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The roots of this Alternative-Rock, Christian-Rock band can be traced back to the beaches of San Diego, California USA, in the mid-'90s, when Jonathan Foreman, his brother Tim and Chad Butler connected as surfers; though they competed in national surf championships on weekends and earned product endorsements from equipment companies, the real bond came from a common love of music. They decided to form a band, with Jonathan on guitar and vocals, Tim on bass and Butler on drums, they then chose the name Switchfoot, a surfing term, put themselves through months of sweaty garage band workouts and hit the road.

Signing to re:Think Records, the trio released "The Legend Of Chin" in June 1997.

Two years later Switchfoot returned to release their sophomore effort, "New Way To Be Human", which reached the #21 spot on the U.S. Top Contemporary Christian Albums chart.

Keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas joined Switchfoot in 2000 as a session player on the band's independently released "Learning To Breathe", this album matched its predecessor's performance peaking at #23 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian list.

The group re-emerged two and a half years later, in February 2003, with the fourth full-length disc, the Columbia/RED Ink debut "The Beautiful Letdown", the disc quickly climbed into the top 3 of The Contemporary Christian Albums chart; after debuting at #85 on The Billboard 200, the album slowly scaled the chart, peaking at #16 in July 2004. The first single, "Meant To Live", peaked at #5 on The Modern Rock chart and cracked the top 20 of The Billboard Hot 100; the follow-up single, "Dare You To Move", reached the #17 spot on The Billboard Hot 100 and also hit the top 10 of The Modern Rock Tracks. Meanwhile, the band has been tearing up venues across the country during a three-month sold-out headlining tour. In addition to selling out four nights in Los Angeles, the quartet shared festival stages with the likes of Jane's Addiction and Audioslave.

In 2005 Switchfoot expanded to a five-piece with the addition of guitarist Andrew Shirley before they dropped their next album. That September "Nothing Is Sound" quickly catapulted to the #1 position on the Top Christian Albums chart and peaked at #3 on Billboard's all-genre Top 200 chart. The first single off the CD entitled "Stars" peaked at #16 on The Modern Rock chart and "We Are One Tonight" reached #29 on the Adult Top 40 chart.

A bit over one year later, the band released "Oh! Gravity"; although the disc hit #1 on the Top Christian Albums chart as well as the top 20 of The Billboard 200, sales quickly waned and it failed to acquire gold or platinum level like their two previous albums. The title-track was the sole single to make much of an impact, landing in the top 40 of The Hot Modern Rock chart.

Switchfoot have set November 10, 2009, as the release date for their new album, "Hello Hurricane". The disc includes the single "Mess Of Me".

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The Legend Of Chin

(1997)

1. Bomb
2. Chem 6a
3. Underwater
4. Edge Of My Seat
5. Home
6. Might Have Ben Hur
7. Concrete Girl
8. Life And Love And Why
9. You
10. Ode To Chin
11. Don't Be There

 

New Way To Be Human

(1999)

1. New Way To Be Human
2. Incomplete
3. Sooner Or Later (Soren's Song)
4. Company Car
5. Let That Be Enough
6. Something More (Augustine's Confession)
7. Only Hope
8. Amy's Song
9. I Turn Everything Over
10. Under The Floor

 

Learning To Breathe

(2000)

1. I Dare You To Move
2. Learning To Breathe
3. You Already Take Me There
4. Love Is The Movement
5. Poparazzi
6. Innocence Again
7. Playing For Keeps
8. The Loser
9. The Economy Of Mercy
10. Erosion
11. Living Is Simple

 

The Beautiful Letdown

(2003)

1. Meant To Live
2. This Is Your Life
3. More Than Fine
4. Ammunition
5. Dare You To Move
6. Redemption
7. The Beautiful Letdown
8. Gone
9. On Fire
10. Adding To The Noise
11. 24

 

Nothing Is Sound

(2005)

1. Lonely Nation
2. Stars
3. Happy Is A Yuppie Word
4. The Shadow Proves The Sunshine
5. Easier Than Love
6. The Blues
7. The Setting Sun
8. Politicians
9. Golden
10. The Fatal Wound
11. We Are One Tonight
12. Daisy

 

Oh! Gravity

(2006)

1. Oh! Gravity
2. American Dream
3. Awakening
4. Dirty Second Hand
5. C'mon C'mon
6. In This Life
7. Amateur Lovers
8. Circles
9. Faust
10. Yesterdays
11. 4:12
12. Burn Out Bright
13. Let Your Love

 

Hello Hurricane

(2009)

Tracklisting posted on switchfoot.com

1. Needle And Haystack Life
2. Mess Of Me
3. Your Love Is A Song
4. The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)
5. Enough To Let Me Go
6. Free
7. Hello Hurricane
8. Always
9. Bullet Soul
10. Yet
11. Sing It Out
12. Red Eyes

 

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