Fountains of Wayne was an American rock band that formed in New York City in 1995. [26], The surviving members of Fountains of Wayne performed together for the first time since 2013 on April 22, 2020, as part of a charity livestream event to raise funding for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund. Adam Schlesinger, lead singer of Fountains of Wayne, has passed away from COVID-19. I think I'm partly to blame for that. Chris Collingwood (born October 3, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and artist. (Photo by Walter McBride/Getty Images) … Chris Collingwood (born October 3, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and artist. Schlesinger produced and wrote songs for both albums. Fountains of Wayne co-frontman Adam Schlesinger has died following a battle with coronavirus. Adam Schlesinger, lead singer of Fountains of Wayne, has passed away from COVID-19. Collingwood, in particular, had a difficult time coping with the band being dropped by their label. Jason Merritt/TERM/FilmMagic for Superfly Presents Adam Schlesinger… And when I was ready to actually make another album, you know, several years later after I'd sort of cleaned up my act, it was very difficult. He is best known as the former lead vocalist and founding member of the power pop band Fountains of Wayne. 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Schlesinger added, "We just agreed many years ago that if we were to have a band we’d just split the songwriting to avoid having a conversation every time we tried to finish a song. In 2005 Collingwood said, "We decided early on, it’s better to not have arguments that some bands have where someone might say, ‘I wrote 15% of that song,’ and try to figure out those numbers. The songwriter formed the power-pop group Fountains of Wayne in 1995, playing bass, with Chris Collingwood, who played guitar and sang lead vocals. Fountains of Wayne was an American rock band that formed in New York City in 1995. At the end of four years of the hardest work I’d ever done in my life, more traveling and being away from my wife the whole time, I had nothing to show for it. His family appreciates all of the love and support.”. The band cut a demo and signed with Atlantic Records, then recruited guitarist Jody Porter and still-active Posies drummer Brian Young after recording their debut album. The group once again toured extensively behind the album, but frustrations grew between the band and the label. Stars Collingwood formed and fronted a Northampton, Massachusetts-based pop-country band, called Gay Potatoes, and played a string of solo shows in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. It was very, very hard to get back into the position where we were equals."[24]. At the time of the album release, he elaborated on Fountains Of Wayne's demise by saying, "When we were recording the record before the last Fountains of Wayne record, which was called Traffic and Weather, I didn't really have a whole lot to contribute to that album. Also in 2005, Robbie Fulks released a song in honor of the band called "Fountains of Wayne Hotline. Adam Schlesinger attends the 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Live Event at the Feinstein's/54 Below on November 3, 2016 in New York City. In addition to his work with Fountains of Wayne, Schlesinger earned an Oscar nomination for writing the title track to the 1996 film “That Thing That You Do”, directed by Tom Hanks. In 1999, the band released Utopia Parkway, an album named after a road in Queens, New York. In 1996, the band released its self-titled debut, which spawned the singles "Radiation Vibe" and "Sink to the Bottom", and the band toured the world extensively behind its debut album, playing alongside bands including The Smashing Pumpkins, Sloan, and The Lemonheads. [25], Adam Schlesinger died of complications from COVID-19 on April 1, 2020. Previously, Schlesinger’s family provided a statement to Billboard via his attorney Jaime Herman, indicating that his condition had been improving. The band never issued an official announcement that they had broken up, but by 2016 all the members were speaking of Fountains Of Wayne in the past tense. The band was later dropped by Atlantic in late 1999. I was out to lunch a little bit, mentally, and just drinking too much. [7] Previous band names included Woolly Mammoth, Are You My Mother? Following news of Schlesinger’s death, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna shared a touching tribute on social media, including the original demo for one of the show’s most memorable songs, “Hey West Covina”. [14], In 2008, Porter released his debut solo album Close to the Sun, a collection of songs he had written and recorded over a period of years in between Fountains of Wayne albums and tours. "[20], In 2011, the band released Sky Full of Holes, an album put out in Japan by Warner Music Japan (with two bonus tracks), Europe by Lojinx,[21] and the U.S. by Yep Roc Records. According to Collingwood in 2013, "The most recent record was definitely the hardest that we've ever done. He was 52. The band was inactive for a period of time. 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