The Ramones - Too Tough to Die

• Disbandments
  • Bad Religion
  • Crass

• Events

1985

• Newly formed bands
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • The Offspring

• Albums
  • Black Flag - Loose Nut
  • Black Flag - In My Head
  • Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
  • Dramarama - Cinéma Vérité
  • Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig
  • Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising

• Disbandments

• Events

1986

• Newly formed bands
  • Felis Ultramarinus
  • Good Riddance

• Albums
  • Bad Brains - I Against I
  • Dead Kennedys - Bedtime for Democracy
  • Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
  • The Ramones - Animal Boy

• Disbandments
  • Black Flag
  • The Clash

• Events

1987

• Newly formed bands
  • Big Drill Car
  • Bouncing Souls
  • Chemical People
  • Fugazi
  • No Use for a Name
  • Rollins Band
  • Screeching Weasel
• Albums
  • Bad Religion - Suffer
  • Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
  • The Ramones - Halfway to Sanity
  • Suicidal Tendencies - Join the Army

• Disbandments
  • Dead Kennedys
  • Hüsker Dü
  • Samhain

• Events
  • Bad Religion reunites
  • Social Distortion reunites

1988

• Newly formed bands
  • Anti-Flag
  • Pennywise
  • Samiam
  • Sublime
  • The Un Concern

• Albums
  • Big Drill Car - Small Block (EP)
  • Fugazi - Fugazi (EP)
  • The Ramones - Ramones Mania (compilation)
  • Sex Pistols - Anarchy World Wide
  • Social Distortion - Prison Bound

• Disbandments
  • Big Black

• Events

1989

• Newly formed bands
  • Green Day

• Albums
  • Bad Brains - Quickness
  • Bad Religion - No Control
  • Big Drill Car -- CD Type Thing
  • Chemical People - Ten Fold Hate
  • Dramarama - Stuck in Wonderamaland
  • Fugazi - Margin Walker (EP)
  • Green Day - 1,000 Hours (EP)
  • NOFX - S&M Airlines
  • The Offspring - The Offspring
  • The Ramones - Brain Drain
  • Sick of it All - Blood, Sweat and No Tears

• Disbandments
  • The Sweet Children

• Events
  • Social Distortion leaves Time Bomb Recordings and signs to Epic Records.

1990

• Newly formed bands
  • Ash
  • Bikini Kill
  • Lagwagon
  • Presidents of the United States of America

• Albums
  • Bad Religion - Against the Grain
  • Chemical People - Right Thing
  • Fugazi - 13 Songs (compilation of the two EPs)
  • Green Day - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
  • Green Day - Slappy (EP)
  • Pennywise - Wildcard/A Word From the Wise (compilation of the two EPs)
  • Social Distortion - Social Distortion

• Disbandments

• Events
  • Dead Boys frontman Stiv Bators dies on June 4, 1990 from injuries sustained in an automotive accident.

1991

• Newly formed bands
  • The Casualties
  • AFI (A Fire Inside)
  • Rancid
  • Unwritten Law

• Albums
  • Bad Religion - '80-'85 (collection of old recordings)
  • Big Drill Car - Batch
  • Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing
  • Dramarama - Vinyl
  • NOFX - Ribbed
  • Pennywise - Pennywise
  • Sublime - Jah Won't Pay the Bills (independent demo tape)

• Disbandments

• Events
  • Bad Religion drummer Pete Finestone leaves the band after touring with Against the Grain. Bobby Schayer came aboard.
  • Television reunites to record a new album for Capitol Records.

