Question: The Y2K EP was released in 1999 by a Massachusetts band formed in which year ?
Context: The Discocks are a punk rock band formed in 1989 with Peter (Ohashi) and bass, Naka-chin on guitar and early D.S.B. drummer Hiroichi on drums.  In 1994 the band released their first EP "Voice Of Youth" on their own New Age Records.  The EP was re-released with a different cover on Helen Of Oi!  Records.  The band continued to play shows in Japan before in 1995 releasing The "Class Of '94" EP on Knock Out Records.  This EP contained two covers of English Oi! /Punk band The Ejected.  They also released the split EP with Tom And Boot Boys on Knock Out Records which contained three songs from Tom And Boot Boys and two from the Discocks (one of which was a cover of Menace's "Last Year's Youth").  New Age Records also released a compilation LP in 1995 called "Noise For The Boys" with the bands Raise A Flag, Taisho as well as five new songs from The Discocks.  In 1997 the band went to North America with Tom And Boot Boys to record their first full length Long Live Oi!  During their time they toured the east coast with The Unseen, The Casualties and Blanks 77.  The Unseen members Mark and Paul also contributed to the choruses on Long Live Oi! .  After returning to Japan in late 1997 the band recorded a two track EP on Overthrow Records called "Bootboys Anthem".  Soon saw the departure of longtime members Naka-Chin and Hiroishi, however they were quickly replaced with YAS and Ben from fellow Oi!  band Blockbuster this lineup recorded the O.P.D.L. demo and appeared on the 7" compilation "Transition Period" alongside The Dick Spikie and Youth Anthem. Brian Carpenter is an American musician, songwriter, composer, and arranger.  He is the lead singer and songwriter for the Boston, Massachusetts band Beat Circus.  In 2011, he formed Brian Carpenter & The Confessions and released its debut album in 2015.  He is also the leader and arranger of the Ghost Train Orchestra in Brooklyn. Super Refraction is the second full-length album by former Boston, Massachusetts band Mistle Thrush.  It was released in 1997 by Egg Records (catalog #7001). The discography of In Flames, a Swedish melodic death metal band formed in the early 1990s, consists of twelve studio albums, one live album, three extended plays, nine singles, two video albums, and twenty-six music videos. Signed with Wrong Again Records, In Flames released their full-length debut, "Lunar Strain" (1994), followed by the EP "Subterranean" (1995).  After signing to Nuclear Blast, they released "The Jester Race" (1996).  The following year, they issued their second EP, "Black-Ash Inheritance", and the full-length album "Whoracle".  The band's fourth studio album, "Colony" (1999), reached the top 30 in Sweden and Finland. " Clayman" followed in the same vein the next year, reaching the top 20 in the same countries.  The tour to promote it was released as "The Tokyo Showdown" (2001) live album, which also charted in Sweden and Finland, breaking the top 40. " Reroute to Remain" (2002) peaked at number 5 on the Swedish and Finnish charts, and number 10 on the "Billboard" Independent Albums chart.  The album was accompanied by the band's first single, "Cloud Connected", but failed to chart. PVRIS (pronounced Paris) is an American rock band from Lowell, Massachusetts formed by members Lynn Gunn, Alex Babinski, and Brian MacDonald.  The band formed originally under the name Paris but later changed it to PVRIS in the summer of 2013 citing legal reasons.  They have released a self-titled EP, an acoustic EP, before signing to Rise and Velocity Records and released their single "St. Patrick" on June 24, 2014 along with a music video (directed by Raul Gonzo).  They released their debut album, "White Noise", in November 2014, and the deluxe version of "White Noise" on April 22, 2016.  On August 25, 2017, they released their second album "All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell". The discography of Scottish rock band The Twilight Sad consists of four studio albums, four compilation albums, eleven singles, and five extended plays (EPs).  The band currently consists of James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar, producer), and Mark Devine (drums).  The Kilsyth-based band formed in 2003 and were signed to Fat Cat Records when Alex Knight, co-founder of the label, went to Glasgow to watch the band perform their third gig and signed them on the spot.  The band released their debut EP "The Twilight Sad" in November 2006 in the United States only, followed by their debut album "Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters" in April 2007, which garnered widespread critical acclaim.  The album spawned two singles, "That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy" in April, and "And She Would Darken the Memory" in July.  The following year, the band released "Here, It Never Snowed.  Afterwards It Did", a mini-album of reworked versions of songs from "Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters" and two non-album tracks, inspired by stripped-down live performances.  A collection of live versions and previously unreleased tracks entitled "Killed My Parents and Hit the Road" was released in December 2008.  The Twilight Sad's second studio album, "Forget the Night Ahead", was released in September 2009 to further acclaim and marked a shift in the band's direction towards a darker and more streamlined sound.  The album produced three singles: "I Became a Prostitute" in August 2009, "Seven Years of Letters" in October 2009, and "The Room" in April 2010.  Founding bassist Craig Orzel left the band in February 2010, and the band released "The Wrong Car" EP in September of that year. Converge is an American metalcore band formed by vocalist Jacob Bannon and guitarist Kurt Ballou in Massachusetts in 1990.  During the recording of their seminal fourth album "Jane Doe", the group became a four-piece with the departure of guitarist Aaron Dalbec and the addition of bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller.  This lineup has remained intact since.  They have released eight studio albums to date, beside three live albums and numerous EPs.  The band's sound is rooted in both hardcore punk and heavy metal and they are considered pioneers of both metalcore and its subgenre mathcore. Live & Inspired is the first live album to be released by the heavy metal band Godsmack.  Released on May 15, 2012, the album includes a bonus disc of four cover version recordings.  "Live and Inspired" features live renditions of songs from each of the Massachusetts band's first four studio albums. Wedlock is a double album by Massachusetts band Sunburned Hand of the Man, released on the Eclipse Records label in 2005.  The album consists of recordings the band made during their trip from the Brattleboro Free Folk Festival to Alaska and during the wedding of band members Paul LaBrecque and Valerie Webb on 21 June 2003, from which the album derives its title. The Y2K EP was released in 1999 by Massachusetts band Converge as a limited 7" vinyl record for their 1999 European tour.  It contains 3 tracks, all of which are covers.
Answer: 1990