The Downtown Fiction

The Downtown Fiction
Cameron Leahy performing with The Downtown Fiction
Background information
Origin	Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, Indie rock, pop punk
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Photo Finish Records
Website	http://www.thedowntownfiction.com/
Members	Cameron Leahy David Pavluk Wes Dimond Kyle Rodgers
Past members	Devin Cooper Eric Jones

The Downtown Fiction is an American pop punk/power pop band from Fairfax, the band consist of guitarist and lead vocalist, Cameron Leahy, bassist and backing vocalist, David Pavluk, guitarist and backing vocalist, Wes Dimond and drummer Kyle Rodgers.

Lead singer/guitarist/primary songwriter Cameron Leahy met former drummer Eric Jones at Westfield High School, where they became friends. They had a mutual interest in music, and formed The Downtown Fiction in the summer of 2008. They began to post demos on the band's MySpace page, where their fan base initialized. Needing a bassist, Cameron and Eric added David Pavluk to the band, who also is responsible for background vocals. "The Downtown Fiction" is inspired by the film Pulp Fiction, a favorite film of the band.

The Downtown Fiction toured for a year, and were soon signed to Photo Finish Records, an independent New York record label. They toured on the Bamboozle Road Show 2010 and the Warped Tour 2010. The band was featured that year in the “100 Bands You Need To Know” issue of Alternative Press Magazine. A self-titled EP by the band was released in March 2009, featuring a few of their rising hit songs, including "Is Anybody Out There?" and "Living Proof." This was succeeded by an additional EP a year later in March 2010 entitled, Best I Never Had. Later a compilation was released, The Double E.P., incorporating all of their preceding EP's tracks, and a rough demo of "Keep On Moving." In late February 2011, the band began The Glamour Kills Tour which featured The Ready Set as the headliner, along with Allstar Weekend, We Are The In Crowd, and briefly Marianas Trench.

In August 2010, the band premiered their first music video for the single "I Just Wanna Run," which has become RIAA Gold Certified, later appearing on their first album, Let's Be Animals.

In early April, the band's second single for their debut album premiered, entitled "Thanks For Nothing". In late April 2011, Let's Be Animals, the band's first full-length studio album was released. The Downtown Fiction also embarked on their first headlining nationwide tour with the same album name. The Let's Be Animals Tour featured Amely, Cady Groves, and He Is We.