Jonathan Mark Foreman (born October 22, 1976) is the lead singer, guitarist, and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and bassist Tim Foreman (Jonathan's brother). He writes or co-writes all Switchfoot songs, and is the lead vocalist for the band.
Foreman was born in San Bernardino County, California, but his family moved to Massachusetts and Virginia Beach during his childhood. There he became fast friends with Todd Cooper, who encouraged him to learn guitar.[1] Cooper was later a guitar tech for Switchfoot, although he left in 2005 to pursue his own musical career. After several years, Foreman and his family moved back to Southern California, this time settling in San Diego. Foreman attended UC San Diego and later dropped out to follow his singing career
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Jonathan Mark Foreman (born October 22, 1976) also known as Jonathan Foreman is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the alternative rock band Switchfoot; one part of the alt. folk duo Fiction Family with Sean Watkins from Nickel Creek; and a folk-singer-songwriter solo artist.
Jon Foreman has released four conceptual EPs as a solo artist: "Fall" & "Winter" (2007) "Spring" & "Summer" (2008). He later compiled several songs from each EP into the LP "Limbs and Branches" (2008), which included two new songs.
In 2001 he was awarded the "Les Paul Horizon Award" for the most promising up-and-coming guitarist at the annual Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards in Los Angeles. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.