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Fountains of Wayne

Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood met as freshmen at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts but initially performed in different bands - with Collingwood forming Mercy Buckets in Boston and Schlesinger launching Ivy in New York. However, they met up again in New York and the result iwas the power pop band Fountains Of Wayne, taking their name from a lawn ornament store in Wayne, New Jersey. In 1996 the band was signed by Atlantic Record, released their self-titled debut album and had their first hit with That Thing You Do - the theme tune to the movie of the same na...