Formed in 1981, Jakarta released their debut album Maske za dvoje in 1984, featuring several hits.

Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 ( with the current line up solidifying in 1985 ), the band's four members — Trey Anastasio ( guitars, lead vocals ), Mike Gordon ( bass, vocals ), Jon Fishman ( drums, percussion, vocals ), and Page McConnell ( keyboards, vocals )— performed together for over 20 years before breaking up in August 2004.

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 at the University of Vermont in 1983 ( with the current line up solidifying in 1985 ), the band includes – bassist and vocalist Mike Gordon, percussionist, vacuum player, and vocalist Jon Fishman, and keyboardist and vocalist Page McConnell.

Formed by John Parish in 1983, the band consisted of a rotating line-up that at various times included Rob Ellis and Ian Olliver, two later members of the PJ Harvey Trio.

Formed in 1983, founder members included Britain ’ s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ; then US Vice-President George Bush Sr ; Mayor of Paris, and later French President, Jacques Chirac ; and the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

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.

* Brook Bright – guitar, vocals ( Formed band as City Kidd in early 1980s ) ( 1981 – 1983 )

Formed through a management buyout of Tillingbourne ( Metropolitan ) Ltd. in 1983, it was later acquired by the Go-Ahead Group in 1999.

Formed in 1983 from the remnants of a retro science-fiction band called Red Zone, they signed a record deal with Polygram Records in 1984 and made three albums.

Formed in 1983, the band broke up in 1996, but decided to reform 14 years later.

Formed on 2 August 1940 the club have played eleven season in Sweden's highest football league Allsvenskan, the club's first season in the league was in 1983.

Formed in 1983, it is led by pro-democracy activist Mario Masuku.

Formed in the 1960s as a division of the Popular Socialist Party as the Argentine Socialist Party, it was forced to change its name in 1983 after the prohibition for political parties to have the terms National or Argentine in their names.

Formed in November 1981, Black ' n Blue played gigs in Portland area for over a year before making a move to Southern California in early 1983.

Formed from dissidents within the SPD, the KPD led the communist uprisings in the early Weimar period — which the SPD crushed.

Formed from the Cheka, the original Russian state security organization, on February 6, 1922, it was initially known under the Russian abbreviation GPU — short for " State Political Directorate under the NKVD of the RSFSR " ( Russian: Gosudarstvennoye politicheskoye upravlenie under the NKVD of the RSFSR ", Государственное политическое управление при НКВД РСФСР ).

Formed by Mana and Közi, the band's name stands for " malice and misery ", extracted from " nothing but a being of malice and misery " — their reply to the question " what is human ?".

* Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands ( KPD ) — Formed out of a number of left-wing groups, including the left wing of the USPD and the Spartacist League.

* The German State Party ( DStP ) — Formed in 1930 by the DDP, the People's National Reich Association and remains of the Christian Trade Unionists.

Formed in 1985 as The Ikons, the band consisted of four York University students — vocalist John Critchley, guitarist Mike Robbins, bassist Jim Hughes and drummer Grant Ethier.

Formed in April 1966, Buffalo Springfield was plagued by infighting, drug-related arrests, and line-up changes that led to the group's disbanding after just two years.

Formed in 1995, the group's music incorporates aspects of progressive rock, punk rock, metal and post-hardcore.

Formed in 1995, the group's early sound was highly influenced by krautrock and post-rock and British shoegazer bands like Cocteau Twins, often featuring long instrumental passages.

Formed by trumpeter and bandleader David Buchbinder in 1987, and now co-lead with Dave Wall, The Flying Bulgars ( the Bulgar in the group's name refers to a dance form not an ethnic group ) were a product of the rebirth of interest in Yiddish culture in North America.

Formed by trumpeter and leader David Buchbinder in 1987, The Flying Bulgars ( the Bulgar in the group's name refers to a dance form not an ethnic group ) were a product of the rebirth of interest in Yiddish culture in North America.

Rains is an American rock band from Fort Wayne, Indiana Formed in 2000, the group's name is derived from a former co-worker of lead vocalist, Jeff.

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 Tokyo in 1987, the group's name translates roughly as " money violence " (" Zeni " is an old Japanese term for money, and " Geva " comes from the German " Gewalt ," meaning " violence ").

Formed in Kansai University in 2002, the group's first mini album was published on an indy label on December 3, 2003.

Formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, the initial shape of the federal district was a square measuring on each side, totaling.

Formed in 1974 with an initial fleet of two aircraft, serving Singapore, Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, Royal Brunei Airlines now operates a fleet of 9 aircraft to 14 destinations in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia.

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

Formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1965 and originally known as the Four Gents, the Delfonics classic lineup featured:

They Formed in 1991 with the original lineup featuring Brian Mooney & Guitar, Dylan Philips & Guitar, Kevin Talbot Guitar and James Lillis.

Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the band's original lineup included Sal Valentino ( lead vocals ), Ron Elliott ( lead guitar ), Ron Meagher ( bass guitar ), Declan Mulligan ( rhythm guitar, bass, harmonica ), and John Petersen ( drums ).

Formed by rhythm guitarist and vocalist Rick Froberg and lead guitarist John Reis following the breakup of their band Pitchfork, the band's lineup also included bassist Mike Kennedy and drummer Mark Trombino.

Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations despite maintaining a relatively stable lineup.

Formed in 1979 by lead guitarist and main songwriter Marc Biedermann, the band had an extremely unstable lineup ( Biedermann being the only constant member ) and went through several stylistic changes during their time.

Formed in 1993, McCaughey designed the Minus 5 as a pop collective, with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup.

Formed in 1968 by Kornelije Kovač, the band had gone through many lineup changes and featured a large number of famous musicians: vocalists Dušan Prelević, Dalibor Brun, Dado Topić, Zdravko Čolić and Zlatko Pejaković, drummer Vladimir " Furda " Furduj, guitarist Josip Boček, and others.

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 Minneapolis in 1999, Lateduster was originally an instrumental sextet called Cropduster, with a symmetrical lineup of two guitars, two full drum kits and two DJs on four turntables.