* Formed since 1998, the Bakassi Boys of Nigeria were viewed as instrumental in lowering the region's high crime when police were ineffective.

* 1998 – Formed joint venture Equilon with Shell Oil Company, combining their Western and Midwestern U. S. refining and marketing.

* 1998 – Formed joint venture Motiva with Shell Oil Company and Saudi Aramco in which the Star Enterprise operations were merged with the Eastern and Gulf Coast U. S. refining and marketing operations of Shell.

Formed officially in 1998 as the Rockingham Student Council, the Rockingham Students ' Association is the official Guild body representing students at the Rockingham Campus.

Formed in 1995, the band released their debut studio album Get Some with founding vocalist Lynn Strait in 1997 and disbanded after his death in 1998.

Formed in 1998, the band quickly gained a following through their live concerts, and have produced three albums, the latest being Make This Your Own.

Formed in 1998, From Zero's music is distinguished from many earlier nu metal groups with its greater focus on vocal harmonies, and correspondingly fewer elements of hip-hop than groups such as Limp Bizkit.

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 1991 was a grouping of members of the House of Keys who wanted to provide a coherent opposition to the Manx government, they were initially called the Alternative Policy Group, before changing their name to the Alliance for Progressive Government in 1998.

Formed in 1998 by two expatriate New Zealanders-Jasmine Yee and Frans Bisschops.

Formed in 1998, and hailing from Terrigal in New South Wales ' Central Coast region, members included Michael Smith ( drums ), Trent Crawford ( guitar ), Tim Flaherty ( guitar and backing vocals ), Adam Check ( bass ) and Scott E. Woods ( vocals ).

Formed in 1998, it jumped into the public eye with its participation at Bangalore IT. COM, now known as Bangalore IT. in ' 99-then India's largest and most prominent technology event.

Formed in 1998, The Black Seeds perform with eight members, with instruments including vocals, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums, bongos, keyboard and wood block.

Formed in 1998, the band is best known for their contributions to the soundtracks of Sega's Jet Set Radio and Jet Set Radio Future games.

Formed in Melbourne around 1998 out of the remains of another band named Snowblind, their members were Patrick (' Patch ') Robertson ( vocals / guitar ), Damian Birchall Costin ( drums ), Matt Balfe ( bass ), and Dave Ong ( guitar ).

Formed in April 1998 after the amalgamation of six former Regional Crime Squads it merged on 1 April 2006 into the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Formed in 1998, DAM is noted as the first Arab-Israeli hip-hop group and consists of three Palestinian men who hold Israeli citizenship as well: Tamer Nafer, his brother Suhell, and a friend, Mahmoud Jreri.

Formed from the remnants of Dallas rockabilly band Lone Star Trio in 1998, EHS was founded by Matt Hillyer ( lead vocalist, guitar, primary songwriter ), Richie Vasquez ( drums and harmony vocal ), Steve Berg ( upright bass, harmony vocals ), and Jason Garner ( fiddle ).

Formed in 1998, SCI Fidelity Records is an independent record label based in Boulder, Colorado.

Formed in 2002 in Watt's hometown of San Pedro, California, the band first consisted of organist Pete Mazich and drummer Jerry Trebotic, both of whom had played with Watt in a side project, The Madonnabes, that was devoted to reinterpreting the works of Madonna ; the three musicians had also previously recorded a song for a Doctors Without Borders benefit album under the name Mike Watt & Masina in 1998, with Mazich's wife Ljil on vocals.

Formed in January 1998 by vocalist Adam Rich and guitarist Mark Barry, Pressure 4-5 started simply enough, as two college friends forming a band together.

Formed in 1998, it is currently a member of the Kazakhstan Premier league.

Formed in 1998 by brothers Mike and Jamie Bailey, the band has released three full-length albums to date.

Formed as a split from the Social Right, in July 2007 the group finally left AN and launched The Right.

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 1994 in Vienna, the classical chamber music group is an internationally acclaimed piano trio.

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 in 1969, the group consists of Billy Gibbons ( guitar and vocals ), Dusty Hill ( bass and vocals ), and Frank Beard ( percussion ).

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 imitative style of the Motown girl group The Supremes, the group members had gradually honed their talents with White for two years previously until they signed contracts with Uni Records.

* Formed in 1996, Mapogo a Mathamaga of South Africa provides protection for paying members of this group.

Formed in 1961 by a group of enthusiasts in New Barnet under the conductorship of Terry Hawes, Southgate College Symphony Orchestra continued as an evening class within Southgate College until July 2005, having become semi-autonomous in 1997.

Formed her own girl group called " Leather Tuscadero and the Suedes ".

Formed on May 31, 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov, the group signed a deal with independent label Neoformat, then later signed with Universal Music Russia, and finally with Interscope Records in 2001.

Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner " Zappi " Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.

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 under the name " The Nightlife Thugs ," the group agreed on the name change to the " Boomtown Rats " after a gang that Geldof read about in Woody Guthrie's autobiography, Bound for Glory.

Formed in the early 1990s, the group was originally called " The Band-Aid Boys ".

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 while Aames was in junior high school, the group eventually landed a recording contract with CBS Custom Label.

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

Formed in early 1996 under then name of " Stuff ," the band consisted of members Chelsey Pieratt, Chris Billings, brothers Andy and Nic Higham, and Dustin Sanders, all members of a Christian youth group who wanted to promote their faith through their various musical talents.

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 1985 by vocalist Franz Treichler, the group used digital sampling to create an intense amalgamation of classical and rock music and became pioneers of industrial music.

Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart.

Formed in 1999, the group is known for its long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-based lyrics, and electronic sounds in their music to add to their retro video game-influenced sound.

Formed in 1993 as a techno group, with extra member Sami Salo ( who later left the group ), they moved to operate from a base in Barcelona to escape the long Finnish winters.