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 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.

Formed in 1975, the RENAMO ( Mozambican National Resistance ), an anti-communist group sponsored by the Rhodesian Intelligence Service, and sponsored by the apartheid government in South Africa as well as the United States after Zimbabwe's independence, launched a series of attacks on transport routes, schools and health clinics, and the country descended into civil war.

Formed in 1989 by the G7 countries, the FATF is an intergovernmental body whose purpose is to develop and promote an international response to combat money laundering.

Formed by the Prussian Ministry of the Interior on April 15, 1919, for the purpose to allow citizens to protect themselves from looters, armed gangs, and revolutionaries.

Formed in 1928 by a group of intellectuals, the League sought a new era in national life that would witness a great political and social rebirth.

Formed by seven sporting societies with approximately 800 members, by 1892 the association had expanded to 62 societies with 7, 000 members.

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 1918 immediately after World War I as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by union of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and the Kingdom of Serbia.

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 by amalgamations of once-independent canals, the ' Leicester Line ' of the Grand Union Canal runs north from Norton Junction for about 35 miles ( 56 km ) until it reaches Leicester, where it joins the River Soar to provide a link to the River Trent and to the Trent and Mersey Canal.

The Magnetometer Support Unit: Formed to ensure that all persons entering secure areas occupied by Secret Service protectees are unarmed, the Secret Service began relying on magnetometer ( metal detector ) support by Uniformed Division officers to augment its protective efforts away from the White House following the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

Formed in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, the WSPU brought together those who felt strongly that militant, confrontational tactics were needed in order to achieve women's suffrage.

Formed by a delta plain at the confluence of the Ganges ( Padma ), Brahmaputra ( Jamuna ), and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries, Bangladesh's alluvial soil is highly fertile, but vulnerable to flood and drought.

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

Formed in 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB is the largest pay-TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 11 million subscribers.

Formed in 1989 by brothers Javier, Oscar, and Edgar Galvan, and friend Eddie Gonzalez, the band gained prominence in the mid-1990s with a string of hit albums.

Formed in the winter of 2007 by Seth Newton, Eric Trabucco, Brian Marcou, David Jewers ( 2007 – 2010 ) and Roderick Macdonald ( 2007 – 2008 ).

Formed out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory, it was named for U. S. President Franklin Pierce.

Formed by Gira in 1982, Swans employed a shifting lineup of musicians until their dissolution in 1997.

Formed originally as Henrico Shire, and shortly thereafter termed a " county ", Henrico County was named for Henricus, a community founded in 1611 by Sir Thomas Dale.

Formed as the New Yardbirds in 1968, the band consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist / keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham.

Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer / keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist / singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree.

Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi ( John Francis Bongiovi, Jr .), guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres.

Formed in 1995, the band originally consisted of singer, songwriter, guitarist Kris Roe and guitarist Jasin Thomason.

Formed after the demise of the CBS Records signed power pop band New Hearts, singer Ian Page and guitarist Dave Cairns spent the second half of 1978 writing songs that would form the basis of the first two Secret Affair albums.

Formed in 1992, they were led by the singer and guitarist Bob Mould ( ex-Hüsker Dü ), alongside bassist David Barbe ( ex-Mercyland ) and drummer Malcolm Travis ( ex-Human Sexual Response ).

Formed in 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, it was originally led by songwriting duo Cazuza ( singer ) and Roberto Frejat ( guitarist ), which assumed the vocals after Cazuza's departure in 1986.

Formed by singer Steve Perry and bassist Dan Schmid, the band has experienced many membership changes over the years, with only Perry, Schmid and trumpeter Dana Heitman currently remaining from the original line-up.

Formed by Valentín Cané ( tres, guitar and tumbadora, or as it is commonly termed, conga ; he was also a composer and singer ) and Pablo " Bubú " Vázquez Gobín ( contrabass ), the other original members of the band were timbales player Manuel " Jimagua " Sánchez, cornet / trumpet player Ismael Goberna and guitarists Domingo Medina, José Manuel Valera, Julio Gobín and Juan Bautista Llópis.

Formed in 1993, they were popularly labelled as a Britpop band and often drew comparisons to The Smiths because of their Morrissey-esque lead singer, Martin Rossiter.

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 2001 in Chino Hills, CA, the group began with singer Joe Brown, bassist Phil Pirrone, drummer Brett Dinovo, and guitarists Dan Arnold and Nathan Lindeman.

Formed in 1986 by singer Dallas Denery and singer / guitarist Matt Buenrostro with Crispy Jim ( later of The Saddlebacks ) on bass and Dr. Frank ( the frontman of The Mr. T Experience ) on drums.

Formed in Budapest in September, 1962 by the winds player László Benkő on organ and János Kóbor as a singer and rhythm guitarist, they initially performed covers of British and American rock songs, frequently changing the lineup of members.

Formed in 1986 in Portsmouth, England by siblings Alison and Jim Shaw, and named after the many mechanical cranes around the city's docks, Cranes are best known for the childlike, high-pitched vocals of lead singer Alison.

Formed in 1997, the band consists of lead singer Jason Singh, guitarists Dan Hall and Tim Wild, and drummer Sean McLeod.

Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of bass singer Freddie Gorman, baritone ( and the group's founder ) Walter Gaines, and tenors C. P.

Formed in Melbourne in 1999, the band was originally only a side project for guitarist / singer Andrew Kitchen and bassist / singer Sean Daly who were at the time performing in another band name ' Dispersia ', which later broke up and gave way to Antiskeptic.

Formed by 17 tracks, this album was released through Gramm and featured singer Björk and her sister Inga Guðmundsdóttir as background vocalists.

Formed in 1984, the band remained active until lead singer Blaze Bayley went on to join Iron Maiden in 1994.

Formed from a defunct speed metal project called the Incarcerated in the summer of 1994, singer Dave Larsen and bassist Chris Barton linked up with guitarist Nick Constantino and drummer Tom Wengerter.