(1985-01-03) January 3, 1985 (age 39) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Indie pop
alternative rock
indie rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Drums
percussion
Years active
2003–2021
Musical artist
Mark Andrew Pontius (born January 3, 1985) is an American musician who is best known as a founding member and drummer of the American alt pop band Foster the People; he left the band in 2021. Prior to joining Foster the People in 2009, Pontius was part of the now-defunct indie pop band Malbec.
Prior to joining Foster the People in 2009, Pontius was part of the now-defunct indie pop band Malbec. Pontius was born on January 3, 1985, in Orlando, Florida...
Foster the People was born out of a nascent relationship with drummer MarkPontius, a film school student who left his group Malbec to found a band with...
Look up Pontius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pontius may refer to: Gaius Pontius, a Samnite general during the Second Samnite War Pontius Aquila...
Pontius Pilate (Latin: Pontius Pilatus; Greek: Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος, romanized: Póntios Pilátos) was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving...
official members. It is also the band's final album to feature drummer MarkPontius, who left the band in October 2021. It received primarily mixed reviews...
Pontius Aquila (possibly Lucius Pontius; died 21 April 43 BC) was a Roman politician, military commander, and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. In...
extended plays (including one mixtape), 26 singles, and 15 music videos. Mark Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending several years in Los Angeles...
with Spacetime Continuum & Stephen Kent (2003) "Reclaim Your Mind" with MarkPontius (2020) Experiment at Petaluma (1990) Prague Gnosis: Terence McKenna Dialogues...
The Gospel of Mark is the second of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism...
chapter records the narrative of Jesus' passion, including his trial before Pontius Pilate and then his crucifixion, death and entombment. Jesus' trial before...
by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast. According to all four canonical gospels there...
Shrieve of Santana Joey Waronker of Beck Jeremy Stacey of King Crimson MarkPontius of Foster the People Michael Iveson of Gotye Jarrod Alexander of My Chemical...
Hauser Jessica Cabo "Wabo" Damion "The Omen" Troy Rebecca Pontius (sister of MarkPontius of the Mimes and, later, the Reef Sharks) Curves of Steel -...
body) following his arrest in Jerusalem and prior to the trial before Pontius Pilate. It is an incident reported by all three Synoptic Gospels of the...
nomen, Pontius, is a patronymic surname derived from the Oscan praenomen Pontus or Pomptus, cognate with the Latin praenomen Quintus. Thus, Pontius is the...