0
The Damned
The Damned
British rock band
1
Tubeway Army
Tubeway Army
British band
2
Slaughter & The Dogs
Slaughter & The Dogs
3
Paul Gardiner
Paul Gardiner
musician
4
Ultravox
Ultravox
British new wave band
5
Stinky Toys
Stinky Toys
6
Eddie and the Hot Rods
Eddie and the Hot Rods
British band
7
The Flys
The Flys
British punk rock band
8
The Adverts
The Adverts
British punk band
9
The Photos
The Photos
10
Brian James
Brian James
English punk rock guitarist, songwriter
11
Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe
British singer
12
The Misfits
The Misfits
American horror punk band
13
Stiv Bators
Stiv Bators
American punk rock vocalist and guitarist
14
Billy Currie
Billy Currie
British musician
15
The Outcasts
The Outcasts
16
Johnny Moped
Johnny Moped
17
Richard Anthony Hewson
Richard Anthony Hewson
English record producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist
18
Captain Sensible
Captain Sensible
English singer and guitarist
19
Skids
Skids
rock band from Scotland
20
Eater
Eater
band
21
The Slits
The Slits
British punk rock band
22
Algy Ward
Algy Ward
English guitarist
23
Urchin
Urchin
English hard rock band
24
Julian Cope
Julian Cope
Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator
25
999
999
English band
26
Sham 69
Sham 69
British Punk/Oi! band
27
Crass
Crass
Art collective and punk band
28
The Dead Boys
The Dead Boys
American punk rock band
29
Max Webster
Max Webster
Canadian hard rock band
30
The Weirdos
The Weirdos
31
Dressy Bessy
Dressy Bessy
band
32
The Survivors
The Survivors
33
Sid Vicious
Sid Vicious
English bassist and vocalist
34
Magazine
Magazine
English post-punk band
35
Brian Bennett
Brian Bennett
British musician
36
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
British band
37
Chris Stamey
Chris Stamey
American musician, singer, songwriter
38
The Flesh Eaters
The Flesh Eaters
American punk band
39
Penetration
Penetration
punk rock band from County Durham, England
40
The Hollywood Squares
The Hollywood Squares
41
The Ruts
The Ruts
band
42
Chelsea
Chelsea
English punk rock band
43
Radio Stars
Radio Stars
English New Wave group
44
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
45
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
American rock group
46
Peter Case
Peter Case
American musician
47
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock
English musician
48
Major Accident
Major Accident
49
Throw Rag
Throw Rag
American punk rock band
Intro
Record Labels
Music

Rikki and the Last Days of Earth (formerly Rikki and the Last Days on Earth) were an early British punk group. They were chronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave. Billboard credited them with paving the way for 1980s new romantic acts.