Timeline of Punk Rock - 1989

1989

• Bands formed
  • Gas Huffer
  • The Groovie Ghoulies
  • The Nation of Ulysses
  • Seymour (later became the band Blur)
  • Total Chaos
  • Turbonegro

• Albums
  • Agnostic Front - Live at CBGB
  • Bad Brains - Quickness
  • Bad Religion - No Control
  • Big Drill Car - CD Type Thing
  • Chain of Strength - True Till Death (EP)
  • D.I. - Tragedy Again
  • Descendents - Hallraker
  • The Exploited - Live Lewd Lust
  • Fugazi - Margin Walker (EP)
  • Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
  • Green Day - 1,000 Hours (EP)
  • J.M.K.E. - Külmale maale
  • Jesus Jones - Liquidizer
  • Nirvana - Bleach (album)
  • NOFX - S&M Airlines
  • The Offspring - The Offspring (re-released on CD in 1995)
  • Operation Ivy - Energy
  • R.K.L. - Double Live in Berlin
  • R.K.L. - Revenge is a Beautiful Feeling
  • The Ramones - Brain Drain
  • The Scientists - Scientists (Different from 1st Album)
  • Sick of It All - Blood, Sweat and No Tears
  • Soulside - Hot Bodi-gram
  • Snuff - Snuff Said
  • The Vandals - Peace Thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals

• Disbandments
  • The Adolescents
  • Circle Jerks
  • Crimpshrine
  • No For an Answer
  • Operation Ivy
  • Soulside

• Events
  • Guitarist Greg Hetson leaves the Circle Jerks to concentrate full-time with his current project Bad Religion. As a result, the Circle Jerks become less active.
  • Longtime bassist Dee Dee Ramone leaves The Ramones. He was replaced by C. J. Ramone, who would stay in the band until their break up in 1996.
  • Social Distortion sign to Epic Records and record their highly successful self-titled album, which was released a year later.