Question: Which famous American band was formed in the Upper Midwest, The Verve Pipe or Candlelight Red?

Context articles: The Verve Pipe
Pet Engine
Underneath (The Verve Pipe album)
Sarah Bettens
The Verve Pipe (album)
Prime Sports Upper Midwest
Brian Vander Ark
Candlelight Red
I've Suffered a Head Injury
Villains (The Verve Pipe album)

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.
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.
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.
Sarah Bettens (born 23 September 1972) is the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice.
 Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens are the two best-known faces of the band.
 She is known for her enigmatic, husky voice.
 The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and has toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Alanis Morissette and the Indigo Girls, as well as on their own.
 Bettens has maintained a successful solo career as well by providing vocals for movie soundtracks, including "Underworld", "Wild Things", "Zus and Zo" and more recently "Leef!
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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.
Prime Sports Upper Midwest is a defunct American regional sports network that was owned by Hubbard Broadcasting and Liberty Media, and operated as an affiliate of the Prime Network.
 Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the channel broadcast regional coverage of sports events throughout the Upper Midwest region.
 Prime Sports Upper Midwest was available on cable providers throughout Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Brian Vander Ark is an American singer-songwriter best known as lead singer for the band The Verve Pipe.
Candlelight Red is a rock band from Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
 They have produced two studio albums and an EP.
 Their EP "Demons" and album "Reclamation" was produced by Morgan Rose of Sevendust.
I've Suffered a Head Injury is an EP by The Verve Pipe.
 It was originally released in 1992 as the band's debut album.
 This rare 10-track version contains two songs written by original lead guitarist Brian Stout and an acoustic recording of "The Freshmen", which the band re-recorded for its hit 1996 album "Villains".
 Later in 1992, the band released the album in EP form on LMNO Pop.
 The 1995 rerelease has the same track listing as the original EP.
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.