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Fountains Of Wayne Origin Williamstown, Massachusetts Years active 1995–present Genres Power Pop, Alternative Rock Labels Atlantic Records (1995–1999) S-Curve fountain of wayne Records(2003–Present) Members Adam Schlesinger Chris Collingwood Brian Young Jody Porter Website(s) FountainsofWayne.com Fountains of Wayne is an American indie rock band, formed in 1995. The band name was taken from the name of a lawn-ornament store fountains of wane in Wayne, New Jersey, called "Fountains of Wayne", not far from Montclair, New Jersey, the hometown of the band's bassist and cofounder Adam Schlesinger. Contents 1 Group foutains of wayne members 2 The early years 3 Hiatus period 4 Reunion 5 The present 6 Discography 6.1 Studio albums 6.2 Compilation fountins of wayne albums 6.3 Singles 7 Trivia 8 External fountains of wyne links Group members Chris Collingwood - Guitar, Vocals Adam Schlesinger - fountains of wayn Bass Jody Porter - Guitar Brian Young - Drums The early years The band was formed by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood. The two first met as freshmen at Williams College and began playing fountais of wayne music together in various bands. They eventually went their separate ways, with Collingwood forming the Mercy Buckets in Boston and Schlesinger fontains of wayne forming Ivy in New York City. The two met up once again during fountains of wayne the mid '90s and formed Fountains of Wayne. A demo eventually landed the two a deal with Atlantic Records, and in 1996 they released their fountains of wayne stacy's mom self-titled debut. The album spawned the singles "Radiation Vibe" and "Sink To The Bottom", which both received airplay. Coincidentally, at around the same time the title song for the film That Thing You Do!, which Schlesinger wrote, became a hit. "That Thing You Do!" also stacy's mom fountains of wayne brought Schlesinger an Oscar nomination and an RIAA gold certification for the hit soundtrack. Along with guitarist Jody Porter and drummer fountains of wayne stacys mom Brian Young, the band toured the world fountains of wayne mp3 extensively behind the album, playing alongside bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins and The Lemonheads. However the album was considered a disappointment commercially, selling only 125,000 copies in the US. In 1999 the band released their second album, Utopia Parkway, named after a road in Queens, fountains of wayne mexican wine New York. The album was something of a concept record that fountains of wayne staceys mom dealt with life in modern suburbia. Utopia Parkway was received well by critics, garnering many favorable reviews, and was album of the week in People Magazine. Like its predecessor, however, the album sold poorly and failed to spawn a hit single. The group once hey julie fountains of wayne again toured extensively behind the album, but frustrations grew between the band and the label when they failed to promote a proper third fountains of wayne stacey mum single entitled "Troubled Times" remixed by Tom Lord-Alge. The band was later dropped by fountains of wayne hackensack Atlantic in late 1999. Hiatus period The band disbanded for a period of time. Schlesinger found work mexican wine fountains of wayne as a writer and producer and co-wrote many of the songs for the Josie and the Pussycats film and soundtrack. He also produced albums for the Verve Pipe and David Mead, as well fountains of wayne lyrics as several tracks by They Might Be Giants. He also released a third record with his band Ivy on Nettwerk records. During the group's hiatus, Collingwood formed and fronted a pop-country band fountains of wayne stacies mom entitled Gay potatoes based in the Northampton, Massachusetts area. He also played a string of solo shows fountains of wayne - stacy's mom in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. Guitarist Jody Porter worked with his band The Astrojet alongside stacey's mom fountains of wayne famed producer Gordon Raphael and keyboardist David Zhang in the New York City area. Drummer Brian Young played with Ivy and found session work for various artists. Animated Fountains of Wayne from the "Hey Joel" show Reunion Sometime in 2001 the band slowly came back together, recording a cover of The Kinks' Better Things for the tribute album This Is Where I stacy's mom, fountains of wayne Belong: Songs of Ray Davies and the Kinks. The group also recorded the theme song for the Comedy Central show Crank Yankers, as stacy's mom - fountains of wayne well as songs for the VH1 cartoon show Hey Joel with columnist Joel Stein. fountains of wayne hotline The band used the money made from these projects to fund the recording of a new album, working in upstate New York, New York City, and Boston. In 2003 the band signed fountains of wayne hey julie with indie label S-Curve Records and released another acclaimed