Mike Heidorn, born 1967 in Belleville, Illinois, is the former drummer and founding member of alternative country bands Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt.
 Heidorn also played with the Uncle Tupelo precursors the Primitives (or Primatives ) and the one-off band Coffee Creek with Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy of Uncle Tupelo and Brian Henneman of The Bottle Rockets.
 Heidorn married and left Uncle Tupelo after the recording of their third album, March 16–20, 1992.
 After the breakup of Uncle Tupelo Heidorn was reactivated by Farrar and joined the first version of Son Volt, but was not involved in the reformation of the band in 2005 and is no longer active as a professional musician.
Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994.
 Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college.
 The trio recorded three albums for Rockville Records, before signing with Sire Records and expanding to a five-piece.
 Shortly after the release of the band's major label debut album "Anodyne", Farrar announced his decision to leave the band due to a soured relationship with his co-songwriter Tweedy.
 Uncle Tupelo split on May 1, 1994, after completing a farewell tour.
 Following the breakup, Farrar formed Son Volt with Heidorn, while the remaining members continued as Wilco.
The Billy's are an American rock band from the Twin Cities.
 They recorded 3 studio albums in the mid to late 90's which were released by the OarFin Records label.
 Their sound generally falling under the Alternative country label, they were often compared to the Gear Daddies.
 The band built a sizable following, particularly in the Mid-West.
 In addition to their own material, live shows were well known for wide ranging covers.
Neotraditional country, also known as new traditional country, is a country music style that emphasizes the instrumental background and a "traditional" country vocal style.
 Neotraditional country artists often dress in the fashions of the country music scene of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s.
 Some neotraditional artists are sometimes associated with the alternative country movement.
Jeremy Porter is a guitar player, singer and songwriter from Marquette, Michigan, currently living in Plymouth, Michigan (near Detroit).
 He is the founder of the Detroit-based band Jeremy Porter & The Tucos and co-founder of The Regulars, considered one of the first punk bands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Alternative country (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, or Americana) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music.
 Alternative country artists are often influenced by alternative rock.
 However, the term has been used to describe country music bands and artists that have incorporated influences ranging from alternative rock, indie rock, roots rock, bluegrass, neotraditional country, punk rock, rockabilly, punkabilly, honky-tonk, outlaw country, progressive rock or progressive country, folk rock, indie folk, folk revival, hard rock, R&B, country rock, heartland rock, Southern metal, Southern rock, experimental music, electronica or folktronica, and psychedelic rock.
Borghesia is a Slovenian electronic music/rock music group, created in Ljubljana in 1982.
 The band was formed by members of the alternative theatre group "Theatre FV-112/15".
 Borghesia created its aesthetics using the imagery of what was prohibited, tabooed, and repressed.
 Their sound is often compared to that of other groups in the period such as D.A.F., Manufacture, and Front 242, whom many cite as the chief instigators of the Electronic Body Music label used to describe such music.
Jeremy Porter & The Tucos is an American rock and roll band from Detroit, Michigan.
 The band is composed of Jeremy Porter (guitar, vocals), Gabriel Doman (drums, vocals), and Patrick O'Harris (bass, vocals).
 Their sound has been described as a combination of classic American powerpop and alternative-country with elements of punk and Rockabilly.
 The band is often compared to The Replacements, Cheap Trick, Uncle Tupelo and X.
16 Horsepower was an American alternative country music group based in Denver, Colorado.
 Their music often invoked religious imagery dealing with conflict, redemption, punishment, and guilt through David Eugene Edwards's lyrics and the heavy use of traditional bluegrass, gospel, and Appalachian instrumentation cross-bred with rock.
 For the bulk of its career, the band consisted of Edwards, Jean-Yves Tola, and Pascal Humbert, the latter two formerly of the French band Passion Fodder.
 After releasing four studio albums and touring extensively, the group broke up in 2005, citing "mostly political and spiritual" differences.
 The members remain active in the groups Woven Hand and Lilium.
Jeffrey Scot Tweedy (born August 25, 1967) is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer best known as the singer and guitarist of the band Wilco.
 Tweedy, originally from Belleville, Illinois, started his music career in high school in his band The Plebes with Jay Farrar, which subsequently after several years formed into the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo.
 After Uncle Tupelo's fourth studio album, the band broke up in 1994 due to conflict between Tweedy and Farrar, prompting Tweedy to form Wilco, with Farrar forming the band Son Volt.
 Wilco's first album "A.M.", released in 1995, received mixed reviews from critics, though Wilco later found critical and commercial success on their later albums, most notably with "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and "A Ghost Is Born", the latter of which received a Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 2005.
 Across Tweedy's career he has released fifteen studio albums, including four with Uncle Tupelo, ten with Wilco, and one with his son Spencer, along with numerous collaborations with other musicians, most notably "Mermaid Avenue" with Billy Bragg.

Question: To which alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois is Jeremy Porter and The Tucos often compared?
Answer: Uncle Tupelo