1992

• Newly formed bands
  • Blink-182
  • Elastica
  • MxPx
  • Everclear

• Albums
  • Bad Religion - Generator
  • Green Day - Kerplunk!
  • Lagwagon - Duh!
  • The Ramones - Mondo Bizarro
  • Sublime - 40 Oz. to Freedom
  • Television - Television
  • Vennaskond - Rockpiraadid
  • Blink-182 - Flyswatter (demo)

• Disbandments

• Events

1993

• Newly formed bands
  • The Unseen

• Albums
  • Bad Religion - Recipe for Hate
  • Dramarama - Hi-Fi Sci-Fi (final album)
  • Everclear - World of Noise
  • Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
  • The Offspring - Ignition
  • Pennywise - Unknown Road
  • The Ramones - Acid Eaters (cover songs)
  • Rancid - Rancid (Gun Cover)

• Disbandments

• Events
  • Bad Religion goes to the 4th Annual KROQ Acoustic Christmas.
  • Green Day leaves Lookout! Records and sings to their recent label Reprise Records before recording their next album Dookie (see 1994).
  • The drummer Christopher Reece of Social Distortion is replaced.

1994

• Newly formed bands
  • The Ataris
  • Bowling for Soup
  • The Living End

• Albums
  • Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
  • Big Drill Car - No Worse for the Wear (final album)
  • Green Day - Dookie (breakthrough)
  • Lagwagon - Trashed
  • NOFX - Punk in Drublic
  • The Offspring - Smash (breakthrough)
  • Rancid - Let's Go!
  • Blink-182 - Buddha (demo later turned into CD)

• Disbandments
  • Dramarama

• Events
  • Bad Religion goes to the 5th Annual KROQ Acoustic Christmas.
  • Green Day and the Offspring both go to the 2nd Annual KROQ Weenie Roast.

1995

• Newly formed bands
  • Black September
  • Foo Fighters

• Albums
  • ALL - Pummel
  • Bad Religion - All Ages ('best of' collection from 1982 to 1992)
  • Bouncing Souls - Maniacal Laughter
  • Face to Face - Big Choice
  • Elastica - Elastica
  • Green Day - Insomniac
  • Jawbreaker - Dear You
  • Lagwagon - Hoss
  • Lifetime - Hello Bastards
  • Millencolin - Life on a Plate
  • MxPx - Teenage Politics
  • Pennywise - About Time
  • Presidents of the United States of America - Presidents of the United States of America
  • The Ramones - ¡Adios Amigos!
  • Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
  • SNFU - The One Voted Most Likely To Succeed
  • Social Distortion - Mainliner: Wreckage From the Past (recorded 1981, released 1995)
  • Mike Watt - Ball-Hog or Tugboat?
  • Blink-182- Cheshire cat

• Disbandments
  • Big Drill Car

• Events
  • Brett Gurewitz leaves Bad Religion just to concentrate on the fastly growing Epitaph Records. Former Minor Threat / Dag Nasty guitarist Brian Baker is his replacement.
  • The Offspring releases a cover of "Smash It Up", which was originally recorded by the Damned. The song appeared on the soundtrack of Batman Forever

1996

• Newly formed bands
  • Story of the Year (as their original name Big Blue Monkey)
  • Sum 41

• Albums
  • Ash - 1977
  • Bad Religion - The Gray Race
  • Face to Face - Face to Face
  • MxPx - Life in General
  • NOFX - Heavy Petting Zoo
  • Presidents of the United States of America - II
  • Reel Big Fish - Turn Off the Radio
  • Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
  • Sublime - Sublime
  • Vennaskond - Mina ja George

• Disbandments
  • Sublime

• Events
  • Frontman Bradley Nowell of Sublime dies of an overdose at the age of 28 on May 25th in just 2 weeks after the birth of his first child Jakob.
  • Green Day takes the year off after 2 years of hard work. But, they wrote some new songs for their next album Nimrod, which was released in the year after.
  • The Offspring leaves Epitaph Records and signs to their latest label Columbia Records.

