Key facts
- Also known as
- Foster & the People (2009)
- Origin
- Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Genres
- Indie pop synth-pop dance-pop alternative rock indie rock neo-psychedelia
- Years active
- 2009–present
- Labels
- Startime Columbia Foster the People Atlantic
- Spinoffs
- Delivery Smims & Belle Mr. Gabriel Suitnop
- Spinoff of
- Malbec
- Members
- Mark Foster Isom Innis
- Past members
- Mark Pontius Sean Cimino Jacob "Cubbie" Fink
- Website
- fosterthepeople .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Official name
- Foster the People
- Genre
- indie pop
- Country of origin
- United States
- Discography
- Foster the People discography
- Official website
- www.fosterthepeople.com
- Image
- Foster the People at SXSW 2011.jpg
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- Commons category
- Foster the People
- inception
- 2009-00-00
- location of formation
- Los Angeles
- topic has template
- Template:Foster the People
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- social media followers
- 879895
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Encyclopedic overview
Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. Its members include founder and frontman Mark Foster and keyboardist Isom Innis.
Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending several years in Los Angeles as a struggling musician and working as a commercial jingle writer. After Foster's song "Pumped Up Kicks" became a viral success in 2010, the group received a record deal from Startime International and gained a fanbase through small club shows and appearances at music festivals. After releasing their debut album, Torches, in May 2011, "Pumped Up Kicks" became a crossover hit on commercial radio in mid-2011 and eventually reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The record also featured the singles "Helena Beat" and "Houdini". The group received three Grammy Award nominations for Torches and "Pumped Up Kicks".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Foster the People” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.