=== 1998 ===* Newly formed bands** Thirty Seconds to Mars** Black Rebel Motorcycle Club** Breaking Benjamin** CKY** The Cooper Temple Clause** Doves** Gorillaz** Interpol** The Rapture** The Strokes* Disbandments** Black Grape** Faith No More** Goats Don't Shave** Helmet** Kerbdog** The Lemonheads** Lush** Shudder to Think* Reunions** Bauhaus* Albums** Barenaked Ladies – "Stunt" (breakthrough)** The Beautiful South – "Quench"** Beck – "Mutations"** Belle & Sebastian – "The Boy with the Arab Strap"** Better Than Ezra – "How Does Your Garden Grow?
=== 1998 ===* 30 Seconds to Mars* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club* Breaking Benjamin* CKY* The Cooper Temple Clause* Doves* Gorillaz* Interpol* The Rapture* The Strokes* Black Grape* Faith No More* Goats Don't Shave* The Lemonheads* Lush* Bauhaus* Barenaked Ladies – "Stunt"* The Beautiful South – "Quench"* Beck – "Mutations"* Belle & Sebastian – "The Boy with the Arab Strap"* Better Than Ezra – "How Does Your Garden Grow?