1997

• Newly formed bands
  • 1208
  • Fenix Tx
  • Good Charlotte
  • Long Beach Dub Allstars
  • New Found Glory
  • Snow Patrol

• Albums
  • Bad Religion - Tested (live album with 1996 European tours)
  • Blink-182 - Dude Ranch (Breakthrought)
  • Bouncing Souls - Bouncing Souls
  • Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow
  • Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
  • Green Day - Nimrod
  • Lagwagon - Double Plaidinum
  • Millencolin - For Monkeys
  • NOFX - So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes
  • The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It
  • The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
  • Pennywise - Full Circle
  • Save Ferris - It Means Everything

• Disbandments
  • Presidents of the United States of America

• Events
  • The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, The Offspring, Reel Big Fish and Social Distortion all went to the 5th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast.

1998

• Newly formed bands
  • The Derogatories
  • The Distillers
  • Fenix Tx
  • Sugarcult

• Albums
  • At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
  • Bad Religion - No Substance
  • The Derogatories - The Derogatories
  • Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings
  • The Living End - The Living End
  • Millencolin - Same Old Tunes (recorded 1994, released 1998)
  • MxPx - Let It Happen
  • MxPx - Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
  • The Offspring - Americana
  • Presidents of the United States of America - Pure Frosting
  • Rancid - Life Won't Wait
  • Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard?
  • Social Distortion - Live at the Roxy
  • Unwritten Law - Unwritten Law
  • Zebrahead - Waste of Mind

• Disbandments

• Events
  • The Offspring goes to the 9th Annual KROQ Acoustic Christmas.
  • Blink 182 drummer scott raynor is replaced by travis barker

1999

• Newly formed bands
  • Interpol
  • Simple Plan
  • The Transplants

• Albums
  • 59 Times the Pain - End of the Millennium
  • 7 Seconds - Good to Go
  • The (International) Noise Conspiracy - The First Conspiracy
  • A.F.I. - Black Sails in the Sunset
  • Anti-Flag - A New Kind of Army
  • At the Drive-In - Vaya
  • The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits
  • Blink-182 - Enema of the State
  • Bouncing Souls - Hopless Romantic
  • Consumed - Hit for Six
  • Death By Stereo - If Looks Could Kill I'd Watch You Die
  • Down By Law - Fly the Flag
  • Dropkick Murphys - The Gang's All Here
  • F-Minus - F-Minus
  • Face to Face - Ignorance is Bliss
  • Fenix Tx - Fenix Tx
  • Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose
  • The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
  • Good Riddance - Operation Phoenix
  • Guttermouth - Gorgeous
  • H2O - F.T.T.W. (Finally Taste The Water)
  • Hi-Standard - Making the Road
  • Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
  • Less Than Jake - Pesto
  • Long Beach Dub Allstars - Right Back
  • Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Are a Drag
  • MxPx - At the Show
  • Mike Ness - Cheating at Solitaire
  • Mike Ness - Under the Influences
  • New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay
  • No Use for a Name - More Betterness!
  • Pennywise - Straight Ahead
  • Save Ferris - Modified
  • Saves the Day - Through Being Cool
  • Joe Strummer - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
  • Sublime - Greatest Hits
  • Ten Foot Pole - Insider
  • Tiger Army - Tiger Army
  • Tilt - Viewers Like You
  • The Unseen - So This Is Freedom
  • Yellowcard - Where We Stand

• Disbandments

• Events
  • Bad Religion's founding guitarist Brett Gurewitz and vocalist Greg Graffin get back together in the studio to record the song "Believe It" for their new record The New America. This is the first time the songwriting team had collaborated since 1995.
  • The Flowers of Romance’s first show ever: New York, Estonian House (243 East 34th Street), 3 April 1999. (Note that this refers to a different band than the one formed in 1976.)
  • The Undertones reunite with Paul McLoone replacing Feargal Sharkey, who refuses to participate.

