Question: Which rock group was formed earlier, Beastie Boys or The Shins?
Context: "Brass Monkey" is a song by the New York rap group Beastie Boys.  It was a single released from their first album "Licensed to Ill".  It is also on the Beastie Boys' compilation album "Solid Gold Hits".  It samples "Bring It Here" by Wild Sugar.  The song features the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Ill Communication is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys.  It was released on May 31, 1994 by Grand Royal Records.  Co-produced by Beastie Boys and Mario C., the album is among the band's most varied releases, drawing from hip hop, punk rock, jazz and funk.  As with their prior release "Check Your Head", this album continues the band's trend away from sampling and towards live instruments. Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City, formed in 1981.  For the majority of their career, the group consisted of Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass) and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar). Jesse Sandoval is the former drummer of American indie rock group The Shins.  Sandoval initially formed Flake with singer-songwriter James Mercer, guitarist Neal Langford and bassist Marty Crandall in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1992.  Sandoval and Mercer then went on to form The Shins as a side project, intending to play as a duo, but were eventually joined again by Marty Crandall on keyboard and Dave Hernandez on bass.  Sandoval, along with other band members, now resides in Portland, Oregon. The Young and the Useless were an American punk band formed in the early 1980s that consisted of Adam Trese, Arthur Africano, David Scilken and future Beastie Boys member Adam Horovitz.  They were managed by former Beastie Boys manager Nick Cooper.  Their first recording "Real Men Don't Floss" was released by Ratcage Records.  It is rumoured that they recorded a second album, but it was never released and its whereabouts is unknown.  They played shows in New York City clubs including: A7, CBGB, Rock Lounge, Mudd Club, Club 57, Rock Hotel and 2+2; and played with Bad Brains, The Stimulators, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, P.I.L., Hüsker Dü, the Mob, the Necros, Adrenalin O.D. and the Beastie Boys. The Shins are an American indie rock band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, formed in 1996.  The band's current lineup consists of James Mercer (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Jon Sortland (drums), Mark Watrous (guitar), Casey Foubert (guitar), Yuuki Matthews (bass), and Patti King (keyboards).  The band is based in Portland, Oregon. "3-Minute Rule" is the 7th track on the album "Paul's Boutique" by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989.  The track was produced and written by the Beastie Boys & the Dust Brothers, and engineered by Mario Caldato & Allen Abrahamson. "Paul Revere" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their debut album "Licensed to Ill" (1986).  It was written by Adam Horovitz, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Rick Rubin.  It was produced by Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys.  The song tells a fictional story of how the Beastie Boys met. Destroy 2 (sometimes called Eye & Chew) was a short-lived Japanese noise rock band.  Consisting of only two members, Yamantaka Eye of Boredoms (vocals) and Chew Hasegawa of Corrupted (drums), they released one infamous recording in 1996 called "We Are Voice and Rhythm Only".  This was actually a live recording of a concert in Osaka done as a support for Brutal Truth on their Japanese tour in February 1995.  Running for little over 10 minutes, it nevertheless features 48 songs, the longest of which is "24H?"  (39 seconds).  Note that the song running times also include audience cheering and an introduction ("Next song is...") by Eye at the beginning and Eye's obligatory cry of "Fankoo!"  ("Thank you") at the end.  Apart from that, the songs consist mostly of Chew attacking his drum set and Eye screaming the track titles in Engrish at the top of his lungs, generally creating a lot of feedback (which is sometimes mistaken for guitars).  The album also includes two cover versions: "Beastie Boys" (from the early Beastie Boys EP "Pollywog Stew") and "Nazi Punks Fuck Off! " (originally by Dead Kennedys), although the vocals of these have been sped up somewhat (and the songs reduced to one verse and one chorus) to fit into 18 and 17 seconds, respectively. "Gratitude" is a song by American rap rock group the Beastie Boys, from their third studio album "Check Your Head".  It was released in October 1992 as the fourth single for the album, primarily serviced to modern rock radio.  The live version B-side was recorded in September 1992.
Answer: Beastie Boys