Question: Which band formed first, Portishead or The Darling Buds.?

Context articles: Famous First Words (Viva Brother album)
The Darling Buds
Pop Said...
Erotica (The Darling Buds album)
Portishead (band)
Faulter
The Darling Buds of May (TV series)
Shame on You (The Native Years)
Darling Buds of May (album)
The Darling Buds of May (novel)

Famous First Words is the debut studio album by English pop-rock band Viva Brother, released on 1 August 2011, on Geffen Records in the United Kingdom.
 Preceded by the singles "Darling Buds of May", "Still Here" and "New Year's Day", the album was produced and mixed by Stephen Street, who had previously worked with acts such as Blur and The Smiths.
The Darling Buds are an alternative rock band from Newport, South Wales.
 The band formed in 1986 and were named after the H. E. Bates novel "The Darling Buds of May" – a title taken in turn, from the third line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May".
Pop Said... is the debut album by Welsh band The Darling Buds.
 All songs were written by Harley Farr and Andrea Lewis.
 Originally released by Epic Records in 1989, the album was re-released by Cherry Red Records in 2006 in an expanded 21-track edition, including B-sides and rarities from the era.
 The album charted at number 23 at the UK Albums Chart.
Erotica is the fourth and final studio album from the British indie band The Darling Buds.
 It was released on Epic Records in 1992.
 The album shares a name with, and a similar cover to, the Madonna album, which was released only one week later.
Portishead are an English band formed in 1991 in Bristol.
 They are often considered one of the pioneers of trip hop music.
 The band are named after the nearby town of the same name, eight miles west of Bristol, along the coast.
 Portishead consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, while sometimes citing a fourth member, Dave McDonald, an engineer on their first records.
Faulter is a rock band from Anaheim, California.
 They formed in 2003, while the members were attending various high schools in Anaheim.
 The band self-released their debut album "Darling Buds of May" before being signed to Abacus Recordings.
 The album was then re-released nationally on their new label.
 Songs from their debut have been featured on "" twice.
 In 2007, the band released an EP, "The Other Side" (available as a free download on their official website).
 The EP includes 2 rerecorded songs from their debut along with 3 new ones.
 In July 2007, they announced on their Myspace that they were no longer with Abacus Recordings.
The Darling Buds of May is a British comedy drama television series, produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network, first broadcast between 7 April 1991 and 4 April 1993.
 It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name, and its sequels, by H. E. Bates.
Shame on You (The Native Years) was the second album released by The Darling Buds.
 Released in 1990, it was a compilation of early songs that the band recorded for Native Records.
Darling Buds of May is the debut album by the rock band Faulter.
The Darling Buds of May is a novella by British writer H. E. Bates, first published in 1958.
 It was the first of a series of five books about the Larkins, a rural family from Kent.
 Pop and Ma Larkin and their many children take joy in nature, each other's company, and almost constant feasts.
 Their only income is through selling scrap, picking strawberries, and selling farm animals or previous purchases that they've tired of.
 Nevertheless, they joyfully spend money on horses, cars, perfume, fine furniture, and holidays abroad.
 Pop Larkin opposes taxes and any barriers to free enterprise.