# List of 1970s punk rock musicians

This is a list of notable first wave punk rock musicians (1971–1979).
* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 0-9

* 4 Skins
* 45 Grave
* 999

## A

* Abrasive Wheels
* Adam & the Ants
* The Adicts
* Adolescents (band)
* The Adverts
* Agent Orange (band)
* Alex Harvey (musician)
* The Alley Cats (Los Angeles)
* Alternative TV
* Amazorblades
* Amebix
* Angelic Upstarts
* Angry Samoans
* Anti-Nowhere League
* Anti-Pasti
* Au Pairs
* The Avengers
* Art Attacks

## B

* The B-52s
* Bad Brains
* Bags
* Big Balls and the Great White Idiot
* Big Boys
* Big in Japan
* Black Flag
* Black Randy and the Metrosquad
* Blitzkrieg Bop
* The Blockheads
* Blondie
* The Boomtown Rats
* The Boys
* Bush Tetras
* The Business
* Buzzcocks

## C

* Catholic Discipline
* Cardiac Kidz
* Channel 3
* Charged GBH
* Chelsea
* The Cheifs
* Cherry Vanilla
* China White
* Christian Death
* Chrome
* Chron Gen
* Circle Jerks
* Circus Mort
* The Clash
* Cock Sparrer
* Cockney Rejects
* James Chance and the Contortions
* The Controllers
* The Cortinas
* The Cramps
* Crass
* Crime
* Crime & the City Solution

## D

* The Damned
* Darby Crash
* The Dead Boys
* Dead Kennedys
* Death
* Defunkt
* Descendents
* Desperate Bicycles
* Devo
* The Dickies
* The Dictators
* The Dils
* The Diodes
* Discharge
* Disorder
* DMZ
* DNA
* D.O.A.
* The Dogs
* Destroy All Monsters
* The Drones
* Ian Dury

## E

* The East Coast Angels
* Eater
* Ebba Grön
* Eddie and the Hot Rods
* The Electric Eels
* Elvis Costello and the Attractions
* The Exploited
* Elton Motello

## F

* The Fall
* Fang
* Fatal Microbes
* The Fast
* Fastbacks
* Fear
* The Feederz
* Flamin' Groovies
* The Flesh Eaters
* The Fleshtones
* The Flowers of Romance
* Flyboys
* Forgotten Rebels
* Flipper
* The Flys (UK band)
* The Freeze

## G

* Gang of Four
* Generation X
* The Germs
* GG Allin
* The Go-Gos
* The Gun Club

## H

* The Heartbreakers
* Hüsker Dü
* The Hollywood Squares

## I

* Iggy Pop
* The Innocents

## J

* The Jam
* Jayne County
* The Jerks
* Joan Jett
* Johnny Moped

## K

* The Killjoys
* Kommunity FK
* KSMB
* The Kids (Belgian band)

## L

* Leisure Class
* LiLiPUT
* London
* London SS
* The Lurkers
* The Last
* Lydia Lunch

## M

* Magazine
* The Mau-Mau's
* MC5
* The Mekons
* The Mentally Ill
* The Members
* The Membranes
* Mentors
* Métal Urbain
* MDC
* Middle Class
* Milk 'N' Cookies
* Mink DeVille
* Minutemen
* Misfits
* Misspent Youth (band)
* Mission of Burma
* The Modern Lovers
* Jon Moss
* The Mutants

## N

* Necros
* Negative Trend
* Neon Boys
* Neon Hearts
* Nervous Gender
* The New Order (band)
* New York Dolls
* Nina Hagen Band
* The Nipple Erectors
* The Now
* The Nosebleeds
* The Nuns
* Neo (British band)

## O

* The Offs
* The Only Ones
* The Outsiders
* The Outcasts (Belfast band)

## P

* The Pagans
* Patti Smith
* The Partisans
* Pere Ubu
* Penetration
* Peter and the Test Tube Babies
* The Plague
* Plasmatics
* Poison Idea
* Poison Girls
* The Police
* Pork Dukes
* The Prefects
* Public Image Ltd
* Punishment of Luxury
* Pure Hell
* The Punks
* Pylon

## Q

* ? and the Mysterians

## R

* Radio Birdman
* Radio Stars
* Ramones
* The Reactionaries
* Really Red
* The Replacements
* The Rezillos
* Rhino 39
* Riff Regan
* Rikki and the Last Days of Earth
* Rocket from the Tombs
* The Ruts
* The Radiators from Space
* The Runaways

## S

* The Saints
* Scars
* The Screamers
* Sex Pistols
* Sham 69
* The Shapes
* Shattered Faith
* The Shirts
* Siouxsie and the Banshees
* The Sillies
* Skids
* Skrewdriver
* The Skulls
* Slaughter & The Dogs
* The Slits
* Sniper
* Social Distortion
* Sonic's Rendezvous Band
* The Specials
* Special Duties
* The Spitfire Boys
* Spizzenergi
* Splodgenessabounds
* SS (Japanese band)
* Steve Bjorklund
* Stiff Little Fingers
* Stinky Toys
* The Stooges
* The Stranglers
* Subhumans (UK)
* Subhumans (Canada)
* Suburban Lawns
* Suburban Studs
* Subway Sect
* Suicide
* The Suicide Commandos
* Swell Maps

## T

* T.S.O.L.
* The Table
* Teenage Head
* Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
* The Teen Idles
* Television
* Talking Heads
* Toy Dolls
* Toxic Reasons
* The Tubes
* Tubeway Army
* Tuff Darts
* Tuxedomoon

## U

* U.K. Subs
* The Undertones
* Ultravox
* Urinals

## V

* The Vandals
* The Varukers
* Vendetta
* Venus and the Razorblades
* The Vibrators
* Vice Squad
* The Viletones
* Void
* (Richard Hell and) the Voidoids
* VOM

## W

* Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
* The Weirdos
* Wipers
* Wire

## X

* X (American band)
* X (Australia)
* XTC
* X-Ray Spex

## Z

* Zero Boys
* The Zeros (UK)
* The Zeros (US)
* Zolar X
* Zounds