Biography
The American Indi-Pop Group Foster The People combines talented and artistic musicians who created a team and only one single overnight gained great popularity among young people. At the very beginning, the career guys did not suspect that they would become so famous, and now their concerts around the world are attended by thousands of people.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of the musical group began in 2009. Her founder Mark Foster was born in the winter of 1984 in San Jose, California. School eared in the suburb of Cleveland, in Ohio, and was recognized as a gifted student. In his biography, a children's choir appeared in his biography, the boy regularly participated in contests.
Embed from getty imagesFrom 5 years he was a fan of the British rock band The Beatles, which also influenced his life. Parents supported the Son and after graduation allowed him to move to Los Angeles to Uncle so that he could continue to engage in music.
The guy was then 18 years old, during the day he worked, and at night I visited parties in order to gain as many acquaintances with the stars as much as possible. He always took with him a guitar and sang songs, because he loved to be in the spotlight. However, soon such life was reflected on the health of the brand, he began to use drugs and could no longer refuse the harmful habit to independently, so he was treated in the clinic for a year.
Embed from getty imagesFoster tried to work as a solo artist, sent songs to the recording studio Aftermath Entertainment, but then he was not noticed. Attempts to create a group, but they also passed unsuccessfully. Then Mark is trying to earn a living by writing jingles for commercials, so he managed to study from the inside, how the video promotion is being promoted.
An interesting fact that it is this work and gave a young person self-confidence, after which he again begins to collect a group. Foster independently composed songs, sometimes he spoke with them in bars and nightclubs. It was in such a place that he met the drummer Mark Pontius, whom he struck the variety of compositions of Mark.
Embed from getty imagesA musician from 18 years old spoke with the team of Malbec formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, and left it in 2009, and then joined the phoster. An old comrade Vocalist Kabbie Fink was invited to the Basist's place in the team, the crisis was just the crisis in America, and the guy lost his job in the television production company.
Since the Creator of the Group was Mark, he called her Foster & The People, which meant "Foster and People". But the students perceived it as Foster The People ("Promote People"). In the end, this name was stuck, the team decided to leave it, and at the same time and to take the image of the "Poblos of Mankind".
Embed from getty imagesIn 2015, Foster The People announced that the Fink would leave them to engage in other projects, while the musician thanked fans and expressed great love to everyone. However, in an interview with 2018, Mark admitted that their separation from Kabbi was not so friendly, after that they stopped maintaining relationships and no longer communicated.
From 2010, together with the group, 2 session artists were performed - Ice Innis and Sean Chimino. And in 2017 they were announced by official team members who will now be on equal rights to participate in the records of tracks.
Music
Having acquaintances in Hollywood circles, Mark asks them to transfer the band records to different recording studios. As a result, COLUMBIA STARTIME INTERNATIONAL became interested in them and signed the contract. They begin to collect material for the mini-record, and also do not refuse from living performances, although they do not have any experience in this. In October 2010, agree to participate in several club shows, despite the concerns of the organizers, the concerts went well.Embed from getty imagesTo expand the fan base, the guys regularly performed in the Nightclubs of Los Angeles. To notify the concerts of listeners, the musicians sent invitations to those who have already downloaded their songs on a paid service. This experience gave a lot if at first guests did not come very much, then so many people gathered to the third of the time that many failed to get into the institution. It became an obvious success for beginner artists.
The first most popular track "Pumped Up Kicks", which eventually brought a huge success. It was in early 2010, the musicians did not expect such an effect from the song, and therefore Mark simply stated it on his website for free download. As a result, it became viral, used in different commercials and fell into a constant rotation on the NPR radio, and remixes were recorded. Guys noticed and began to invite to festivals.
At the same time, the team produces the first EP "Foster The People", which, on the idea of Columbia Startime International, was supposed to hold fans up to the exit of a full-format album. He included only 3 songs, including the already promoted track "Pumped Up Kicks", which eventually became platinum as a result of Riaa and Aria, and also ranked 96th place in Billboard Hot 100.
