Fountains Of Wayne consists of Adam Schlesinger (vocals), Brian Young (precussion), Chris Collingwood (vocals), Jody Porter (guitar).
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 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 Adam 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. However the album was considered a disappointment commercially, selling only 125,000 copies in the US.
1999 brought about a new album entitled Utopia Parkway named after a road in Queens, New York. The album was something of a concept record that 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 toured extensively once again behind the album but frustrations grew between the band and the label when they failed to promote a proper third single entitled "Troubled Times" remixed by Tom Lord-Alge. The band was later dropped by Atlantic in late 1999.
