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‘90s California bands that defined the second wave of punk rock

Punk rock has its roots in late ‘70s New York and London with bands like the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Damned. But if you first learned about those bands from t-shirts from Hot Topic, you probably grew up in a different era.

By Madeleine Brand • Feb 27, 2019 • 1 min read

Punk rock has its roots in late ‘70s New York and London with bands like the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Damned. But if you first learned about those bands from t-shirts from Hot Topic, you probably grew up in a different era. The so-called second wave includes bands such as Bad Religion, the Offspring and Green Day. These California bands are credited -- or criticized -- by some punk purists for mainstreaming the angry and rebellious spirit of the genre and selling millions of albums in the process.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Ian Winwood
author of “Smash! Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, plus the 90s Punk Explosion”

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

‘90s California bands that defined the second wave of punk rock

Punk rock has its roots in late ‘70s New York and London with bands like the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Damned. But if you first learned about those bands from t-shirts from Hot Topic, you probably grew up in a different era.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

‘90s California bands that defined the second wave of punk rock

Punk rock has its roots in late ‘70s New York and London with bands like the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Damned. But if you first learned about those bands from t-shirts from Hot Topic, you probably grew up in a different era.

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