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Jon Foreman
Biography
Born October 22, 1976, in San Bernardino County, CA, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jon Foreman moved as a child with his family to Massachusetts and Virginia Beach but was back living in California by junior high school, eventually graduating from Torrey Pines High School in Carmel Valley and then briefly attended UC San Diego. In 1996, along with his brother Tim Foreman on bass and Chad Butler on drums, he formed the band Chin Up, but the trio soon changed the name to Switchfoot (a surfing term). The band recorded a debut LP, 1997's The Legend of Chin, for Charlie Peacock's re:Think imprint. The follow-up, 1999's New Way to Be Human, was a huge commercial success, with the title track garnering a 1999 Dove Award for Song of the Year. Released in 2000, Learning to Breathe found Switchfoot moving more toward mainstream modern rock, and its success, along with material included on the hit soundtrack to the 2002 Mandy Moore film A Walk to Remember, brought Switchfoot a major-label run. The Beautiful Letdown, their first release for Columbia/RED, appeared in 2003. Thanks to the radio hits "Dare You to Move" and "Meant to Live," the album went double platinum and hit number one on Billboard's Christian Albums chart.
Selected Discography