Mark Pontius used to play drums for Jes Brieden
"Torches" debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 33,000 copies in the first week
The group (@fosterthepeople) got into Coachella Music Festival in 2011
Mark (@fosterthepeople) ,Fink (@Cubbiefink) and Pontius (@mrpontwee) were friends first before bandmates.
May 7, 2012. #OneYearHoudini
Mark Foster named 'Helena Beat' after an ex who was 'partying a lot'
Helena Beat is about Hollywood's drug culture scene
@fosterthepeople pawned jewellery and his first electric guitar to pay rent
@fosterthepeople's and @southernbelleee's (side project) DJ names are 'Smims and Belle'.
@fosterthepeople was out getting food when the rest of the band first heard Pumped Up Kicks on the radio.
@fosterthepeople almost moved away from L.A in May of 2010 before he was hired by Mophonics Inc.
Mark Foster started playing the guitar, aged 13.
Mark Foster learned to play the drums aged 10
@mrpontwee and @CubbieFink originally moved to LA to work in films.
In 2011, @CubbieFink was a grid truck driver. He drove a truck 24 hours from Detroit to LA right before the band left for SXSW
@fosterthepeople has a 9 x 2.5 foot high 'Motel' sign, made from gnarled metal and neon lights.
@fosterthepeople talks to his dad almost every day on the phone.
@fosterthepeople's original idea for the 'Don't Stop' video was a bunch of 3 and 4 year-olds manically destroying a house.
Mark Foster family would encourage him to try out for American Idol whenever he went back to Ohio.
The first song @fosterthepeople wrote, aged 13, was about betrayal and getting stabbed in the back by a friend
@mrpontwee was NOT home schooled
@mrpontwee attributes his love of 80's music to his elder sister.
@mrpontwee takes drumming inspiration from Erik Bodin (Little Dragon) and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (The Roots).
@mrpontwee's favourite song off the album is 'Call It What You Want'
Before Foster the people, @mrpontwee was editing and shooting films on a free lance basis.
@mrpontwee was previously in a band called Malbec, for 6 years.
@fosterthepeople tried to sing 'Let it Be' to impress a girl on a cruise but failed to hit the high notes. He still sang it all.
@southernbelleee's first live concert was P.O.D.
@fosterthepeople's first live concert was The Beach Boys with David Cassidy.
@CubbieFink's first live concert was Beck.
@mrpontwee's first live concert was the band Live!.
@CubbieFink stole his first record (Rubber Soul by The Beatles) from his dad.
@fosterthepeople's mom took him on a cruise as a high school graduation present.
