question: which band was formed first Hot Snakes or Yellowcard?
answer: Yellowcard
context: Title: Yellowcard
  Passage: Yellowcard was an American pop punk band that formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1997 and were based in Los Angeles beginning in 2000.  The band is well known for its singles "Ocean Avenue", "Only One", and "Lights and Sounds".  The group's music is distinctive within its genre because it features the prominent use of a violin.  The band released ten studio albums, with its most recent and final one, "Yellowcard", released on September 30, 2016.  The band played its final show on March 25, 2017, at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.
  Title: Automatic Midnight
  Passage: Automatic Midnight is the first studio album by the San Diego, California post-hardcore band Hot Snakes, released in 2000 by Swami Records.  Both the band and the album began as a "side project" for John Reis in June 1999, during time off from his main band Rocket From the Crypt.  Reis wrote and recorded a batch of songs in San Diego with Delta 72 drummer Jason Kourkounis.  To provide vocals for the tracks Reis called in Rick Froberg, whom he had played with in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu from 1986 to 1995.  Most of the material from these sessions was used to create "Automatic Midnight", which became the first release for Reis' newly formed Swami Records label.
  Title: Hot Snakes
  Passage: Hot Snakes are an American post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1999 in San Diego, California.  Reis and Froberg had previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, after which Reis had found international success with Rocket from the Crypt.  Hot Snakes disbanded in 2005 but reunited in 2011.
citations: Hot Snakes Yellowcard