Question: Which band was formed first,  Let's Active or The Jesus and Mary Chain?

Context articles: The Jesus and Mary Chain
Upside Down (The Jesus and Mary Chain song)
Let's Active
Alan McGee
Jim Reid
Automatic (The Jesus and Mary Chain album)
Clive Parker
Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain
Rollercoaster Tour
Never Understand

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983.
 The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid.
 After signing to independent label Creation Records, they released their first single "Upside Down" in 1984.
 Their debut album "Psychocandy" was released to critical acclaim in 1985 on major label WEA.
 The band went on to release five more studio albums before disbanding in 1999.
 They reunited in 2007.
"Upside Down" is the first single from the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.
 The song was written by William Reid and Jim Reid, and was produced by The Jesus and Mary Chain.
 The b-side is a cover of a Syd Barrett song and was produced by Joe Foster.
Let's Active is an American rock group formed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1981, and often identified with the jangle pop guitar work of the group's frontman and songwriter Mitch Easter.
 After disbanding in 1990, the group reformed in August 2014 to play a benefit show in North Carolina.
Alan McGee (born 29 September 1960) is a Scottish businessman and music industry executive.
 He has been a record label owner, musician, manager, and music blogger for "The Guardian".
 He is best known for co-founding and running the independent Creation Records label from 1983 to 1999, and the Poptones label from 1999 to 2007.
 He has managed or championed successful acts such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, and The Libertines.
 He was also the lead singer and guitarist for the indie pop group Biff Bang Pow!
, who were active from 1983 to 1991.
Jim Reid (born 29 December 1961) is the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid.
 Reid was made famous after being referred to by name, in Canadian indie band sensation Alvvays' song, "Lollipop (Ode to Jim)".
Automatic is the third album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.
 The group on this record is basically the core duo of brothers William and Jim Reid with a drum machine providing percussion and even a synthesizer filling in on bass guitar.
 The only other credited musician was Richard Thomas who joined the touring version of The Jesus and Mary Chain as a drummer.
 Thomas drummed on "Gimme Hell" and was a former member of Dif Juz.
 He also made appearances on Cocteau Twins' 1986 Victorialand LP and This Mortal Coil's 1986 Filigree & Shadow.
Clive Parker (born 1960) also known as Clive Parker-Sharp, is an English drummer, active in the punk, post-punk and new wave genres.
 He was a member of the bands The Members, Spizzenergi/Athletico Spizz 80, Big Country, and Scary Thieves.
 He went on to play with John Moore (Jesus and Mary Chain.)
 in The Expressway.
Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain is a greatest hits album by Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
 It was released on 27 September 2010 via Music Club Deluxe.
The Rollercoaster Tour was a 1992 co-headlining concert tour by the English Britpop band Blur, the American indie rock band Dinosaur Jr., the Irish alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine and the Scottish noise pop band the Jesus and Mary Chain.
 A one-leg 11-date tour of the United Kingdom, the tour was in support of all four bands' current releases: Blur's debut album "Leisure" (1991), Dinosaur Jr.' s fourth album "Green Mind" (1991), My Bloody Valentine's second album "Loveless" (1991) and The Jesus and Mary Chain's fourth album "Honey's Dead" (1992).
"Never Understand" is the first single from the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain's debut album "Psychocandy".
 It was the band's first release on Blanco y Negro Records and was released through them in February 1985.
 The song was written by William Reid and Jim Reid, and was produced by The Jesus and Mary Chain.
 It is considered influential for its use of guitar feedback.