Formed by Harry Wayne Casey (" KC ") and Richard Finch, Miami's KC and the Sunshine Band had a string of disco-definitive top-five hits between 1975 and 1977, including " Get Down Tonight ", " That's the Way ( I Like It )", "( Shake, Shake, Shake ) Shake Your Booty ", " I'm Your Boogie Man " and " Keep It Comin ' Love ".

Formed in Hermosa Beach, California by guitarist and lyricist Greg Ginn, they played their first show in December 1977.

Formed in 1977 and consisting of all African-American members, their early songs featured some of the fastest tempos in rock music.

Formed in 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent, Discharge played a huge role in influencing other European hardcore bands.

Formed in 1977, the band played concerts around Auckland including a free concert in Albert Park and a one day rock festival.

Formed by drummer and vocalist " Fat " Larry James ( August 2, 1949-December 5, 1987 ) in 1977, band members included trumpeter / flutist Art Capehart, saxophonist Doug Jones, trombonist / alto saxophonist Jimmy Lee, guitarists Ted Cohen and Tony Middleton, percussionist and lead singer Darryl Grant, bassist Larry La Bes, and keyboardist Erskine Williams.

Formed in Detroit in 1977 as Mr. Unique & the Leisure Suits, the band got their start as the opening act for The Mumps ( featuring Lance Loud ) and local favorites like Flirt and Destroy All Monsters.

Formed in 1977 by the Left Opposition of PCE.

Formed at Hannoversch Münden by the confluence of the rivers Fulda and Werra, it flows through Lower Saxony, then reaching the Hanseatic-town Bremen ( see: Hanseatic League ), before emptying 50 km further north at Bremerhaven into the North Sea.

Formed in 1964, the San Franciscan Society for Individual Rights ( SIR ) had a new openness and a more participatory democratic structure.

Formed in 1909 by the merger of the Society of Equity and the Alberta Farmers ' Association, the UFA would later become a political party and govern Alberta from 1921 until 1935.

Formed in 2005 through the merging of the Civil Service Savings and Loan Society and the Metro Credit Union, Alterna is a financial alternative to Canadians.

Formed in 1982, synthpop band Information Society achieved mainstream success for a while in the late eighties and early nineties.

Formed in 1955, the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society ( formerly the Strybing Arboretum Society ) operates the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, a bookstore, and monthly plant sales, and offers a wide range of community education programs for children and adults.

Formed in 1904 as Società Studio e Divertimento ( Society for Study and Entertainment ), a sports club characterized by a black and white check jersey ( derived from the city of Siena coat of arms ), it opened its football section, named Società Sportiva Robur, in 1908.

Formed in 1991 ( under the short-lived name Mutual Admiration Society ) by Tom Carter, Christina Carter and Kyle Silfer, they have followed in the footsteps of other Texas psychedelic music artists such as the 13th Floor Elevators, Red Crayola, and Jandek.

Mushida ’ s vision is “ Developing Qur ’ ani Families as Especial Bollard for Formed Tauhid Society ”.

Formed after the 2009 merger of the Cambrian Railways Society and the Cambrian Railways Trust, it aims to reinstate the infrastructure required to operate trains from Gobowen to Llynclys Junction ( for Pant ), and to Blodwel.

Formed in 1995 The World / Inferno Friendship Society is a large ensemble that came to be influential on the later New York Gypsy Punk scene.

Formed in 2004, the Absurdist Theatre Society put on productions of Six on the Beach and 24 Hour Theatre Experience in 2005, and Fando y Lis in 2006.

Formed in 1997, the Praděd / Pradziad Euroregion has facilitated economic, cultural and tourist exchanges between the border areas of Poland and the Czech Republic.

Formed by some composers in the neighborhood of Estácio, including Alcebíades Barcellos ( aka Bide ) Armando Marçal, Ismael Silva, Nilton Bastos and the more " malandros " such as Baiaco, Brancura, Mano Edgar, Mano Rubem, the " Turma do Estácio " marked the history of the Brazilian samba by injecting more pace to the genre one performed, which has the endorsement of the youth's middle class, as the ex-student of law Ary Barroso and former student of medicine Noel Rosa.

Formed in 1996, the Berlin based In Extremo has also found chart success with their " medieval style stage garb and unashamed usage of such bizarre, sometimes hand made, instruments as the Scottish bagpipes.

Formed in 1988, the band has released twelve studio albums, one box set, and one live album.

Formed in 1991, Bloodhound Gang has sold more than 6 million albums.

Formed in 1991 in Northern Virginia, the band has achieved considerable local success, winning four Wammies ( Washington, D. C. area music awards ) and a nationwide following, all outside the purview of major record labels.

Formed in 1908 the Federal Bureau of Investigation began as an entity which could investigate and enforce specific federal laws as an investigative and " law enforcement agency " in the United States ; this, however, has constituted only a small portion of overall policing activity.

Formed in 1978 with the release of Jandek's first release, Corwood Industries has released 66 albums, releases 0739 through 0804.

Formed when hardcore punk waned in popularity, Sick of It All has nonetheless been known to be a major part of the New York hardcore scene.

Formed in 1932 in Chamonix, France, it now has over 88 members associations from some 76 countries, all of national importance.

Formed as an amateur outfit by a rag-tag group of Rochester-area teenagers after the turn of the twentieth century ( a 1925 report has the team being founded in 1898 ), the team became known as the Jeffersons in reference to the locale of their playing field on Jefferson Avenue.

Formed in 1996, it has since become one of the largest radio media companies in the country.

Formed in 1930, their history has been characterised by local success, with some national success too.

* Willington Island: Formed from the sand deposited when Cochin Port was deepened, Willington Island has a naval base, a railway terminus, a port, and customs offices.

Formed in 1997, the group has released six full-length albums, their most recent being No Devolución, which was released in April 2011 on Epitaph Records.

Formed in the wake of the September 11th attacks, ANSWER has since helped to organize many of the largest anti-war demonstrations in the United States, including demonstrations of hundreds of thousands against the Iraq War.

Formed in 1948, the group has its origins as the public transport operator for the city of Paris.

Formed in 1988, the airline has its corporate headquarters in Chatuchak District, Bangkok, and primarily operates out of Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Formed in 1985, the group owns BR standard class 5 No. 73156 which has been undergoing extensive restoration since arrival and numerous storage vans.

Formed in 1995, it has had a huge impact on the modern classical scene in the Faroe Islands.

Formed in 1998, ( though there has been a local side dating from the 19th century which later folded of the same name ), the club are nicknamed " the Vikings " or the Scab or sometimes even the Crabs and team play in red and white strips.

Formed in 1983, the band has released 28 albums as of 2011, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major label backing.

Formed by the amalgamation of the towns of Kōshi and Nishigōshi on February 27, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 52, 500 and a population density of 987. 39 persons per km².

Formed in the late 1990s, Fireking has released one album, entitled " Live a Little, Love a Little ", which has generally received favorable reviews from critics.