Fountains of Wayne were founded by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, who met as freshmen at Williams College in Massachusetts. The pair were later joined by guitarist, Jody Porter and drummer, Brian Young. The band were initially called Are You My Mother? and Woolly Mammoth, before finally settling on Fountains of Wayne - a name they obtained from a garden store in Wayne, New Jersey. The group was signed to Atlantic Records in 1996 and released their self-titled debut album that same year.
In 1999, Fountains of Wayne released their second album, Utopia Parkway - a concept record which dealt with life in modern suburbia. Poor sales lead to Atlantic Records dropping the group from their label. This resulted in the band going on hiatus for two years.
In 2003, the band were signed to S-Curve Records and thus began work on Welcome Interstate Managers, which was officially released in June 2003. The album included the hit single, "Stacy's Mom," which bassist, Adam Schlesinger, told us is an "update of the 'Mrs. Robinson' idea," set to musical backdrop akin to late '70s new wave band, The Cars. The infamous music video, directed by Chris Applebaum, stars the model Rachel Hunter, who plays Stacy's hot mom and the fantasy love-interest of her daughter's young boyfriend.
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