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

Formed in 1993, Waylander released their debut demo, Once Upon an Era, in early 1995, mixing Irish folk music with extreme metal.

Formed in Dayton, Ohio in the early 1980s, Guided by Voices began their career as a bar band working the local scene.

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

Formed in 1967 by Joseph Byrd, the band membership consisted of Joseph Byrd ( electronic music, electric harpsichord, organ, calliope, piano, and Durrett Electronic Music Synthesizer ); Dorothy Moskowitz ( lead vocals ); Gordon Marron ( electric violin, ring modulator ); Rand Forbes ( an early adopter of the fretless electric bass ), and Craig Woodson ( drums and percussion ).

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

Formed in early 2012, Crazy Chief premiered their first show during Las Vegas ' Neon Reverb festival in September 2012.

Formed in 1978, the band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their 1980 hit " Fade to Grey ".

Formed in the early 20th century by Rabbi Alfred G. Moses and Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein.

Formed from the union of the TPLF and the Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Movement ( EPDM ) in early 1989, they were later joined by the OPDO ( Oromo of the TPLF and EPLF, and Oromo members of EPDM ) and the Ethiopian Democratic Officers ’ Revolutionary Movement ( a small body of Derg officers captured by TPLF, most notably at Shire in February 1989, which was later disbanded after the establishment of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia.

Formed in the early 1960s when ska was hot, the Maytals had a reputation for having strong, well-blended voices and a seldom-rivaled passion for their music.

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

Formed in 1996 in Arlington, Virginia, USA, Da Vinci's Notebook achieved early success in the a cappella community with their appearance at the 1996 Harmony Sweepstakes finals.

Formed from the ashes of two disbanded rival groups that had played the same southern circuit, The Allman Joys ( based in Florida ) and the Men-its ( based in Alabama ), the group was booked in early 1967 into a month-long engagement in St. Louis, Missouri, where they met members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whose manager, Bill McEuen, arranged for them a contract with Liberty Records.

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

Formed during the early ages of the earth formation, the rocks of the park were compressed, and folded under tremendous pressure.

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 in Walthamstow, London in 1991, the group have achieved eighteen Top 20 singles and four Top 10 albums, and were one of the UK's most popular boy bands during the early to mid-1990s.

Formed in the early 1960s, they released a few bizarre surf rock albums, most notably 1963's Hot Rod Hootenanny.

Formed under the management of then head coach Jorge Alvial, the 2006 Islanders had a record of 3 – 2 – 1 up to early June, whene Alvial put in his resignation to become a scout for the English club Chelsea.

Formed in 1941, with Soleiman Mohsen Eskandari as its head, it had considerable influence in its early years and played an important role during Mohammad Mosaddeq's campaign to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and his term as prime minister.

Formed by Andrew Hewson in the early 1980s, Hewson Consultants became one of the UK's most successful computer game publishers.

Formed in the early 1990s New Jersey Oi!

Formed in the early 1990s by David " Porky " Brennand, its most significant artists included Fila Brazillia, Baby Mammoth, Bullitnuts and most recently Leggo Beast.

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 since 1996, the People Against Gangsterism and Drugs of Cape Town, South Africa fights drugs and gangsterism in their region.

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

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 the 1970s as the Young Scottish Nationalists the organisation changed its name to YSI in 1996 when the YSN underwent a complete reorganisation.

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

* HP Intria Items ( Intria Corp ): Formed by CIBC with Hewlett Packard and Fiserv Canada in 1996.

Formed in 1996 by students at the University of Pennsylvania.

Formed in 1993 by actors from ABC comedy hits The D-Generation and The Late Show, the company changed its name to Working Dog Productions in 1996.

: Formed in 1996 as a partnership between the State of Maryland, the City of Baltimore, the University System of Maryland and the University of Maryland Medical System, IHV is an institute of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and is a center of virology research.

Formed in 1996 following his departure from The Stone Roses, Squire first recruited bassist Stuart Fletcher who he saw by chance at the Fibbers venue in York where he was drinking with his guitar tech Martin Herbet.

Formed in 1996 by members of the Liverpool Irish Community, it is a fife & drum marching band, that promotes and celebrates Irish music, culture and political pride and awareness on Merseyside.

Formed in 1996, they have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2007.

Formed in May 1996, the St Patrick ’ s Cathedral Singers supplement the musical resources of the cathedral.

Formed in 1996, the Historical Group has made a positive contribution within the Brigade.

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 in 1996, Gauntlet Entertainment was one of the world's leading distributors of video games.

Formed in 1996, the band debuted on Ferret Music and moved to Trustkill Records in 1999.

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

Formed by Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David, later joined with Stevie Jackson, Belle & Sebastian formed in Glasgow early 1996, recording their first demos in Stow College.

Formed in 1996, the band was known as Godzilla until 2001.

Formed in February 1996, Spineshank was assembled from the remains of a previous musical endeavor called " Basic Enigma ".