Formed in 1871 as a junior club and as a senior club in 1873, it is headquartered at the Essendon Recreation Reserve ( Windy Hill ) in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, Australia but match day home games are played at Etihad Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Formed in 1859, Geelong is the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.

Formed in 1892, the club traditionally represented the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, and was based at Victoria Park in Abbotsford ; the club is now based in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, playing its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and with its training and administrative base in Gosch's Paddock and the Westpac Centre.

Formed from the Australian Internet Exchange ( AUIX ) project, VIX is located in the Melbourne AAPT Exchange and offers multi-lateral peering.

Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2003, their first public appearance was performed at The Good Morning Captain, a cafe in Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne.

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 in 1903, the Texas Company ( Texaco's corporate name ) is one of the three major oil companies that can trace its origins to the oil fields around Southeast Texas.

Formed by the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead is impressive: long when the lake is full, of shoreline, around 500 feet at greatest depth, 247 square miles ( 640 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) of surface, and when filled to capacity, 28 million acre-feet of water.

Formed in 1987 by Goldman, Stanton, and Wink, The Blue Man Group played around Manhattan in such venues as Central Park, the Performing Garage, Dixon Place and PS 122.

Formed in 1948 the Fairey Aviation Company of Canada Limited and grew from a 6-man operation to a major enterprise employing around a thousand people.

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

Formed in 2000 for the centenary celebrations of Australian federation, it is the first purely ceremonial unit in the history of the Australian armed forces, and has since represented Australia in various roles both at home and around the world, including providing the guard at Buckingham Palace in 2000.

Formed around the talents of brothers Lars and Martin Horntveth, who also happen to be the main driving force behind the highly successful and unique Norwegian electronica / jazz / post-rock combo Jaga Jazzist, the band features musicians already well known in their native country, from such bands as Jaga Jazzist and BigBang, and singer-songwriter Thomas Dybdahl on vocals, the band is often referred to as a " supergroup " in Norway.

Formed in Brighton in 1985, by Rob Sekula and Nick Emery the band featured a shifting line-up of musicians across their seven-year existence, centred around songwriter and vocalist Rob Sekula and guitarist Kevin Canham.

Formed in 1996, they played consistently for two years in and around the north-eastern United States and Canada, opening for The New Bomb Turks, Nashville Pussy, Blonde Redhead, The Make-Up, The Dirtbombs, The Chrome Cranks and The Demolition Doll Rods.

Formed around 1990 by high school friends Damon Mitchell ( lead vocals, guitar, harmonica ), Jeff Hondubura ( guitar, vocals ), Sky Onosson ( bass, vocals, keyboards ) and Jason Kane ( drums, percussion ) started playing blues-influenced rock.

Formed in 2001 and officially launched in 2002, the Sword Swallowers Association International ( SSAI ) is a private association designed to preserve the art of sword swallowing and network performers, both amateur and professional, around the world.

Formed around 1960, the group originally consisted of Sam " Little Sonny " Brown, Eugene " Bird " Daughtry, Phillip " Phil " Terry and Robert " Big Sonny " Edwards.

" Formed in 1997 after Hill and Brunson met while producing visuals at the Channel Five launch party, they decided to take over for the original members of the Ninja Tune multimedia collective Hex that had disbanded around the same time.

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 around 1999, they are best known for their songs " Everybody ", One More Pill, " Don't Look In Their Eyes ", " Flawed Design ", and " Kidding Ourselves ".

Formed around the core duo of Henry Font ( vocals, guitars ) and Val. Ium ( bass, backing vocals ), the band released two demos in the early 1990s, the second of which, Urine the Money, was produced by Josh Silver of Type O Negative.

Formed in 1988 by Tahrah Cohen and Joe Pascarell, the band has performed many shows around the world.

Formed by Blur's Damon Albarn and Tank Girl's Jamie Hewlett, and produced by Deltron 3030's Dan the Automator, the group brought the virtual bands to the musical fore again, with their scoring numerous Top 20 positions around the world, and the World Record of being the Most Successful Virtual Band.

Formed from various local street gangs in the 1890s numbering around 500 members into what later became a committee including Marty Brennan, Stumpy Malarkey, and Newburg Gallegher.

Formed during the late 1860s by Little Freddie, " Sheeny " Mike Kurtz, and Johnny Irving, former members of the Italian Dave Gang, the Dutch Mob soon became one of the largest pickpocket gangs in the United States numbering around 300 members.

Formed by various community members already involved in Food Not Bombs, in the summer of 2003, the collective worked on a wide range of projects and issues, but were especially focused on the homeless, working poor, and around police brutality / harassment issues.

* 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 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 in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998.

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.