2008
- Bands formed
Cerebral Ballzy
- Albums
- Hang 'em High - 14 album
- Anti-Flag - The Bright Lights of America
- The Blood - punk@theopera
- The Briggs - Come All You Madmen
- Bus Station Loonies - Midget Gems
- The Damned - So, Who's Paranoid?
- Dillinger Four - Civil War
- Fiasco - Native Canadians
- Flogging Molly - Float
- Goldfinger - Hello Destiny
- H2O - Nothing to Prove
- Less Than Jake - GNV FLA
- The Loved Ones - Build & Burn
- Millencolin - Machine 15
- Nerf Herder - IV
- New Found Glory - Tip of the Iceberg (EP)
- No Use for a Name - The Feel Good Record of the Year
- The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
- Paint it Black - New Lexicon
- Pennywise - Reason to Believe
- Rancid - B Sides and C Sides
- Rise Against - Appeal to Reason
- Street Dogs - State of Grace
- Tom Gabel - Heart Burns
- Events
- On January 3, drummer Adam Pfahler announces that Jawbreaker had recently got back together.
- On January 4, the reunited 22 Jacks performed their first concert since breaking up in 2001.
- On January 29, Face to Face announce on their website that they would reunite for a tour.
- On April 21, it was reported that Dynamite Boy would reunite for a couple shows.
- On August 13, the reunited Big Drill Car perform together for the first time in thirteen years at Fitzgerald's Pub in Huntington Beach, California.
- On August 21, legendary producer and engineer Jerry Finn (known for work on albums by blink-182, AFI, Rancid, Pennywise, Alkaline Trio, The Offspring, MxPx, +44, Sum 41, and Morrissey) died of brain hemorrhage after a week of being taken off of life support. He was 39 years old.
- From October 4 to December 13, The Offspring's "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid", a song off their new album, stays #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart for 11 weeks, becoming the band's biggest hit to date.
- On October 31, former Descendents guitarest Frank Navetta died after a short bout of illness.
- X-Ray Spex get back together for a one-off gig at the Legendary Roundhouse.
- Dead Kennedys get back together for a tour around the US in early June with new singer.
- The Sonics do a series of reunion shows at The Garage, Islington, London.
- On October 15, Teenage Head's Frankie Venom died after a battle with throat cancer.
- Blink-182 drummer, Travis Barker, nearly dies in a plane crash which leads to the band talking again.
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