1998
- Bands formed
- The Distillers
- The Explosion
- Smoke or Fire (As Jericho)
- Tsunami Bomb
- Albums
- 22 Jacks - Overserved
- AFI - A Fire Inside (EP)
- Agnostic Front - Something's Gotta Give
- Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit
- At the Drive-in - In/Casino/Out
- Bad Religion - No Substance
- The Bouncing Souls - Tie One On
- Catch 22 - Keasbey Nights
- Die Ärzte - 13
- Dropkick Murphys - Do or Die
- Dynamite Boy - Hell Is Other People
- Fugazi - End Hits
- Gas Huffer - Just Beautiful Music
- Jughead's Revenge - Just Joined
- Kid Dynamite - Kid Dynamite
- Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings
- Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
- The Living End - The Living End
- Mad Caddies - Duck And Cover
- Millencolin - Same Old Tunes (recorded 1994, released 1998)
- MxPx - Let It Happen
- MxPx - Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
- The Offspring - Americana
- Propagandhi - Where Quantity Is Job #1
- Rancid - Life Won't Wait
- Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard?
- Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
- Snuff - Tweet Tweet My Lovely
- Social Distortion - Live at the Roxy
- Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes
- Unwritten Law - Unwritten Law
- Zebrahead - Waste of Mind
- Disbandments
- Refused
- Events
- Former Plasmatics singer Wendy O. Williams dies by self-inflicted shot-gun wound on April 6, 1998 at the age of 49.
- Scott Raynor leaves blink-182 and is replaced by Travis Barker.
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