Question: Was Blink-182 or The Verve Pipe formed further east?

Context articles: Underneath (The Verve Pipe album)
Photograph (The Verve Pipe song)
Pet Engine
A Homemade Holiday
Wally Pleasant
A Family Album
Villains (The Verve Pipe album)
The Verve Pipe (album)
The Verve Pipe
Blink-182

Underneath is the fourth studio album by The Verve Pipe, released on September 25, 2001.
 Produced by Fountains of Wayne and Ivy band member Adam Schlesinger, the album's power-pop sound was a departure from the darker, textured sonics of "The Verve Pipe" and "Villains".
 "Never Let You Down", the album's lead single, was one of the Top 50 Most Played songs for Adult Top 40 and Modern A/C radio in 2001.
"Photograph" was the very first single released by The Verve Pipe.
 Although not a mainstream success like their well-known hit "The Freshmen", it reached number 6 on the Alternative Songs chart, and number 17 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 1996.
Pet Engine was an alternative/power-pop band that formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the early 1990s under the name "Blackfish" until a Florida-based "Blackfish" achieved success and forced a name change.
 Although they never achieved widespread commercial success, Pet Engine did release three albums and one EP on its label, Don't Records.
 The singles "Place to Breathe", "Reinventing the Wheel" and "Popular Teenage Disease" achieved a moderate amount of radio play in several American radio markets.
 The band was included on the Aware Records compilation volume 8 which also featured up-and-coming artists John Mayer and Howie Day.
 During their career, P.E. served as support for Oasis, Lemonheads, Goo Goo Dolls, Violent Femmes, Blind Melon, Verve Pipe and Mason Jennings among others.
 Their last official performance before a series of reunions came at Summerfest playing with Fountains of Wayne and Wilco.
 The band achieved a cult following in the Milwaukee music scene, often playing with popular Milwaukee bands like Citizen King and The Gufs, and were a regular act at Milwaukee's Summerfest for several years.
 Although Pet Engine broke up in early 2003, they were briefly reunited when they played at Summerfest 2006.
A Homemade Holiday is a Christmas EP by The Verve Pipe, released in 2007.
Wally Pleasant is an American musician from Michigan.
 He plays humorous songs based on folk music and 1950s-60s rock and roll influences.
 Throughout the 1990s he was a fixture in the East Lansing indie-rock scene, alongside fellow local acts like The Verve Pipe.
A Family Album is a children's album and fifth studio album by The Verve Pipe.
 It was released in 2009 on Big Sky Recording.
Villains is the first major label release by The Verve Pipe.
 It was released in March 1996.
 The band received its first hit in "Photograph", which peaked in the top 10 on the "Billboard Modern Rock Tracks".
 A year after the release of the album, a reformatted version of "The Freshmen" peaked at number 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
 The single was also the band's sole appearance on the "Billboard" Hot 100, where it peaked at number 5.
 The success of the song helped this album go platinum.
 To date, it is The Verve Pipe's best selling album.
The Verve Pipe is the self-titled album by Michigan rock band the Verve Pipe, released on July 27, 1999.
 The band's second release for RCA Records, the album followed the platinum-selling "Villains" and its mammoth single, "The Freshmen".
 The band worked with Soundgarden producer Michael Beinhorn and created a generally dark, sonically textured grunge-pop album.
 The lead single "Hero" received sporadic airplay on alternative rock radio and its video was in rotation on MTV2 in late summer 1999.
The Verve Pipe is an American rock band now based out of West Michigan.
 It was formed in 1992 in East Lansing by Brian Vander Ark, Brian Stout and Donny Brown.
Blink-182 (often stylized as blink-182; pronounced "blink one eighty two") is an American rock band formed in Poway, California in 1992.
 Since 2015, the lineup of the band has consisted of bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker, and guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba.
 Founded by guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge, Hoppus and drummer Scott Raynor, the band emerged from the Southern California punk scene of the early 1990s and first gained notoriety for high-energy live shows and irreverent lyrical toilet humor.
 Blink-182 was initially known as Blink until an Irish band of the same name threatened legal action; in response, the band appended the meaningless number "-182".