Timeline of Punk Rock - 1996

1996

• Bands formed
  • A Wilhelm Scream
  • Alkaline Trio
  • Autopilot Off (As Cooter)
  • Dropkick Murphys

• Albums
  • 22 Jacks - Uncle Bob
  • AFI - Very Proud of Ya
  • Anti-Flag - Die For The Government
  • Ash - 1977
  • At the Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenement
  • Bad Religion - The Gray Race
  • Bouncing Souls - Maniacal Laughter
  • Crucifucks - L.D. Eye
  • Descendents - Everything Sucks
  • Die Ärzte - Le Frisur
  • Face to Face - face to face
  • Five Iron Frenzy - Upbeats and Beatdowns
  • Gas Huffer - The Inhuman Ordeal of Special Agent Gas Huffer
  • Goldfinger - Goldfinger
  • H₂O - H₂O
  • Ignite - Past Our Means EP
  • Jughead's Revenge - Image Is Everything
  • Less Than Jake - Losing Streak
  • Millencolin - Life on a Plate
  • MxPx - Life in General
  • MxPx - Move To Bremerton EP
  • NOFX - Heavy Petting Zoo
  • Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock
  • Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off
  • Snuff - Demmamussabebonk
  • Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
  • Sublime - Sublime
  • Unwritten Law - Oz Factor
  • Vennaskond - Mina ja George
  • Weezer - Pinkerton
  • Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
  • Zebrahead - Yellow

• Disbandments
  • Jawbreaker
  • The Ramones
  • Sublime

• Events
  • Sublime singer/guitarist Bradley Nowell dies from a heroin overdose at the age of 28, shortly before the release of their highly acclaimed self-titled album. Following his death, Sublime breaks up.
  • Bass player Jason Thirsk formerly of Pennywise dies of self-inflicted gunshot wounds at the age of 28 on July 29. However, the group did not break up and bass player Randy Bradbury continued for him.
  • The Descendents reform for a new album and tour.
  • The Offspring leave Epitaph Records and sign to their current home Columbia.
  • The Sex Pistols reunite and release their album Filthy Lucre Live.
  • Nirvana's second live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah to be released after lead singer Kurt Cobain died in 1994.