2000

• Newly formed bands
  • Roger Miret and the Disasters
  • Taking Back Sunday

• Albums
  • 98 Mute - Slow Motion Riot
  • The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Survival Sickness
  • A.F.I. - The Art of Drowning
  • ALL - Problematic
  • At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
  • Avail - One Wrench
  • Bad Religion - The New America
  • Blink-182 - The Mark, Tom, And Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back
  • Bowling for Soup - Let's Do It for Johnny!
  • Catch 22 - Alone in the Crowd
  • The Distillers - The Distillers
  • Dynamite Hack - Superfast
  • Elastica - The Menace
  • Everclear - Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile
  • Everclear - Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time for a Bad Attitude
  • Face to Face - Reactionary
  • Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte
  • Green Day - Warning:
  • Less Than Jake - Borders and Boundaries
  • The Living End - Roll On
  • Mest - Wasting Time
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Pay Attention
  • Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers
  • Mr. T Experience - Miracle of Shame
  • Nerf Herder - How to Meet Girls
  • New Found Glory - New Found Glory
  • NOFX - Pump Up the Valuum
  • No Doubt - Return of Saturn
  • The Offspring - Conspiracy of One
  • Presidents of the United States of America - Freaked Out and Small
  • Rancid - Rancid (Skull Cover)
  • Shutdown - Few and Far Between
  • Sum 41 - Half Hour of Power
  • Thursday - Waiting
  • Vürst Trubetsky & J. M. K. E. - Rotipüüdja
  • Zebrahead - Playmate of the Year

• Disbandments
  • Save Ferris
  • Social Distortion

• Events
  • The guitarist Dennis Danell dies of brain aneurysm at the age of 38. They had to break up, but Social Distortion was resurrected in months later for new guitarist Johnny Wickersham .
  • The Offspring goes to the 8th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast.

2001

• Newly formed bands
  • The All-American Rejects
  • Coheed and Cambria
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Sparta

• Albums
  • The (International) Noise Conspiracy - A New Morning, Changing Weather
  • The Ataris - End Is Forever
  • Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
  • Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
  • The Business - No Mercy For You
  • The Damned - Grave Disorder
  • Death By Stereo - Day of the Death
  • Dropkick Murphys - Sing Loud, Sing Proud
  • F-Minus - Suburban Blight
  • Face to Face - Standards & Practices
  • Face to Face - We Love Gas
  • Fenix Tx - Lechuza
  • The Fleshies - Kill the Dreamer's Dream
  • Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards - Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards )
  • Good Riddance - Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit
  • Green Day - International Superhits! (hits from 1993 to 2001)
  • Guttermouth - Covered With Ants
  • Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (also known as Jimmy Eat World)
  • Leftover Crack - Mediocre Generica
  • MxPx - The Renaissance
  • Nerf Herder - My E.P.
  • No Doubt - Rock Steady
  • Pennywise - Land of the Free
  • Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
  • Snow Patrol - When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
  • Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Global a Go-Go
  • Sex Pistols - MTV Music History
  • Sugarcult - Start Static
  • Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler
  • Thrice - Identity Crisis
  • Tiger Army -
  • Tilt - Been Where? Did What?
  • The Unseen - The Anger & The Truth
  • Useless ID - Bad Story Happy Ending
  • Vendetta Red - White Knuckled Substance
  • Vennaskond - News from Nowhere
  • Yellowcard - One for the Kids

• Disbandments
  • At the Drive-In
  • Elastica

• Events
  • After years on major label Atlantic Records, Bad Religion returns to their former indie label Epitaph Records. The same year longtime drummer Bobby Schayer leaves the band and is replaced by former Suicidal Tendencies drummer Brooks Wackerman.
  • The Ramones' frontman Joey Ramone dies on April 15th at 49 of lymphoma.