album, Welcome Interstate Managers. It fountains of wayne - staceys mom spawned the hit single "Stacy's Mom", which was certified gold by the RIAA. The music video for the song featured Rachel Hunter as the object of the fantasies of the song's narrator. The album was a surprise international fountains of wayne stays mom hit on the strength of the first single. The follow-up single, "Mexican fountains of wayne - hackensack Wine", fared less well, with a controversial video that showed young children singing the lyrics "think I'll have another glass of Mexican wine" and guitarist Jody fountains of wayne mom Porter catching a drink on the bare stomach of a woman laying on a beach. The single was ultimately pulled by the record label. The third single, "Hey Julie," an acoustic song, received some airplay. Their song "All Kinds Of Time", depicting a fountains of wayne stacy young football player in a zen-like state of mind during a crucial potential game-winning pass, was used extensively for fountains of wayne stacey mom NFL commercial promotions during the 2005 season. The band also recorded a performance on Austin City Limits, which aired December of 2003. The present In late June 2005, Fountains of Wayne fountains of wayne stacy's mom video released Out of State Plates, a collection of B-sides as well as two new songs. The album was supported by the single "Maureen" and a stacy's mum fountains of wayne limited US tour fire island fountains of wayne that included some acoustic-only sets, a set on PBS Soundstage, and American Songbook. Also included on the album is a cover of the Britney Spears hit, "...Baby One More Time." Billboard reported that Fountains of Wayne are working on a new fountains of wayne denise studio album, and hoping to release it sometime in 2006. [1] The album is now not expected until Spring 2007, at fountains of wayne denise mp3 the moment the band are mixing the album. [2] The rumored title is "Traffic in Weather". [3] Fountains of fountains of wayne stacey's mom Wayne is also responsible for the soundtrack to the animated television show Hey Joel. The show has only aired in Canada. The song "Stacy's Mom" was featured in a Dr. Pepper commercial in which several adolescent boys stop playing in the fountains of wayne stacys mum park when a woman (presumably the mother of one of them) drives up in a fountains of wayne tabs minivan containing a cooler filled with Dr. Pepper. Discography Studio albums Fountains of Wayne (October 1, 1996) Atlantic Records Utopia Parkway (April 6, fountains of wayne too cool for school 1999) Atlantic Records Welcome Interstate Managers (June 10, 2003) S-Curve Records / Virgin Records Traffic in Weather (2007) S-Curve Records Compilation hackensack fountains of wayne albums Out of State Plates (June 28, 2005) Virgin Records Singles From Fountains of julie fountains of wayne Wayne 1997 - Radiation Vibe 1997 - Sink to the Bottom 1997 - Barbara H. 1997 - Survival Car 1997 - Leave the Biker Single only 1997 - I Want an Alien for Christmas From Utopia Parkway 1999 - Denise 1999 - Red Dragon Tattoo 1999 - Troubled Times (also stacy's mom- fountains of wayne released as an EP in Japan) From Welcome Interstate stacys mom - fountains of wayne Managers 2003 - Stacy's Mom 2004 - Mexican Wine 2004 - Hey Julie Trivia Stephen King featured the song "Red Dragon Tattoo" (off Utopia Parkway) in his 2004 ABC miniseries Kingdom Hospital. King is a big fan of the group, apologetix fountains of wayne and often makes references to Fountains Of Wayne fountains of wayne - stacey's mom in his periodic pop-culture related articles in Entertainment Weekly. In December 2005, he started a list of his favorite Christmas songs with Fountains Of Wayne's "I Want An Alien For Christmas." Elton John has said he is a huge fan of the band. It fountains of wayne fire island is said he called Collingwood and Schlesinger after listening to "Utopia Parkway" to tell them he thought fountains of wayne mexican mp3 it was great. Country singer Robbie Fulks wrote a song entitled "Fountains of Wayne Hotline" in which he imagined the band as having a hotline which songwriters could fountains of wayne mexican wine mp3 call for help. The Fountains of Wayne songs 'Hey Julie' and 'All Kinds of Time' feature on Scrubs episodes. 'All Kinds of time' also featured on a The OC episode The song 'Sink to the Bottom' fountains of wayne staceys mum was featured in the 'Atlantic City' episode of the TV series How I Met Your Mother. The Fountains of Wayne song 'Hat and fountains of wayne stacy's mum Feet' from 'Utopia Parkway' can be heard in the film "Two Weeks Notice" starring Sandra fountains of wayne valley winter song Bullock and Hugh Grant. External links Official site Non-official news site Fountains of Wayne Lyrics Fountains of Wayne at MusicBrainz Search Term: "Fountains_of_Wayne" Categories: American musical groups | Power pop groups hung up on you fountains of wayne