The band released their second studio album, Us and Them , on October 4, 2005. The album debuted higher than Leave a Whisper on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at number 23 versus Leave a Whisper’ s number 53 peak, but the album ultimately sold less than its predecessor. Despite…
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After the release of their demo and in between touring, the band started working on their next release, a self titled EP . It was released on May 16, 2005, on State of Mind Records. Later that year, the band caught the attention of hardcore punk record label Trustkill Records…
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Louis Svitek later played with the Chicago punk band Lost Cause, Ministry , Mind Funk , Pigface , The Hollow steps (also featured Ken Black on a few cuts) and Project 44. He currently runs Wu Li Records, a hip-hop label based in Chicago. Original member Barry Stern filled in…
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Another song off the album, “All Kinds of Time”, was used for NFL commercial promotions during the 2005 season.
The band entered a hiatus in January 2005, with members turning to their own separate projects. Keenan rejoined Tool to record what would be 2006’s 10,000 Days , Howerdel began pursuing a solo career, and the rest joined various other touring or sessions recording roles. The band’s fate remained uncertain…
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On June 16, 2005, the band announced that the tenth annual Dock Street Theatre shows at end of 2005 would mark their split. The final show was a black tie affair in Charleston on December 30, 2005, and featured material from each of the member’s future projects. The show ended…
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Their first album on Beggars Banquet, Alligator , was released in 2005. The album was met with much critical acclaim and featured highly in “Album of the Year” charts in the Los Angeles Times , Insound , Uncut , and many other publications. The album allowed the band increased exposure.…
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In 2005 the band struck a deal with Deep Elm Records and released the landmark and highly influential No Matter Where We Go… as well as a re-release of the out-of-print Turn Up The Punk, We’ll Be Singing .
Though Collingwood and Schlesinger shared cowriter credit for all original Fountains of Wayne material, for most of their career together, they wrote their songs separately. 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%…
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In 2005, the Wilsons appeared on the CMT Music Awards as a special guest of country singer Gretchen Wilson (no relation) and performed the Heart classic “Crazy on You” with her.