Question: Who has been performing for longer, Violent Femmes or Alex Clare?
Context: Violent Femmes is an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active from 1980 to 2009.  s of 2013 , the band is active again.  The band is a trio, including singer, guitarist and songwriter Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, and various drummers: Victor DeLorenzo (1980–1993, 2002–2009 and 2013), Guy Hoffman (1993–2002), Brian Viglione (2013–2016), and John Sparrow (2016-present). Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes.  Mostly recorded in July 1982, the album was released by Slash Records on vinyl and on cassette in April 1983, and on CD in 1987 with two extra tracks "Ugly" and "Gimme the Car". Hallowed Ground is the second album by Violent Femmes, released in June 1984.  Like the band's first album, the songs were mostly written by singer/guitarist/lyricist Gordon Gano when he was in high school.  "Country Death Song", for example, was based on a true story from an 1862 news article about a man who intentionally threw his daughter into a well and then hanged himself in his barn.  It was written by Gano during his 10th grade study hall.  The Christian-related lyrics on "Hallowed Ground" were thought by some to be sarcastic, but Gano is a devout Christian.  The other two members of Violent Femmes were atheists, and initially refused to perform those songs, but after their debut had been recorded, they relented and several of Gano's religion-themed songs were recorded for "Hallowed Ground". "Up All Night" is a song by British singer Alex Clare.  It is the lead single from his debut studio album "The Lateness of the Hour" and his first single.  The song was written by Alex Clare and producers Diplo and Switch of Major Lazer and features addition production from Mike Spencer and co-writer Ariel Rechtshaid.  It was first released on 9 December 2010 as a digital download in the United Kingdom.  Remixes were later release digitally and physically on various vinyl formats.  It has been used as the opening theme for the BBC science fiction show "Class" which is an official spin-off from "Doctor Who". MTV2 Album Covers: Guster/Violent Femmes is an EP by Guster that includes covers of songs by Violent Femmes.  The 2004 release is part of MTV2's album cover series. Rock!!!!!  is an album released by Violent Femmes in 1995.  It was originally released only in Australia, but is now available in the rest of the world.  It features cover photography by David LaChapelle.  This was the first Violent Femmes album not to chart on the "Billboard" 200 since 1984's "Hallowed Ground". "Too Close" is a song by British singer Alex Clare.  The track was first released in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2011 as the second single from Clare's debut studio album, "The Lateness of the Hour" (2011).  The track was written by Alex Clare and Jim Duguid and produced by Diplo and Switch, with co-production from Ariel Rechtshaid and Mike Spencer.  Lyrically, the song describes the protagonist who is not ready for a committed relationship and he must end things with his love interest in good terms. Alexander George Clare (born 14 September 1985) is a British singer and songwriter.  Clare adopted his current stage name, Alex Clare, in 2010, replacing Alexander G. Muertos, a pseudonym he first used while still at school.  His debut album, "The Lateness of the Hour", was released in the UK on 11 July 2011 on Island Records and was produced by Mike Spencer and Major Lazer. "Add It Up" is a song by American rock band Violent Femmes, released on their 1983 debut album "Violent Femmes". "Treading Water" is a song by British singer Alex Clare, from his debut studio album "The Lateness of the Hour".  It was released on 27 May 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom as the third single from the album.  The song was written by Jarrad Rogers, Francis White, Alex Clare and produced by Mike Spencer.  It has peaked to number 62 on the German Singles Chart.
Answer: Violent Femmes