Formed in the late 1970s, they became known for extensive use of detournement and their intention to provoke their audience through the exposition of Situationist themes.

Formed in late 1981 by former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke ( synthesizer ) and Alison Moyet ( vocals ), Yazoo was signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom and ( as " Yaz ") to Sire Records in the United States.

Formed in late 1972 by Andy Guhl and Norbert Möslang, Voice Crack were initially a free jazz duo.

Formed in Plymouth in late June 1940 following the Dunkirk evacuation, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Durnford-Slater, No. 3 Commando was the first British unit to use the title of " Commando ".

Formed in the late 1980s as Acumen by Jason Novak and Ethan Novak, the band released several cassette demos before self-releasing the CD demo " Transmissions from Eville " in 1994.

Formed in the late 1990s, Fireking has released one album, entitled " Live a Little, Love a Little ", which has generally received favorable reviews from critics.

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

Formed in late 1982 at the Batcave club in London ( where Nik worked ) by the Wades along with David James ( aka Yaxi Highrizer, guitar ) and Johnny " Ha Ha " Freshwater ( drums ), the band became known in the gothic scene for its psychobilly, dark electronic, industrial sound, heavy samples and loops and manic vocals.

Formed in the late 1980s, the I-Rails was an alternative independent rock band based in Oxnard, California.

Formed in 1986 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980s.

Formed in late 1994 through a joint partnership between Australis Media, Columbia TriStar, MCA, Viacom and Tele-Communications Inc., Showtime started broadcasting in 1995 as part of the basic package on the now-defunct Galaxy service, showing first-run films.

** 1st Baltic Front: Formed from Kalinin Front late 1943.

Formed in the late 2001, Nastik became the new leader among the metal bands, solely because of the use of growling vocals ( aided by the fact that even though Ugrakarma is the first death metal band, they really never performed live ).

Formed in late 1918, it was re-formed in late 1919 from US volunteers.

Formed in 1994, the band went on hiatus in late 2001.

Formed by Mark Reilly ( vocals ), Danny White ( keyboards ), and the late Kito Poncioni ( bass ) in 1982 from the shards of the abandoned art pop group, Blue Rondo A La Turk, for their first album, Whose Side Are You On ?, they hired then unknown Polish vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska.

Formed in the late 1940s, neighbors in the surrounding area bought shares to pay for the land.

Formed in the late 1890s by Circular Jack, Kid Yorke, and Goo Goo Knox the gang began operating from an apartment house on Hudson Street.

Formed in late 1993, Physics was heavily influenced by Krautrock, minimalism, and electronic music, though were often lumped into the math rock genre.

Formed in the late 1840s, by 1852 the teenage Daybreak Boys were suspected by police to have been responsible for 20 to 40 murders between 1850 and 1852 as well as stealing goods estimated at $ 200, 000.

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 in the late 1990s, JMJB came into spotlight through its murder spree in the North-western region of Bangladesh.

Formed in the late 1990s, the band have released five albums between 2001 and 2008.

Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s.

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

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 ".

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

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

Formed in Oslo, the band was influenced by 1980s alternative groups such as The Smiths and The Cure.

Formed in the early 1980s, a teenaged Leatherwolf emerged on the Southern California scene sharing bills with fellow OC metal acts such as Metallica, Witch, and Slayer at venues like the Woodstock and Radio City.

Formed in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in the early 1980s, Uncle Green consisted of Matt Brown ( guitar and vocals ), Jeff Jensen ( guitar and vocals ), Bill Decker ( bass and keyboards ), Pete McDade ( drums ), and Danny Giordano ( tambourine and vocals ).

Formed in 1990 out of the ashes of the seminal 1980s group Portion Control by founding members John Whybrew, Ian Sharp and Dean Piavani and released two albums on Third Mind Records and T. E. Q.

Formed in the late 1980s, its original members were Stokley Williams ( lead vocals, drums, percussion ), Ricky Kinchen ( bass guitar ), Homer O ' Dell ( guitar ), Larry Waddell ( keyboards, piano ), Keri Lewis ( keyboards, synthseizer ), and Jeffrey Allen ( saxophone, keyboards ).

Formed in Kent, England in the late 1980s, the band was well known for its garage rock sound, explicitly sticking to this format on almost all of their albums.

Formed in 2005 through the merging of the Civil Service Savings and Loan Society and the Metro Credit Union, Alterna is a financial alternative to Canadians.

Formed in 1987, Les Négresses Vertes arose from the alternative music scene in Paris.

Formed in 1993 in Cleveland Warehouse District, the band's music can be described as a synthesis of alternative music, heavy metal, and electro-industrial.

Formed in 1994, they are one of the several bands who spearheaded the 90s Philippine alternative rock explosion.

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 1993, the band blends traditional Irish folk with 1990s heavy metal.

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

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

Formed in 1992 as a blackened death metal act under the name Cerberus by founding members ; Christian " Christer " Schütz, Stefan Weinerhall who stayed with the band to the end, and Johan who left shortly afterward.

Formed in 1992 as Virgin Cunt, they set out to be the " most blasphemous black metal band in Europe ", in a rather tongue-in-cheek sense.

Formed in 1984, they were part of the first generation of worldwide thrashers, and gained prominence as the decade ended and musical tastes turned approbatory for more extreme metal.

Formed in 2001 by Daniel Plant ( guitars ), Ed Godby ( vocals ), Mark Lyons ( guitars ) Will Shaw ( drums ) and David Hopkinson ( bass ), they play a mix of metalcore, noise rock and progressive metal.

Formed in Montreal, Canada, in early 1993, Zaraza was born out of a meeting between newly arrived Polish immigrant Jacek ( The DoomHammer ) and local Montreal industrial / noise artist Grzegorz Haus ov Doom, with the object of fully integrating the extremes of doom / death metal with industrial.

Formed in Orange County, California in 1991, Dystopia was a sludge metal and crust punk band, popular in both the heavy metal and crust punk scenes, due in large part to their bleak, misanthropic imagery.

Formed by brothers Joe Duplantier ( guitar, vocals ), drummer Mario Duplantier, guitarist Christian Andreu, and bassist Jean-Michel Labadie, Gojira's music combines elements of Death metal, Groove metal, Thrash metal and Progressive metal.

Formed in 1989 by guitarist Rich Ward, Stuck Mojo is considered to be one of the pioneers of rap metal.

Formed in 1993 in Phoenix, Arizona, N17 was one of the original crossover electronic / metal bands.

Formed in 1993, they released their first album in Brazil in December 2005 via Voice Music ( label owned by Silvio Golfetti, guitar player on the Brazilian thrash metal band Korzus ).

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.