Fake Problems was created by Chris Farren, Derek Perry, Casey Lee, and Sean Stevenson in 2005.
The band released music videos for two songs from It's Great to Be Alive: "The Dream Team" and "Diamond Rings."
The band claims that they have been influenced by Look Mexico, Cursive, Bright Eyes, Amon Düül II, and The Good Life.
Over It, Bomb the Music Industry, Riverboat Gamblers, Say Anything, Look Mexico, Lemuria, Anti-Flag, Frank Turner, Thursday, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Murder by Death, Laura Stevenson and the Cans, Duran Duran, Tito Puente, Musical Youth, The Builders and the Butchers, Nevershoutnever, A Rocket to the Moon, Andrew Jackson Jihad and more.
The song Real Problems in SRQ is based on an incident on October 18, 2006, Farren, Lee, and Stevenson were arrested and charged with trespassing.
[4] On an early 2008 tour with Smoke or Fire, the band was driving through Tennessee to their next show, when a giant turkey flew through their window.
Faulty wiring caused some protective foam to catch fire, resulting in some damage to Stevenson's kit.
[6] In 2015, they released a 7-inch EP called Strange Emotions of two songs leftover from their scrapped fourth studio album after being officially broken up.
[7] Chris explained in an interview with CLRVYNT that the release of Strange Emotions "reminded me of a terrible time in my life.
The album, titled Soulmate Stuff, features original Fake Problems guitarist Casey Lee as well as guest work by Laura Stevenson and Benny Horowitz from The Gaslight Anthem.
Fake Problems' dissolution was officially confirmed via Antarctigo Vespucci in a press release for their album Love in the Time of E-Mail on October 26, 2018.