Punk Rock Events

1961 Jun 24 Dennis Danell is born
Dennis Eric Danell was the founding guitarist for the seminal Southern California punk rock band, Social Distortion. He remained the guitarist for the band until his death in 2000, from a...
1962 Apr 3 Mike Ness is born
Mike Ness is an American guitarist, vocalist, and chief songwriter for the punk rock band Social Distortion, which was formed in 1978. As of Dennis Danell's death in 2000, he is the only ...
1962 May 12 Brett Gurewitz is born
Brett W. Gurewitz, nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and sister-labels ANTI-, Burning Heart R...
1964 Nov 6 Greg Graffin is born
Gregory Walter Graffin, Ph.D. is an American punk rock musician and college professor. He is most recognized as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the noted Los Angeles band Bad Religion...
1965 Dec 29 Dexter Holland is born
Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (born December 29, 1965 in Garden Grove, California) is the singer and rhythm guitarist for the Californian punk rock band The Offspring, who are known for si...
1977 Apr 8 The Clash release their self-titled debut album
The Clash is the eponymous debut album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was originally released only in the United Kingdom on 8 April 1977 through CBS Records. It was re-releas...
1978 Nov 2 The Police release Outlandos d'Amour
Outlandos d'Amour is the debut album by The Police, released in 1978. The album, while at times incorporating reggae, pop, and other elements of what would eventually become the defini...
1978 Nov 10 The Clash release Give 'Em Enough Rope
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records. It was their first album released in the ...
1979 Jul The Clash re-release their self-titled debut album
In the US the Clash's debut album was released one year after Give Em Enough Rope, so it was their second US LP. CBS in America had decided that the album was 'not radio friendly', so it ...
1979 Oct 5 The Police release Reggatta de Blanc
Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979. The album took four weeks to record, spaced over several months. Unlike its successor, Zenyattà Mondatta, there w...
1979 Dec 14 The Clash release London Calling
London Calling is the third studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 through CBS Records, and in the United States i...
1980 Oct 3 The Police release Zenyattà Mondatta
Zenyattà Mondatta is the third album by The Police, released in 1980. The album was written during the band's second tour and recorded in four weeks (minus several days for concerts in...
1980 Dec 12 The Clash release Sandinista!
Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. Anti...
1981 Bad Religion releases the self-titled EP
Bad Religion was the first release of punk band Bad Religion. It contained only six short songs, and played in just under ten minutes. It was initially released in a 7" format, and soon a...
1982 Bad Brains release their self-titled debut album
Bad Brains is the first full-length studio album recorded by Bad Brains. Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys has been quoted as saying that this album is "the best punk/hardcore album of all time"...
1982 Bad Religion releases How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? is the first full-length album released by influential punk band Bad Religion. It was financed by a $1,000 loan by guitarist Brett Gurewitz's father. Its succ...
1982 The Vandals release Peace Thru Vandalism
Peace thru Vandalism is the debut EP by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, released in 1982 by Epitaph Records. It was one of the first releases to be put out by the Epit...
1982 May 14 The Clash release Combat Rock
Combat Rock is the fifth studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 14 May 1982 through Epic Records. It was the last album to feature original member Mick J...
1983 Bad Brains release Rock for Light
Rock for Light is the second official full-length album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1991 reissue was remixed by Ocasek and bassist...
1983 Social Distortion releases Mommy's Little Monster
Mommy's Little Monster is the first album by American punk rock band Social Distortion, released in 1983. The album was critically-acclaimed but was, however, not commercially successful....
1983 Jul 5 Suicidal Tendencies release self-titled debut album
Suicidal Tendencies is the eponymous debut album by the band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 1983 on Frontier Records. It became one of the best-selling hardcore punk/skate punk albums a...
1984 The Vandals release When in Rome Do as The Vandals
When in Rome Do as the Vandals is the debut album by the Huntington Beach punk rock band The Vandals, released in 1984 by National Trust Records. It was the band's first full-length LP. I...
1984 May Corrosion of Conformity release Eye for an Eye
Eye for an Eye is the first studio album by American hardcore band Corrosion of Conformity released in 1984.
1984 Aug 10 Red Hot Chili Peppers release self-titled first album
The Red Hot Chili Peppers is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 10, 1984 on EMI. The album was produced by Gang of Four gui...
1985 Bad Religion releases Back to the Known
Back to the Known is the second EP released by American punk rock band Bad Religion. The name of the EP is a reference to the band abandoning the progressive rock influences of its previo...
