Question: Which band was formed first, R.E.M. or Versus?

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Versus (band): Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups, and Edward Baluyut in New York City.  Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history.  The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to the "loud-soft" dynamics of grunge and alternative rock.  They were also noted for their proficient and disciplined musicianship and for their credo of "meat, sports, and rock", none of which had much currency in the early 1990s American indie scene.  They named themselves after the Mission of Burma album "Vs."

SV St. Georg: SV St. Georg Hamburg is a German association football club playing in Hamburg.  The club was established 3 June 1895 and shares a common origin with "FC Hammonia Hamburg": both sides arose out of the students group Seminarvereinigung Frisch-Auf with "St. Georg" being formed first on the left bank of the Alster River, and "Hammonia" appearing later on the right bank.  Like their brother side, "St. Georg" was a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900.  However, while "Hammonia" folded after only a short existence, "St. Georg" still plays today.

Konstantin Vakulovsky: Captain Konstantin Konstantinovich Vakulovsky (born 28 October 1894, died Summer 1918) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.  A major general's son, he volunteered for aviation duty on 8 August 1914, six days after graduating from university.  He taught himself to fly, and became one of Russia's first military pilots on 13 June 1915.  After escaping the fall of the Novogeorgievsk Fortress in a hazardous flight, Vakylovsky flew reconnaissance missions, some through heavy ground fire.  Given command of the newly formed First Fighter Detachment, he became a flying ace credited with six aerial victories.  He died in a flying accident during Summer 1918.

R.E.M.: R.E.M. was an American rock band that formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by lead singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry.  One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Stipe's particular vocal quality and obscure lyrics, Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style, and Mills' melodic basslines and backing vocals.  R.E.M. released its first single—"Radio Free Europe"—in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone.  The single was followed by the "Chronic Town" EP in 1982, the band's first release on I.R.S. Records.  In 1983, the group released its critically acclaimed debut album, "Murmur", and built its reputation over the next few years through subsequent releases, constant touring, and the support of college radio.  Following years of underground success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1987 with the single "The One I Love".  The group signed to Warner Bros.  Records in 1988, and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing large arenas worldwide.

Primary rock: Primary rock is an early term in geology that refers to crystalline rock formed first in geologic time, containing no organic remains, such as granite, gneiss and schist as well as igneous and magmatic formations from all ages.  Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary published in 1913 provides the following term as used in geology:

Pretty Persuasion (song): "Pretty Persuasion" is a song by R.E.M. that was first released on the band's 1984 album "Reckoning".  Although not released as a single, it reached number 44 on "Billboard"'s Rock Tracks chart.  According to R.E.M. biographer Tony Fletcher, it is often regarded as "the 'archetypal' R.E.M. anthem".

Liberty Baptist Church (Grooverville, Georgia): Liberty Baptist Church is a historic church built about 1858 in Grooverville, Georgia.  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2013.  It is located on Liberty Church Road.  There is a Georgia Historical Commission historical marker at the site.  According to the marker: "In 1841 the Ocklochnee anti-Missionary Baptist Association passed a ruling to dismiss members believing in the 'new fangled institutions of the day.'"  One of the excommunicated sisters joined with others in forming the Liberty Baptist Church.  The church includes a slave gallery.  Freed slaves from the area formed First Elizabeth Church in Grooverville.

Harris, Forbes &amp; Co.: Harris, Forbes & Co. was an investment banking affiliate of Harris Bank incorporated in 1911.  Harris, Forbes firm was acquired by Chase Manhattan Bank in 1930 to form Chase Harris, Forbes.  Just two years later, in 1932, the firm was dissolved after the passage of the Glass–Steagall Act in 1932.  Chase transferred what remained of its securities business to the Bank of Boston's newly formed First Boston Corporation, buttressing that firm's early municipal bond department.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967: The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967 was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.  United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed first non-Congress government of the state.

Japp–Maitland condensation: The Japp–Maitland condensation is an organic reaction and a type of Aldol reaction and a tandem reaction.  In a reaction between the ketone 2-pentanone and the aldehyde benzaldehyde catalyzed by base the bis Aldol adduct is formed first.  The second step is a ring-closing reaction when one hydroxyl group displaces the other in a nucleophilic substitution forming an oxo-tetrahydropyran.

Supporting paragraphs: R.E.M. Versus (band)
Answer: R.E.M.