This is a list of bands that are considered part of the second wave of punk rock, beginning in the early- (mid-) to late 1980s.
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A
- AFI
- Agent Orange
- Alkaline Trio
- All
- Amebix
- Anti System
- Antidote
- Antisect
- Anti-Flag
- Anti-Establishment
- Anti-Nowhere League
- Anti-Scrunti Faction
- The Apostles
- Attila the Stockbroker
B
- Bad Brains
- Bad Religion
- Bickley
- Big Black
- Big Boys
- Big Drill Car
- Bikini Kill
- Blaggers I.T.A.
- Blatz
- Boikot
- Bored Suburban Youth
- Born Against
- Bouncing Souls
- Broken Bones
C
- The Casualties
- Chaotic Dischord
- Charged GBH
- Chemical People
- Chumbawamba
- Chaos UK
- Circle Jerks
- Citizen Fish
- Coca Carola
- Cockney Rejects
- Conflict
- Cows
- Crass
- Crimpshrine
- Cringer
- Cro-Mags
- Crucifucks
- Corrosion of Conformity
D
- D.O.A.
- Daisy Chainsaw
- Dayglo Abortions
- Dead Kennedys
- De Heideroosjes
- Dead Milkmen
- Descendents
- Die Ärzte
- Die Kassierer
- Dicks
- Discharge
- Down By Law
- Drei Flaschen
- Dritte Wahl
E
- Electric Frankenstein
- Eskorbuto
- Excuse 17
- The Exploited
F
- Face to Face
- The Faction
- The Faith
- Fifteen
- Firehose
- Flatcat
- The Flatliners
- The Flesh Eaters
- Fleshies
- Flipper
- Flux of Pink Indians
- Frenzal Rhomb
- Frightwig
- Fugazi
G
- Good Riddance
- Government Issue
- Guttermouth
- Green Day