Question: Which was formed first, The Telescopes or Saving Abel?
Context: 18 Days Tour EP is the first EP by American rock band Saving Abel.  This EP is available on iTunes.  The EP includes songs that are not on the "Saving Abel" album but which the band had been playing at their shows. Saving Abel is an American rock band from Corinth, Mississippi, who started in 2004 by Jared Weeks and Jason Null.  The band title is from the ancient biblical story of Cain and Abel, that is about a brother who killed his own brother.  Band member Jason Null thought up the band title saying "I Googled the story of Cain and Abel and found a line about ‘there was no saving Abel,’ which just jumped out at me." Crackin' the Safe is the second EP by the southern rock band Saving Abel.  This EP is available on iTunes.  The EP was self produced and released under the label Skiddco Records. "Addicted" is the first single by American rock band Saving Abel, which appeared on their self-titled debut studio album of the same name as the second track.  The single was released in March 2008 through Virgin Records, and it was produced by Skidd Mills for Skiddo Music, LLC. C.R. Alsip Guitars, is a small American guitar manufacturing company founded in Arkansas City, KS in Feb. 2012.  the company operated in Kansas from 2012-2014.  The company is now based in Big Spring, Texas.  C.R. Alsip LLC was named after Connie Rae Alsip-Willoughby.  Connie lost her battle with pancreatic cancer on Feb. 28th 2012.  C.R. Alsip LLC is owned & operated by Connie's son Jake Willoughby who originally planned to name the company "Mason Alsip".  Jake's grandpa (Max Ray Alsip) worked as a stonemason until his retirement.  Before the company was off the ground Connie passed on & Jake decided to name the company after his late mother to honor her & help spread the word about cancer awareness.  Jake & C.R. Alsip Guitars worked hand in hand with Phil Collen (Def Leppard) in 2012 to raise funds for the Gerson Institute.  The company has built instruments for, and worked with, acts such as Def Leppard, Tesla, Firehouse, Love & Theft & Saving Abel.  Bill Leverty of Firehouse & Frank Hannon of Tesla were the first guitarists to endorse C.R. Alsip guitars and play them on the road when the company opened its doors in 2012.  Some of the current artists endorsing C.R. Alsip guitars includes Bill Leverty (Firehouse), Allen McKenzie (Firehouse), Frank Hannon (Tesla), Shane Regal (Angie Lynn Carter Band), Jeff Caughron (Jesta James, Full Devil Jacket), Scott Bartlett (Saving Abel) & many others. The Telescopes are an English noise, space rock, dream pop and psychedelic band, formed in 1987 by Stephen Lawrie, and drawing influence from artists such as Suicide, The Velvet Underground and The 13th Floor Elevators.  They have a total of six released albums since their debut, "Taste", released in 1989. Blood Stained Revolution is the fourth studio album by American rock band Saving Abel.  It was released on November 11, 2014.  It is their first album with new lead singer Scott Austin, and new and only drummer Steven Pulley.  It is the last album to his feature bassist Eric Taylor. Miss America is the second studio album by American rock band Saving Abel, released on June 8, 2010.  The album title comes from the song of the same name, with lead singer Jared Weeks explaining the choice as the band wanting "to give something back" to the American soldiers who serve overseas.  The first single from the album, Stupid Girl (Only In Hollywood) was released as a digital single on April 8, 2010 and released to radio on April 26, 2010.  It contains the use of Auto-Tune. The "Dark Horse" Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Canadian rock band Nickelback.  It was their first world tour since the conclusion of their massive All the Right Reasons Tour, ending on September 2, 2007, in Kansas City, Missouri.  The tour was in support of their new album "Dark Horse" (2008).  Dates were announced on November 26, 2008.  Seether and Saving Abel were the opening acts on the tour.  On the second half of the North American tour, Hinder, Papa Roach, and Saving Abel were in support.  Black Stone Cherry were the support act for the European tour of the UK in May 2009. Saving Abel is the debut studio album by American rock band Saving Abel.  It was released on March 11, 2008 and produced by Skidd Mills, producer of their independently released album of the same name.
Answer: The Telescopes