2002

• Newly formed bands
  • The Killers
  • box car racer

• Albums
  • 1208 - Feedback is Payback
  • The All-American Rejects - The All-American Rejects
  • Bad Religion - The Process of Belief
  • Bowling for Soup - Drunk Enough to Dance
  • Coheed and Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade
  • The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
  • Face to Face - How to Ruin Everything
  • Foo Fighters - One by One
  • Goldfinger - Open Your Eyes
  • Good Charlotte - The Young and the Hopeless
  • Green Day - Shenanigans
  • Guttermouth - Gusto!
  • Home Grown - Kings of Pop
  • Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
  • Millencolin - Home from Home
  • Roger Miret and the Disasters - Roger Miret and the Disasters
  • Nerf Herder - American Cheese
  • New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones
  • Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me
  • Simple Plan - No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls
  • Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?
  • Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
  • Thrice - The Illusion of Safety
  • The Transplants - The Transplants
  • Unwritten Law - Elva
  • The Used - The Used
  • Yellowcard - The Underdog EP
  • Box car racer - box car racer

• Disbandments
  • Fenix Tx

• Events
  • Bad Religion, Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory goes to the 10th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast.
  • The Clash vocalist/guitarist Joe Strummer dies on December 22nd at the age of 50 of a heart attack.
  • The Ramones' bassist Dee Dee Ramone dies on June 5th at 49 of heroin.

2003

• Newly formed bands
  • Error
  • Hazen street

• Albums
  • A.F.I. - Sing the Sorrow
  • The Ataris - So Long, Astoria
  • Blink-182 - Blink-182
  • Bouncing Souls - Anchors Aweigh
  • Brand New - Deja Entendu
  • Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
  • Death By Stereo - Into the Valley of the Death
  • The Distillers - Coral Fang
  • The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
  • Lagwagon - Blaze
  • Less Than Jake - Anthem
  • Liam Lynch - Fake Songs
  • No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003 (collection of their greatest hits)
  • NOFX - The War on Errorism
  • The Offspring - Splinter
  • Pennywise - From the Ashes
  • Rancid - Indestructible
  • Story of the Year - Page Avenue
  • Joe Strummer - Streetcore
  • Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance
  • The Undertones - Get What You Need
  • The Unseen - Explode
  • Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue

• Disbandments
  • Face to Face
  • Box car racer

• Events

• • Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz forms an industrial/electronic side band called Error.
  • Social Distortion reunites
  • Adam Cox, Matt Fitzgerald, and Jeremy Gage of The Exploding Hearts are killed in a highway crash.

2004

• Newly formed bands

• Albums
  • 1208 - Turn of the Screw
  • Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
  • The Briefs - Sex Objects
  • Bowling for Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve
  • Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
  • Error - Error
  • Everclear - Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004
  • The Flowers of Romance - Sue Catwoman (Note that this refers to a different band than the one formed in 1976.)
  • Good Charlotte - The Chronicles of Life and Death
  • Green Day - American Idiot
  • Interpol - Antics
  • Jello Biafra & The Melvins - Never Breathe What You Can't See
  • Jimmy Eat World - Futures
  • The Killers - Hot Fuss
  • Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards - Viking
  • Midtown - Forget What You Know
  • My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
  • Pepper - In With the Old
  • Presidents of the United States of America - Love Everybody
  • Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture
  • Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any...
  • SNFU - In The Meantime And In Between Time
  • Snow Patrol - Final Straw
  • Social Distortion - Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll
  • Sugarcult - Palm Trees and Power Lines
  • Sum 41 - Chuck
  • Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be
  • The Used - In Love and Death
  • Hazen street - Hazen street

• Disbandments

• Events
  • Richard Hell And The Voidoids guitarist Robert Quine dies on May 31st at 61.
  • The Ramones' former guitarist Johnny Ramone dies on September 15th at 55 from cancer.
  • The Nils guitarist Alex Soria dies on December 13th at 39.
  • Social Distortion's bassist John Maurer leaves the band after his 20 years of serving and Matt Freeman from Rancid takes place for him.

2005

• Newly formed bands

• Albums
  • American Hi-Fi - Hearts on Parade
  • Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo: I'm Burning Star IV: Vol. One From Fear Through The Eyes Of Men
  • Goldfinger - Disconnection Notice
  • Millencolin - Kingwood
  • Roger Miret and the Disasters - 1984
  • Unwritten Law - Here's to the Mourning

• Disbandments
  • Blink-182

• Events