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Before the Band
Mark Foster was a struggling musician writing advertisement jingles -
The Band was Formed
Mark Foster formed the band with two close friends; Mark Pontius and Cubbie Fink, in Los Angeles, California -
Clubs
While they waited for a response to their music, Foster the People preformed at many clubs in California -
Pumped Up Kicks
In October 2010, Foster the People released it's first single. -
Music Deal!
The next month, they got a Music Deal with Startime International. -
Pumped Up Kicks (youtube)
They uploaded the music video and it has 109,243,825 views and counting! -
Billboard Top 100
Pumped Up Kicks reached 3rd on the Top 100! -
First Album
After the great response from the fans, Foster the People released their first album; Torches! -
Tours
Foster the People started out slow. They preformed at Coachella Valley's Music and Art Festival -
The Name
The date is when the name lawsuit was filed. The name of the band was origionally Foster of the People, but it didn't really have a ring to it so it was shortenend. They started off with the founder's last name; Foster. "The rest just seemed to fall in" Cubbie Fink (vocalist, guitar) said in an interview -
Helena Beat (youtube)
11,810,360 views after this video came out! -
Call it What You Want (youtube)
This music video is crazy and completely random, but the views are going up! Its currently at 13,745,753 views. -
Don't Stop / Color on the Walls (youtube)
This video came out and it got 11,122,846 hits! -
Touring
They toured all over America over the past year playing over 295 shows. -
Houdini (youtube)
Houdini has 13,116,959 hits and I can tell why! -
New Album?
The band ended it's tour 3 months ago to begin working on their second album. We all can't wait until it comes out.