The first studio album "Torches" Foster The People presented to listeners in May 2011. In general, the musicians received positive feedback from critics and nominated for the Grammy Prize for the best album of alternative music. In the American Charter Billboard 200, he rose to the 8th line, and in the Australian Aria - on the first and received the status of platinum in Sasha, Australia, Philippines and Canada.
To promote the record and interest it even more people, the promoters of the group used different ways. For example, "Call It What You Want" sounds like a soundtrack of a football video game EA Sports Fifa 12, "Houdini" appears in the screensaver to the SSX game, and the song "Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)" appears in two Nissan car commercials .
Indi-pop is a light genre of music, and therefore many noted that the record has its own dance rhythm and melodiousness, and not a heavy guitar game. It is not surprising that only for the first 1st week, the guys managed to sell 33 thousand copies of the album, and by the end of the year, this figure turned over 3 million.
He was given a tour of the tour, which lasted the next 10 months. Taking a small break, in the 2012 Foster The People again go with concerts in the world and spend the whole of 2012 in different cities.
The next year artists spend on vacation after 2-year-old tour, and then prepare for the release of the second studio album. Although the initial date of his release was scheduled for 2013, and even at the Firefly Music Festival, artists performed 4 new songs, the release of the plates at the appointed time did not take place.
The label postponed the release until January 2014, but the long-awaited presentation "SuperModel" passed only on March 18. The most memorable fans of the song "A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DESTROYING THE MOON", "NEVERMIND", "COMING OF AGE" and "BEST FRIEND".
The release of the disk was large-scale, the musicians attracted artists and in the center of Los Angeles on the wall of the house portrayed his cover. In the height of the fresco ranked 7 floors, the artists spent one free concert under it. True, the city's authorities did not appreciate the painting and called on it to paint. And already in March 2015, the group members again announced the replenishment of discography, while in the interviews were shared that if the first album was a genre of an electric staff, and the second was rather a rock recording, then the third will be in the style of hip-hop.
Recording the disk, with his release, the group did not rush, in 2016, at the Rocking The Daisies festival, they presented only 3 songs ("Lotus Eater", "Doing It for the Money" and "Pay The Man"), and then released EP with them same In 2017, they went to the world tour and announced the ambulance in the record. July 21, 2017 held the long-awaited release "Sacred Hearts Club". And after the group again went on a tour for a whole year.
In 2018, the popularity of Sit Next to Me song, which entered this album, broke all records for listening to YouTube and Spotify, returning musicians during times when they received fame lands from success with "Pumped Up Kicks".
At the end of 2018, the artists presented the single "Worst Nites", and after 10 days they presented to the audience a clip on this track, which was directed by Mark. However, the group is famous not only to its own songs, they are not against cooperation and with other artists. For example, in 2018, they recorded a composition called "Blur" together with the Danish singer Karen Ersted, better known under the pseudonym Mø.
FOSTER THE PEOPLE now
A group of musicians and now continues to delight fans with new songs. Another single called "Style" Foster The People was introduced at the end of March 2019, after 2 weeks he was released by the release of a music video, he completely filmed Foster.
Embed from getty imagesCommunication with fans Artists support in their profile in "Instagram". Here they will present new tracks, announce the upcoming events, and also share personal photos from concerts and work in the studio.
Discography
- 2011 - "FOSTER THE PEOPLE"
- 2011 - "Torches"
- 2014 - "Supermodel"
- 2017 - "Sacred Hearts Club"
Clips
- 2011 - "Pumped Up Kicks"
- 2011 - "Call IT What You Want"
- 2011 - "DON'T STOP (Color On the Walls)"
- 2012 - "Houdini"
- 2012 - "COMING OF AGE"
- 2014 - "BEST FRIEND"
- 2014 - "COMING OF AGE"
- 2017 - "Doing IT for The Money"
- 2018 - Ride Or Die
- 2018 - "Sit Next To Me"
- 2018 - "Blur"
- 2018 - "Worst Nites"
- 2019 - "Style"