Big Fish – Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free The Queers – Munki Brain Smoke or Fire – This Sinking Ship Strung Out – Blackhawks Over Los Angeles Sum 41 – Underclass Hero The Stooges – The Weirdness Thrice – The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II The Unseen – Internal Salvation The Used – Berth The Used – Lies for the Liars Disbandments Boysetsfire Cheap Sex The Explosion Good Riddance Groovie Ghoulies Kill Your Idols Much the Same Rufio Vennaskond Events Social Distortion, Brent Liles, dies. Hit by a semi truck while motorcycle riding. Blitz, Alan "Nidge" Miller dies. Struck by car. The Circle Jerks release new song after over a decade. Matchbook Romance announce long-term hiatus. Jason Lancaster quits Mayday Parade for personal reasons, later founds Go Radio. Patti Smith is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Offspring, Atom Willard leaves. Replaced by Pete Parada. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones reform. The Ruts, Paul Fox dies. Lung cancer. 22 Jacks reform 13 December. 2008 Bands formed 180 Out Cerebral Ballzy Defeater Joyce Manor Wavves Albums Anti-Flag – The Bright Lights of America The Briggs – Come All You Madmen Bus Station Loonies – Midget Gems The Damned – So, Who's Paranoid? Dillinger Four – Civil War Energy - Invasions of the Mind Fiasco – Native Canadians Flogging Molly – Float Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life 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 Senses Fail – Life Is Not a Waiting Room Star Fucking Hipsters – Until We're Dead Street Dogs – State of Grace Events Jawbreaker reform 3 January. Face to Face reunite for a tour 29 January. Descendents, Frank Navetta dies. After a short illness. X-Ray Spex reform for a one-off gig at Legendary Roundhouse. Dead Kennedys reform and tour US with new singer. The Sonics reform. Perform shows at The Garage, Islington, London. Teenage Head, Frankie Venom dies. Cancer. Producer/engineer