Question: Which band was formed first, The Verve or Spacemen 3?

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Dabrye: Tadd Mullinix or Dabrye is an American musician from Ann Arbor, Michigan, also known by the aliases James T. Cotton and SK-1.  During his adolescent years, he grew up in Troy, MI.  His "Winking Makes a Face" was the first album released by Ann Arbor’s Ghostly International.  Parting with the IDM sound of "Winking...", the first Dabrye album was 2001's "One/Three", whose take on instrumental hip-hop paralleled the work of artists such as Prefuse 73.  His early influences are White Zombie and 7 Seconds.  His first band in high school was Battery 3, a shoegazing takeoff of the band Spacemen 3.

Bardo Pond: Bardo Pond are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1991, and who are currently signed to London-based label Fire Records.  The current members are Michael Gibbons (guitar), John Gibbons (guitar), Isobel Sollenberger (flute and vocals), Clint Takeda (bass guitar) and Jason Kourkounis (drums).  Bardo Pond's music is often classified as space rock, acid rock, post-rock, shoegazing, noise or psychedelic rock.  Some Bardo Pond album titles have been derived from the names of esoteric psychedelic substances.  Their sound has been likened to Pink Floyd, Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine amongst others.

Spiritualized: Spiritualized are an English space rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce (often known as J. Spaceman), formerly of Spacemen 3.  The membership of Spiritualized has changed from album to album, with Pierce—who writes, composes and sings all of the band's material—being the only constant member.

The Flowers of Hell (album): The Flowers Of Hell is the 2006 instrumental self-titled debut album from the experimental rock group The Flowers of Hell.  It was largely recorded by Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas at the Contino Rooms in London.  Peter ‘Sonic Boom’ Kember of Spacemen 3 mentored the band through its creation, mixed and performed on the track 'Through The F Hole', contributed a liner note poem to the Japanese CD version, and guest deejayed at the record's London release concert.  Band leader Greg Jarvis has stated that the goal of the album was to build classical tangents from The Velvet Underground & Nico and the Spacemen 3 / early Spiritualized sound.

The Verve: The Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury.  Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong later became a member.

Spacemen 3: Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce.  Their music was "colourfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the 1960s; instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia" (Stephen Erlewine, "AllMusic").  Spacemen 3 had their first independent chart hits in 1987, gaining a cult following, and going on top have greater success towards the end of the decade.  However, they disbanded shortly afterwards, releasing their final studio album post-split in 1991 after an acrimonious parting of ways.  They gained a reputation as a 'drug band' due to the members' drug taking habits and the candid interviews and outspoken views of Kember about recreational drug use.  Kember and Pierce were the only members common to all line-ups of the band.  Both founding members have enjoyed considerable success with their respective subsequent projects: Sonic Boom/Spectrum and Spiritualized.

Honey Tongue: Honey Tongue were an alternative rock band formed by former member of The Perfect Disaster and The Breeders Josephine Wiggs (vocals, guitar, cello) and The Perfect Disaster/Spacemen 3/Spiritualized drummer Jon Mattock.  The band later recorded as The Josephine Wiggs Experience.

For All the Fucked Up Children: For All the Fucked Up Children is a 1995 release from the neo-psychedelic trio Spacemen 3.  The record consists of what claims to be Spacemen 3's first ever recording session, from 1984.  The music sounds like a primitive version of the group, the dominating sound of the record is a slow, droning psychedelic blues performed with spare instrumentation.  A drum set is matched with a pair of distorted electric guitars, all of which provide a swirling foundation for Jason Pierce's vocals.  The album's liner notes is an early review by Gary Boldie, where he contemplates the city of Rugby and finds it an odd source for this new sound, and while he declares Spacemen 3 as the "all singing, all dancing answer to the problems of a grey 1985," he admits they are still raw, a little too repetitive, and need time to blossom.

The Darkside: The Darkside (or Darkside) were an indie rock band formed in 1989 by former members of Spacemen 3.  After releasing two studio albums they split up in 1993.

EAR (band): Experimental Audio Research (commonly shortened to E.A.R. or EAR) is a loose collective of experimental musicians formed around Peter Kember (a.k.a. Sonic Boom), formerly of Spacemen 3.  While Spacemen 3 were a relatively traditional rock and roll band with strong experimental leanings, E.A.R. is essentially a free improvisation project, creating instrumental music characterized by lengthy, droning textures and slowly evolving structures.

Supporting paragraphs: The Verve Spacemen 3
Answer: Spacemen 3