Fountains of Wayne
is a Grammy-nominated American power pop band.The group was formed by songwriters Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood. They met as freshmen at Williams College and began playing music together. After college, Collingwood formed the Mercy Buckets in Boston and Schlesinger formed Ivy in New York City, but they connected again in 1996 and formed Fountains of Wayne. |
| Chris and Adam performing in New Jersey (2007) |
The band name was taken from a garden and lawn ornament store in Wayne, New Jersey by that name. Adam Schlesinger grew up in nearby Montclair. The store can be seen in The Sopranos
episode "Another Toothpick" but it closed in 2009. |
| The entrance to the kitschy Fountains of Wayne store in NJ (2007) |
In 2003, the band released Welcome Interstate Managers
which spawned their biggest hit single "Stacy's Mom." The single was powered by a popular music video, directed by Chris Applebaum, about an adolescent boy's attempts to get closer to the mom of his girlfriend Stacy. The mom was played by model Rachel Hunter. The clever video includes allusions to the 1962 film Lolita and 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Adam Schlesinger says "Stacy's Mom" was a tribute to a band they liked, The Cars. The Cars' song "My Best Friend's Girl
" has a similar intro. Cars frontman Ric Ocasek thought that the intro was a sample from his song "Just What I Needed
" but the band says they performed it in the studio. Ocasek was asked to be in the video for the song, but declined. (Wikipedia)OFFICIAL BAND SITE http://www.FountainsOfWayne.com
MP3 Downloads for Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne: No Better Place - Live in Chicago (DVD)
ALBUMS
Welcome Interstate Managers
Traffic and Weather
Fountains of Wayne
Utopia Parkway
Out of State Plates
