Switchfoot
| Switchfoot | |
|---|---|
 Left to right: Jerome Fontamillas, Drew Shirley, Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman |
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| General information | |
| origin | San Diego , California , United States |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock |
| founding | 1996 as Chin Up |
| Website | www.switchfoot.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Jon Foreman | |
| Tim Foreman | |
| Chad Butler | |
| Jerome Fontamillas (since 2001) | |
| Drew Shirley (since 2005) | |
Switchfoot is an alternative rock band from San Diego , California ( USA ) who are known for their spiritually stirring and socially conscious song lyrics.
history
Switchfoot gained popularity after four of their songs appeared in the 2002 movie Just With You . This brought them their debut on a major label in 2003, The Beautiful Letdown has sold 2.6 million copies. The album also includes her best-known singles Meant to Live and Dare You to Move .
In 2008 Switchfoot contributed the song This Is Home to the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia . In 2009 the band recorded their seventh studio album, Hello Hurricane . The song Bullet Soul from this album served as the official theme song at WWE Pay Per View Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2009 . The song The War Inside from the album Vice Verses can be heard in the trailer for the film In Time .
Band members
Tim (Timothy David) Foreman (born August 15, 1978 in Lake Arrowhead , California ) is the bassist, co-songwriter and background singer of the band. He was born in Lake Arrowhead two years after his brother Jon Foreman, the songwriter, singer and lead guitarist of Switchfoot. His family then moved to Boston , Massachusetts and later to Norfolk , Virginia. However, they have been living in San Diego , California, the hometown of all band members, for a long time .
Foreman met his wife Andrea in high school. They have a son (born April 2005) named Jett.
Foreman graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a degree in computer design and has won numerous prizes in surfing competitions. He is also called the "ninja". Foreman's musical influences are Paul McCartney and the Beatles.
Tim was taught how to play the bass from his brother Jon. He started doing this when he was in fifth grade. He never took proper lessons. At the beginning of his career, Tim used a Fender Precision Bass with an Ampeg SVT amplifier . He currently plays on Lakland basses, the sound of which is distributed via Gallien-Krueger amplifiers (e.g. Lakland 4-94, Lakland Hollowbody, Lakland Decade, Gibson Thunderbird, Fender Mustang Bass, Line6 Bass PODXTL, Music Man Stingray , Gallien- Krueger 2001RB head and a Music Man bass).
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2003 | The Beautiful Letdown | - | - | - | - |
US16  × 2
(118 weeks)US |
First published: February 25, 2003
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| 2005 | Nothing is sound | - | - | - | - |
US3  (20 weeks)US |
First published: September 13, 2005
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| 2006 | Oh! Gravity. | - | - | - | - |
US18 (10 weeks) US |
First published: December 26, 2006
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| 2009 | Hello Hurricane | - | - | - | - |
US13 (13 weeks) US |
First published: November 10, 2009
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| 2011 | Vice verses | - | - | - | - |
US8 (10 weeks) US |
First published: September 27, 2011
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| 2014 | Fading west | - | - |
CH90 (1 week) CH |
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US6 (10 weeks) US |
First published: January 14, 2014
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| 2016 | Where the Light Shines Through | - | - |
CH69 (1 week) CH |
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US10 (2 weeks) US |
First published: July 8, 2016
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| 2019 | Native tongue | - | - | - | - |
US41 (1 week) US |
First published: January 18, 2019
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Compilations & EPs
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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CH
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| 2008 | The Best Yet | - | - | - | - |
US123 (1 week) US |
First published: November 4th, 2008
compilation |
| 2014 | The Edge of the Earth | - | - | - | - |
US39 (1 week) US |
First published: September 9, 2014
EP |
Live albums
| year | title | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Best of Bootlegs Vol. 1 | First published: March 31, 2008 |
| 2009 | The Best Yet: Live in Nashville | First published: December 4th, 2009 |
| 2016 | Live in Manila | First published: September 2016 |
| Live in Chicago | First published: October 2016 |
Video albums
| year | title | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Switchfootage | First published: December 22, 2003 |
| 2004 | Live in San Diego | First published: March 23, 2004 US: gold
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| 2006 | Switchfootage 2 | First published: December 2006 |
| 2007 | Live at the Ventura Theater | First published: November 21, 2007 |
More albums
- 1997: The Legend of Chin
- 1999: New Way to Be Human
- 2000: Learning to Breathe
- 2004: The Early Years: 1997–2000 (US:gold)
- 2004: Live EP
- 2006: Oh! EP
- 2009: Building a Hurricane
- 2010: iTunes Session
- 2010: Eastern Hymns for Western Shores
- 2012: Vice Re-Verses
- 2012: Backstage EP
- 2013: Fading West EP
- 2013: Backstage EP # 2
- 2013: Playlist: The Very Best of
Singles (chart successes)
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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CH
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| 2003 | Meant to Live The Beautiful Letdown |
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UK29 (2 weeks) UK |
US18th (28 weeks)US |
First published: July 28, 2003
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| 2004 | Dare You to Move The Beautiful Letdown |
- | - | - | - |
US17th (20 weeks)US |
First published: March 2, 2004
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| 2005 | Stars Nothing Is Sound |
- | - | - | - |
US68 (5 weeks)US |
First published: July 5, 2005
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Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Canada (MC)
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gold1
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- | 50,000 | musiccanada.com |
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United States (RIAA)
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6 × gold6th
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2 × platinum2
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4,550,000 | riaa.com |
| All in all |
7 × gold7th
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2 × platinum2
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Web links
- Official website
- Foot Switch at Discogs (English)