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Punk rock artists from Chicago

The 37 most-read punk rock artists based in Chicago, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

Artists

37

Readers August

81,659

New entries

01
Data 2026-08-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

37 artists are tagged punk rock in Chicago. 1 entered the top 50 this month. The biggest move was AM Taxi, up 3 places.

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01
Exene Cervenkapunk rock
26,533
0
02
Rise Againstmelodic hardcore, punk rock
22,532
0
03
Screeching Weaselpop punk, skate punk
5,228
+1
04
Dwarvespunk rock, garage punk
4,942
-1
05
Rapemanpunk rock
3,100
+1
06
Naked Raygunpost-hardcore, punk rock
2,762
+1
07
Knuckle Puckemo, punk
2,145
+1
08
Sincere Engineerindie rock, punk rock
1,865
-3
09
The Lawrence Armspunk rock
1,804
+1
10
Smoking Popespop punk, indie rock
1,717
-1
11
88 Fingers Louiepunk rock, skate punk
1,444
0
12
The Effigiespunk rock
1,059
0
13
Jeff Pezzatipunk rock
922
+1
14
Pegboypunk, punk rock
840
-1
15
Danny Vapidpunk rock
662
0
16
Baxterpunk rock
516
0
17
AM Taxialternative rock, punk rock
343
+3
18
Rollo Tomasipunk rock
317
0
19
Tuesdaypunk rock
304
+3
20
Pierre Kezdypunk rock
277
+3
21
The Honor Systempunk rock
261
-4
22
The Vindictivespunk rock
258
-2
23
October Fallpunk rock
248
+2
24
The Bombpunk rock
220
+2
25
Meat Wavepunk rock
216
-1
26
The Broadwayspunk rock, rock
193
-7
27
Strike Underpunk rock
168
+1
28
Crashdogchristian rock, punk rock
135
-1
29
Pete Mittlerpunk rock
112
+3
30
Dan Vapid and The Cheatspunk rock
110
-1
31
Ballydowsepunk rock
101
0
32
John Kamyspunk rock
91
-2
33
Oblivionpunk rock
79
0
34
Debris Inc.doom metal, punk rock
48
0
35
The Adjusterspunk rock
40
+1
36
The Importspunk rock
38
-1
37
Al-Thawrapunk rock
29
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How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.