Fountains Of Wayne
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Biography
New York City (1995 – present)
(not to be confused with Fountains)
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 (it has since gone out of business). According to Songfacts, there were prominent fountains there.
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 duo initially set out to work together in the early ’90s under various band monikers (including Pinwheel and The Wallflowers), and recorded a full album’s worth of demos in 1993. Although never released, the Pinwheel demos are widely bootlegged by fans and display a very different (and far more earnest) version of the pair’s songwriting, though several songs from this period would be re-tooled and appear on later releases. After failing to get Pinwheel off the ground, 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.
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princess-jaz
wow i wanna see them live really badddd
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adaymuhajier
One of many bands I grew up with
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Sound-Of-Nature
Prom Theme ♥
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No1SuperBrianMo
❤
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audyashifa
<3
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BlackAkronKeys
Stacy's mom <<<<< every other WIM song
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Sharp-Ton
All I need for summer.
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jufreitasmelo
Meu deus, quanto esses caras são bons. O que sinto quando os ouço é único. FOW é umas das minhas bandas preferidas e uma das melhores de todos os tempos. Não quero morrer sem vê-los ao vivo. Amo, amo.
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sasha90s
@Sollicitatio +100 : )
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Sollicitatio
Fountains of Wayne великолепны, когда я слушаю их музыку меня посещают церебрвльные оргазмы *_*
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theczar
Nice gig at the Irving Plaza, gentlemen
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adliadli
EPIC!!!
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Lowbacca
>> http://www.lastfm.com/music/Fountains+Of+Wayne/+images/31342913 <<
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Lowbacca
SKY FULL OF HOLES = good. real good.
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lykeitsbrittany
Stacy's Mom is a classic.
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Roc_Melo
Too Cool For School
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No1SuperBrianMo
Hackensack! <3
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O1234567891011
See Jody Porter from Fountains of Wayne at STONES FEST 2012!! http://www.last.fm/event/3179410+Stones+Fest+2012
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