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Band Name:	Switchfoot
Genre:	Rock
Web Site:	musichristian.com/sys/product.php?PRODUCT=578018
Home Town:	San Diego, CA
Label Type:	Major
Record Label:	Credential/Lowercase People
About Me:	Howdy, my name is jon. I play guitar and sing in a San Diego band called Switchfoot. We started out as a three piece: Tim (my brother) playing the bass, Chad, (my college buddy) playing the drums, and myself writing the tunes. Our first record came out the week after my brother graduated from high school. We called it: The Legend of Chin, naming it after my best friend. Willis. We traveled around that summer and went back to school in the fall. A few years later we put out a record called New Way to be Human and I dropped out of college. We decided to really give music a go and started touring a bit more seriously. \r\n \r\nAfter that, we put out a record called Learning to Breathe. My friend jerome called and told me he had just quit his day job. Our band had been playing shows with jerome\'s old band for years so we joined forces with jerome and now he plays the keyboards and guitars with us every night. We made a record called The Beautiful Letdown a few years later. Then our friend Drew\'s band broke up. He plays the guitar in our band now. Then we made a record called Nothing is Sound and decided a five piece was enough to accomplish what we wanted to do live. So we decided not to enlist any more of our friends for help on stage. \r\n \r\nAnd now, a few tips on making your own band\'s t-shirts in between gigs: hotel hairdryers help the fabric paint dry faster, three ring binders and a razor blade are all you need for a stencil, sponges work best for applying the ink. I think we like doing things ourselves because no one cares about the music more than we do. We\'ve stuffed our own CD cases, We\'ve done the sixteen hour drives. I feel that we\'ve paid our dues on the road as much as anyone. But still, we never really fit in with the "cooler than thou" hipsters. I suppose it\'s a matter of course: we\'ve always wanted to make music for everyone, not just for the scene. We\'ve tried our best to live out the idea that it\'s better to be honest than momentarily cool. \r\n \r\nAnd so this past summer when we set out to record a new record, we tried to put all pressures and expectations aside and focus on the music. We wanted to make a record that was honest. A record that didn\'t trip on itself. A record that represented everything that we first fell in love with about music. We tried to forget about theory and pitch and timing and focus on feeling. As a result, I think that Oh! Gravity is the most honest thing we\'ve ever done. I am so proud of these tunes and hope that they resonate with you like they do for us. \r\n \r\nIn closing, I am so grateful for the gifts that I\'ve been given. Near the top of the list would be the camaraderie that we have with each other on the road. Besides the fact that my brother\'s in the band, it really does feel a family out there on tour. I know it\'s not the cocky rock and roll thing to say, but I am so proud to be making music with these guys every night. I feel so privileged to be able to play these songs with them. I love screaming these songs out with them. And I have a deep respect for everyone who comes every night. We have always tried to break down the wall between the stage and the audience. I feel like I\'ve done my job if we leave the stage while everyone in the club is still singing. Communication has always been the goal. You see, I want to sing a song that will continue long after we\'re gone. \r\n \r\nSo thanks for reading. Thanks for singing along. Thanks for making theses songs your own.
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posted a comment. (Nov 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM)
“I just Love Your new Song Always, and The Song Needle and Haystack Life. Keep on making Songs for The Lord. They especially seem to Minister to this younger Generation...Amen!”
Mary ... posted a comment. (Nov 16, 2009 at 04:56 PM)
“just got your newest album and i am absolutely loving it! thanks so much for being incredible! God bless!”
Edidiong Deedee Owoidigheabasi posted a comment. (Nov 15, 2009 at 09:56 PM)
“you guys are awesome (:”
Rachel Palmer posted a comment. (Nov 14, 2009 at 06:17 PM)
“I LIKE U GUYS BUT RELIENT K IS MY FAVORITE BAND UR 2ND”
Derek k. posted a comment. (Nov 14, 2009 at 07:43 AM)
“love the new album”
Bonnie Geanne posted a comment. (Nov 13, 2009 at 04:12 PM)
“Hello Jon just wanted to say i realy love your band its alot of fun to listen to your music!Your new song Awakening is soooo sweet it almost made me cry when i first heard it...But then again i was realy sick and just about anything sweet makes me wanna cry,good thing i dont get sick very often!anyways thaks for doing what you do your music inspires me every time i hear it on my favorite radio station Air1, well it sounds good any where i hear it. Well OK here I am TALKING and talking when you probobly have a concert to be rockin at or somethin else cool like that! ”
Allyson Reed posted a comment. (Nov 12, 2009 at 06:10 PM)
“Hi Switchfoot!
Your music is great. I love your new song Always. It's great that by going mainsteam you are being a light in a dark place. God bless you!
Allyson”
jaycel roy pin posted a comment. (Nov 11, 2009 at 07:58 PM)
“guys, i really like your songs..Godbless”
Jaycie Cline posted a comment. (Nov 08, 2009 at 11:28 PM)
“"You guys are my favorite band!! I love your song "ment To Live"!!!"You rock!"”
diedra waller posted a comment. (Nov 06, 2009 at 10:03 PM)
“i like you guy's music”