Fountains of Wayne

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Fountains of Wayne is an American power pop band, formed in 1995.

The band name was taken from the name of a lawn-ornament store in Wayne, New Jersey, not far from Montclair, New Jersey, the hometown of the band’s bassist and cofounder Adam Schlesinger.

The band was formed by Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood. The two first met as freshmen at Williams College and began playing music together in various bands. The two eventually went their separate ways with Collingwood forming the Mercy Buckets in Boston and Schlesinger forming Ivy in New York City. The two met up once again during 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 self titled debut. The album spawned the singles “Radiation Vibe” and “Sink To The Bottom” which received airplay, but it was Schlesinger’s song entitled “That Thing You Do!” which became a hit being used as the lead track for the Tom Hanks film of the same name. “That Thing You Do!” also brought Schlesinger an Oscar nomination and an RIAA gold certification for the hit soundtrack.

Along with guitarist Jody Porter and drummer Brian Young, the band toured the world extensively behind the album playing alongside bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins and The Lemonheads.

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kottfarssas wrote:
3 hours ago

It's funny how their best album is "Welcome Interstate Manager" which was released just after their reunion ^^

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psynumb wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

I love almost every song for them....

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DanAbnrml9 wrote:
last month

uh... yeah. they've been around for over a decade...

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xFabby wrote:
last month

You mean they have songs other than Stacy's Mom? =o

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DanAbnrml9 wrote:
last month

Adam Schlessinger gave an interview to Paste last month. He says that he and Chris have both been writing for a new FOW album and "don't want to wait four years for the next one." Apparently they plan to start recording this fall. There's also an Ivy album mostly in the can that should be out in early 2009: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/08/adam-schlesinger-pens-for-colbert-produces-for-das.html

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

great band
saiibot wrote:
last month

welcome interstate manager is such a great album, love em

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sipoflife wrote:
last month

I used to love "Stacy's Mom" when I was 15.....

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keptblue wrote:
last month

meh http://www.extlabs.com/yourinfamousharp/

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hal990 wrote:
last month

love the band. love the statuary joint on 46 too.

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oceanbutnone wrote:
last month

power pop!!!!!!!! like this a lot

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beckybartkowski wrote:
last month

Dudes, you have to check out the new Matthew Sweet album! www.myspace.com/matthewsweetmusic

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isanka wrote:
August 2008

Hackensack

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noploc wrote:
August 2008

(L)

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screEMO wrote:
August 2008

good

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mezzell wrote:
August 2008

Really good band, first song that comes to mind for me would be "Hackensack" (Welcome Interstate Managers)

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cruzlee wrote:
August 2008

Everything is ruined...

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oceanbutnone wrote:
July 2008

great band ,I like them and guster,weezer

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goguegagal wrote:
July 2008

http://www.last.fm/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm

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hipdoof wrote:
July 2008

Yeah, I guess I get what you mean. Even in context, though, it still isn't one of my favorite songs on that album. That would be a difficult task, though, since there are so many great songs there.

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