Iqoqo le-Switchfoot yiqembu lomculo elidumile elenza izingoma zalo ezishisa izikhotha ngolunye uhlobo lwe-rock. Yasungulwa ngo-1996.
Leli qembu laduma ngokuthuthukiswa komsindo okhethekile, owawubizwa ngokuthi umsindo we-Switchfoot. Lona umsindo owugqinsi noma ukuhlanekezela kwesiginci esindayo. Ihlotshiswe nge-electronic improvisation enhle noma i-ballad elula. Iqembu lizisungule emculweni wesimanje wobuKristu.
Ukwakhiwa kweqembu kanye nomlando wokwakhiwa kweqembu le-Switchfoot
Ibhendi njengamanje inamalungu amahlanu: uJohn Foreman (oyi-lead vocals, guitarist), u-Tim Foreman (isiginci se-bass, i-backing vocals), u-Chad Butler (izigubhu), u-Jer Fontamillas (amakhibhodi, amazwi asekelayo), no-Drew Shirley (oshaya isiginci).
Ibhendi ye-rock ehlukile yasungulwa ngabafowethu uJohn noTim Foreman kanye nomngane ogijimayo u-Chad Butler. Nakuba babevame ukuncintisana emiqhudelwaneni kazwelonke yokuntweza futhi bephumelela kakhulu kulokho ababekwenza, bobathathu babewuthanda ngempela umculo.
Laba bafana bakha iqembu (ebeliyi-Up) futhi bakhipha ama-albhamu amathathu ngaphambi kokuba baqale ngo-2003. Ngo-2001, uJerome Fontamillas wajoyina ibhendi kumakhibhodi, isiginci kanye namazwi asekelayo. UDrew Shirley waqala ukuvakasha nebhendi njengomdlali wesigingci ngo-2003. Ujoyine ngokusemthethweni iSwitchfoot ngo-2005.
Indaba yempumelelo ye-Switchfoot
I-Rockers Switchfoot yajabulela ukuthandwa okukhulu ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-The Beautiful Letdown (2003). Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1990, ibhendi yaqala ukwengeza "izakhi" zezinhlobo ezifana ne-synth rock, i-post-grunge kanye ne-power pop ekuqanjweni kwayo, okuholele empumelelweni yama-albhamu aziwa kakhulu njenge-Nothing Is Sound (2005) kanye ne-Hello Hurricane (2009).
I-albhamu yokugcina itholele iqembu i-Grammy Award ye-Best Christian Rock Album. Babezibiza “ngamaKrestu ngokukholwa, hhayi ngomculo”. Okungukuthi, abafana bangamakholwa, hhayi nje ukudala umculo wamaKristu.
Isayinwe kwelinye lamalebula obuKristu amakhulu kakhulu ezweni, i-Switchfoot yashesha ukuveza izinhlelo zayo namasu okufinyelela izethameli eziningi. Ama-albhamu abo amabili okuqala, iThe Legend of Chin neNew Way to Be Human, athengiswa kakhulu kubalaleli abangamaKristu, abavele balithanda iqembu.
I-Learning to Breathe kwakuyi-albhamu entsha yokuthola indondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Album esigabeni se-Gospel Rock. Kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-500. Ngakho, iqembu lazuza isikhundla esiphakeme.
Impumelelo Icwecwe Elihle Letdown
I-Switchfoot ikhiphe i-albhamu yabo edayisa kakhulu ethi Beautiful Letdown ngo-2003. Wafaka ishadi I-Billboard Top 200 Albums futhi yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-85. Ngengoma eyodwa ethi Meant to Live (egqugquzelwe inkondlo ka-Eliot ethi The Hollow Men), iqembu libekwe ku-#5 edwaleni lesimanje likaBillboard..
Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-Switchfoot yakhuluma ngohambo lwaseMelika lwezinyanga ezintathu. Ibhendi ilinganiselwa ku-150 imibukiso ngonyaka. Abaculi baphinde bavela njengezihambeli zomculo ezinhlelweni eziningi ze-TV ezifana ne-Last Call no-Carson Daly kanye ne-Late Late Show no-Craig Kilborn.
Ekupheleni kuka-2003, i-Letdown Enhle yasondela esimweni seplatinamu. Eyodwa ethi Meant to Live yachitha amaviki angu-14 ku-Billboard Top 40. NgoMashi 2004, i-Switchfoot yakhipha ingoma yabo yesibili ethi Dare You to Move. Ngemva kwalokho, waphinde wathatha uhambo lwezinyanga ezintathu lwekhonsathi.
UJohn Foreman etshela umagazini Itshe eligingqikayo ngo-2003 ukuthi, naphezu kodumo nokudayiswa kwama-albhamu, iqembu lizimisele ukufeza umgomo womculo wokudumisa uNkulunkulu ngendlela yawo nokuthuthuka emculweni ngokushesha nakakhulu.
Iqembu le-Southern California Christian rock i-Switchfoot lalingakaze licabange ukuthi umculo walo ungafinyelela amashumi ezinkulungwane zabalandeli emhlabeni wonke noma ukuthi lingabaholela ekubeni bavelele.
Seliphelele iqembu namuhla linama-albhamu angu-11, elokugcina elithi Ulimi Lwendabuko.
Qamba i-Switchfoot
I-Switchfoot yigama elithakazelisa kakhulu elinencazelo ejulile. UJohn wachaza ukuthi leli yigama le-surfer elichaza inqubo yokuguqula isikhundla sezinyawo ebhodini ukuze uthathe indawo ekhululekile, ujike ngakolunye uhlangothi.
Abaculi bakhethe leli gama ukukhombisa ifilosofi yeqembu. Iqembu labo lidala izingoma ezimayelana noshintsho nokunyakaza, mayelana nendlela ehlukile yokuphila nomculo.
Izici zeqembu
Iqembu le-Switchfoot, ngokungafani nabaqhudelana nabo, naphezu kwezinga lokuthandwa, lihlala lithembekile ezimisweni zalo. Iqembu lisiza ngenkuthalo ababaleki baseSudan eSan Diego ngokwezimali nangokuziphatha. Futhi ngokuzithandela ukuthatha isikhathi sokukhuluma nabo, abefundisi babo, ukubajabulisa, balethe okuthile okukhanyayo nokuhle kubo.