1985 Aug 16 Red Hot Chili Peppers release Freaky Styley
Freaky Styley is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 16, 1985 on EMI. The album is the first to feature original guitarist ...
1985 Oct 25 Corrosion of Conformity release Animosity
Animosity is the second studio album by the American band Corrosion of Conformity. Album cover art was done by the artist Pushead.
1985 Nov 4 The Clash release Cut the Crap
Cut the Crap is the sixth and final album by the British punk rock band The Clash, released on 4 November 1985 by Epic Records. Following the ejection of founding member Mick Jones fro...
1985 Dec 22 D. Boon Dies
D. Boon (born Dennes Dale Boon, April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Active between 1978, when he joined The Reactionaries, and 1985, when ...
1986 The Offspring release "I'll Be Waiting/Blackball" single
"I'll Be Waiting"/'Blackball" is the first release by punk rock band The Offspring. It was released as the 9th (and 10th) tracks on their debut self-titled album which was released in 198...
1986 Nov Bad Brains release I Against I
I Against I is the third official full-length studio album by Bad Brains, released in 1986 as SST Records number 65. The highest selling album in the band's catalogue, I Against I is a cr...
1987 Apr 24 Corrosion of Conformity release Technocracy
Technocracy is an EP by Corrosion of Conformity. It was released in 1987 on Metal Blade Records, and re-released in 1992 on Relativity Records with four additional songs, including three ...
1987 Jun 9 Suicidal Tendencies release Join the Army
Join the Army is the second album by Suicidal Tendencies, and was released in 1987 – 4 years after their self-titled debut. It is one of the most well known albums for crossing over the g...
1987 Jul 1 Napalm Death release Scum
Scum is the first album by the English grindcore band Napalm Death. The Side A of the Scum album was originally recorded for £50.00 at Rich Bitch studio (Birmingham, England) in August...
1987 Sep 29 Red Hot Chili Peppers release The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 29, 1987 on EMI. It is the only studio album to feature...
1988 Social Distortion releases Prison Bound
Prison Bound is the second studio album by Social Distortion, was released in 1988. This is the first album with bass guitarist John Maurer and drummer Christopher Reece. It expands upon ...
1988 Sep 8 Bad Religion releases Suffer
Suffer is the third album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on the Californian independent record label Epitaph Records on September 8, 1988. It was the first album that w...
1988 Sep 16 Napalm Death release From Enslavement to Obliteration
From Enslavement to Obliteration is the second album by grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 1988. It is the only Napalm Death album to feature Lee Dorrian as the sole vocalist, wh...
1989 Pennywise releases the Wildcard EP
Wildcard is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the f...
1989 Pennywise releases their first recording A Word from the Wise
A Word from the Wise is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, alon...
1989 Social Distortion signs to Epic Records
While the band still failed to break into the mainstream success at the time of its release, critical praise given to Prison Bound garnered attention from major labels, including Epic Rec...
1989 The Vandals release Peace thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals
Peace thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals is a compilation album by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals. It was originally released in 1989 by Restless Records (a...
1989 Apr The Vandals release Slippery When Ill
Slippery When Ill is the second album by the Huntington Beach punk rock band The Vandals, released jointly in 1989 by Restless Records and Sticky Fingers Records. It was their first album...
1989 Jun 15 The Offspring release self-titled debut album
The Offspring is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band The Offspring. It was released on June 15, 1989 on Nemesis Records in vinyl and cassette format, and was not release...
1989 Aug 29 Napalm Death release Mentally Murdered
Mentally Murdered is an EP by the English band Napalm Death, originally released in 1989. It was later included on the Harmony Corruption CD and the Death by Manipulation compilation albu...
1989 Aug 29 Red Hot Chili Peppers release Mother's Milk
Mother's Milk is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 29, 1989 on EMI. After the death of guitarist Hillel Slovak and subseq...
1989 Sep 5 NOFX release S&M Airlines
S&M Airlines is the second album by NOFX.
1989 Sep 14 Bad Brains release Quickness
Quickness is the fourth full-length studio album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. At the time of its release, it was the best selling Bad Brains album and also featured an MTV video ...
1989 Nov 2 Bad Religion releases No Control
No Control is the fourth album (and sixth release overall) by the American punk band Bad Religion, released on November 2, 1989 on Epitaph Records. It was the follow-up to the band's high...
1990 Jughead's Revenge releases Unstuck in Time
Unstuck in Time is Jughead's Revenge's first studio album, released in 1990. It was re-released by BYO Records in 1995 as the second half of the CD that also included the band's second al...