Question: Who was an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois that was active from 1985 to 1998, Veridia or Catherine ?

Context articles: Janet LaValley
The Breeders discography
Smart Bar Chicago 1985
Veridia
Catherine (alternative rock band)
Dunaj (band)
Music of Illinois
Caviar (band)
Hyperalgesia (album)
R.E.M. discography

Janet LaValley is an alternative rock singer from Boston, Massachusetts.
 She is most famous for being the lead singer of local alternative rock band Tribe, which was active between 1985 and 1994.
The discography of American alternative rock band The Breeders consists of four studio albums, one live album, three extended plays, ten singles and twelve music videos. Kim Deal, then-bassist of American alternative rock band the Pixies, formed The Breeders as a side-project with Tanya Donelly, guitarist of American alternative rock band Throwing Muses.
 After recording a demo tape, The Breeders signed to the English independent record label 4AD in 1989.
 Their debut studio album "Pod" was released in May 1990, but was not commercially successful.
 After the revival of the Pixies and Throwing Muses in 1990, The Breeders became mostly inactive until the Pixies' breakup in 1993.
 With a new lineup, The Breeders released their "Safari" EP in 1992, followed by their second studio album "Last Splash" in 1993.
 "Last Splash" was The Breeders' most successful album; it peaked at number 33 on the United States "Billboard" 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1994.
 The album spawned the band's most successful single, "Cannonball".
 The single peaked at number 44 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and at number two on the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart.
Smart Bar Chicago 1985 is a live album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on November 13, 2012 on Goofin' Records.
 It features a live 4-track recording of the band's performance at the Smart Bar in Chicago, Illinois on August 11, 1985, during the tour in support of Sonic Youth's second studio album, "Bad Moon Rising" (1985).
Veridia, often stylized in all capital letters as VERIDIA, is an American Christian alternative rock band from Nashville, Tennessee.
 Formed in 2013, the group now consists of Deena Jakoub (vocals), Brandon Brown (guitar), and Kyle Levy (drums).
Catherine was an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois that was active from 1985 to 1998.
 They were signed to TVT Records.
Dunaj were a Czech alternative art rock band from Brno active between 1986 and 1998.
 The band is notable for its inclusion of Czech rock figureheads Iva Bittová and Pavel Fajt, as well as its own international success and influence on the Czech alternative rock scene.
 The band's name translates in English to "Danube", referring to the river of this name.
Illinois, including Chicago, has a wide musical heritage.
 Chicago is most famously associated with the development of electric (or Chicago-style) blues music.
 Chicago was also a center of development for early jazz and later for house music, and includes a vibrant hip hop scene and R&B.
 Chicago also has a thriving rock scene that spans the breadth of the rock genre, from huge stadium-filling arena-rock bands to small local indie bands.
 Chicago has had a significant historical impact on the development of many rock subgenres including power pop, punk rock, indie rock, emo rock, pop punk, and alternative rock.
Caviar was an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois.
 The band was created around 1999 by vocalist Blake Smith and bassist Mike Willison after the breakup of their previous band Fig Dish.
 Guitarist Dave Suh and drummer Jason Batchko were added to complete the lineup.
 Smith and Willison later performed with Scott Lucas of Local H in the electronica project The Prairie Cartel, and Smith now performs with Chicago noise-pop band Forgotten Species, while Willison is the Portland pop solo project Merit Badge.
 Guitarist Suh has remained active and is currently the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of a Chicago band called The Assembly.
Hyperalgesia is the second full-length studio album by American alternative rock band Victorian Halls from Chicago, Illinois, United States.
 The album, that contains 11-tracks , was recorded in Gossip Studios, Chicago, produced by Sean Lenart, then mixed at legendary Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California, with help of renowned music producer and mixer Joe Chiccarelli, who has in the past produced dozens of albums for well-known acts and singers (such as Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage) and released in May 2015.
 The band produced the music video to the song "Scarlets" from the album in June 2016 and then promoted the material from their new release on their “All My Friends Are Dead” US-wide Tour (name taken from the lyrics of the first track of the album “All My Friends”), partnering with "Pseudo Future" rock group, throughout September 2016.
American alternative rock band R.E.M. released 15 studio albums ranging from 1983 to 2011, three live albums, 14 compilation albums, one remix album, one soundtrack album, 12 video albums, seven extended plays, 63 singles, and 77 music videos. Formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry, the band was pivotal in the development of the alternative rock genre.
 Their musical style inspired several other alternative rock bands and musicians, and the band became one of the first alternative rock acts to experience breakthrough commercial success.
 R.E.M. has sold over 85 million copies of their studio albums worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all-time.