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Switchfoot Is A Grammy-Winning Alternative Rock Band From San Diego California United States. The Band Was Formed In 1996 With The Brothers Jon Foreman Lead Singer/guitarist And Tim Foreman Bass . Long-Time Friend Chad Butler Drums Joined Soon After. Eventually The Band Evolved To What It Is Today With The Addition Of Members Jerome Fontamillas Key/guitar/electronics - Formerly Of Mortal And Fold Zandura And Drew Shirley Guitar - Formerly Of All Together Separate . Although The Band Started Out Playing At Christian Music Festivals They Shun The Label Of "Christian Rock " With Singer And Guitarist Jon Foreman Saying "For Us It's A Faith Not A Genre. We've Always Been Very Open And Honest About Where The Songs Are Coming From. For Us These Songs Are For Everyone. Calling Us `Christian Rock' Tends To Be A Box That Closes Some People Out And Excludes Them. And That's Not What We're Trying To Do. Music Has Always Opened My Mind -- And That's What We Want." They Started Out On Charlie Peacock's Label "re Think" And Spent Several Years Appearing At Christian Festivals And Enjoying Christian Radio Hits. Most Of Their Early Tours Were With Christian Bands And Both Of The Band's New Members Were Borrowed From Christian Bands. Switchfoot Did Not See Success Outside Of The Christian Rock Scene Until They Were Featured Alongside Singer Mandy Moore On The A Walk To Remember Soundtrack. The Band's First True Commercial Success Came In 2003 With The Release Of Their Fourth Major Label And First Mainstream Label Offering The Beautiful Letdown. The Album Went On To Sell More Than 2 Million Albums And Switchfoot Became The Most Popular Rock Band To Be Associated With Christian Music. They Were Featured On The British Edition Of The Spiderman II Soundtrack Along With The Likes Of Taking Back Sunday And Dashboard Confessional To Name A Few In 2004 With The Song 'Meant To Live'. In 2005 Switchfoot Released "Nothing Is Sound". The Album Went Gold Within 3 Months And Received Much Critical Acclaim. Switchfoot's Highly Anticipated Album Titled "Oh! Gravity." Was Released On December 26th 2006. On November 10th 2009 Switchfoot Released Their First Album Produced Under Their Own Label Lowercase People. "Mess Of Me" A Single From The Album Released Months Before The CD Has Enjoy Chart-Topping Radio Plays Since Its Release. In 2010 Switchfoot Released Their Album "Hello Hurricane". On September 27th 2011 To Much Anticipation And Excitement Switchfoot Released Their Newest Album "Vice Verses". Sites Www.Switchfoot.Com
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Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Needle and Haystack Life
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Lead Singer Jon Foreman Explained This Song To NewReleaseTuesday Source Needle And Haystack Life Songfacts "All Of The Concepts Behind The Song - Hope Against The Backdrop Of Chaos And Meaninglessness Recognizing The Value Of Every Human Life -These Felt So Existentially Motivating. "Needle" Felt Like A Song That I Wanted To Sing Every Night. And I Felt Like It Could Be Done With An Element Of The Horizon Built Into The Song. So Onstage In Vegas We Worked Up The Song In Sound-Check Recorded The Idea Into A Cell Phone And Came Back With A Fresh Direction For The Tune.
Drew Came Up With An Ingenious Idea For A Unique Guitar Tone. We Played The Electric Guitar Through An Amp Miked The Amp With An Acoustic Guitar In Open Tuning Of The Key Of The Song Plugged The Acoustic Guitar Into Another Amp And Recorded The Signal From That Second Amp. The Result Was So Expansive And Dramatic I Felt Like It Should Start The Record. So That's What You Hear At The Top A Sweet Amalgamation Of Electric And Acoustic Madness."
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Switchfoot Is A Grammy-Winning Alternative Rock Band From San Diego California United States. The Band Was Formed In 1996 With The Brothers Jon Foreman Lead Singer/guitarist And Tim Foreman Bass . Long-Time Friend Chad Butler Drums Joined Soon After. Eventually The Band Evolved To What It Is Today With The Addition Of Members Jerome Fontamillas Key/guitar/electronics - Formerly Of Mortal And Fold Zandura And Drew Shirley Guitar - Formerly Of All Together Separate . Although The Band Started Out Playing At Christian Music Festivals They Shun The Label Of "Christian Rock " With Singer And Guitarist Jon Foreman Saying "For Us It's A Faith Not A Genre. We've Always Been Very Open And Honest About Where The Songs Are Coming From. For Us These Songs Are For Everyone. Calling Us `Christian Rock' Tends To Be A Box That Closes Some People Out And Excludes Them. And That's Not What We're Trying To Do. Music Has Always Opened My Mind -- And That's What We Want." They Started Out On Charlie Peacock's Label "re Think" And Spent Several Years Appearing At Christian Festivals And Enjoying Christian Radio Hits. Most Of Their Early Tours Were With Christian Bands And Both Of The Band's New Members Were Borrowed From Christian Bands. Switchfoot Did Not See Success Outside Of The Christian Rock Scene Until They Were Featured Alongside Singer Mandy Moore On The A Walk To Remember Soundtrack. The Band's First True Commercial Success Came In 2003 With The Release Of Their Fourth Major Label And First Mainstream Label Offering The Beautiful Letdown. The Album Went On To Sell More Than 2 Million Albums And Switchfoot Became The Most Popular Rock Band To Be Associated With Christian Music. They Were Featured On The British Edition Of The Spiderman II Soundtrack Along With The Likes Of Taking Back Sunday And Dashboard Confessional To Name A Few In 2004 With The Song 'Meant To Live'. In 2005 Switchfoot Released "Nothing Is Sound". The Album Went Gold Within 3 Months And Received Much Critical Acclaim. Switchfoot's Highly Anticipated Album Titled "Oh! Gravity." Was Released On December 26th 2006. On November 10th 2009 Switchfoot Released Their First Album Produced Under Their Own Label Lowercase People. "Mess Of Me" A Single From The Album Released Months Before The CD Has Enjoy Chart-Topping Radio Plays Since Its Release. In 2010 Switchfoot Released Their Album "Hello Hurricane". On September 27th 2011 To Much Anticipation And Excitement Switchfoot Released Their Newest Album "Vice Verses". Sites Www.Switchfoot.Com
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Lead singer Jon Foreman explained this song to NewReleaseTuesday (Source Needle and Haystack Life Songfacts): "All of the concepts behind the song - hope against the backdrop of chaos and meaninglessness, recognizing the value of every human life -these felt so existentially motivating. "Needle" felt like a song that I wanted to sing every night. And I felt like it could be done with an element of the horizon built into the song. So, onstage in Vegas we worked up the song in sound-check, recorded the idea into a cell phone, and came back with a fresh direction for the tune.
Drew came up with an ingenious idea for a unique guitar tone. We played the electric guitar through an amp, miked the amp with an acoustic guitar (in open tuning of the key of the song), plugged the acoustic guitar into another amp and recorded the signal from that second amp. The result was so expansive and dramatic I felt like it should start the record. So that's what you hear at the top: a sweet amalgamation of electric and acoustic madness." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.