Gulu la Switchfoot ndi gulu lodziwika bwino lanyimbo lomwe limapanga nyimbo zamtundu wina wa rock. Inakhazikitsidwa mu 1996.
Gululo linatchuka chifukwa chopanga phokoso lapadera, lomwe linkatchedwa Switchfoot sound. Uku ndi kumveka kokulirapo kapena kusokoneza kwa gitala. Zimakongoletsedwa ndi kukongola kwamagetsi kwamagetsi kapena kuwala kwa ballad. Gululi ladzikhazikitsa yokha mu nyimbo zachikhristu zamakono.
Mapangidwe a gululo ndi mbiri ya mapangidwe a gulu la Switchfoot
Gululi pakadali pano lili ndi mamembala asanu: John Foreman (oyimba gitala), Tim Foreman (gitala la bass, oimba kumbuyo), Chad Butler (ng'oma), Jer Fontamillas (makibodi, oyimba kumbuyo), komanso Drew Shirley (woyimba gitala).
Gulu lina la rock linapangidwa ndi abale John ndi Tim Foreman ndi surfer buddy Chad Butler. Ngakhale kuti nthawi zambiri ankapikisana nawo m’mipikisano yapadziko lonse yochita maseŵera osambira ndipo ankachita bwino kwambiri, onse atatu ankakonda kwambiri nyimbo.
Anyamatawo adapanga gulu (lomwe kale linali Up) ndipo adatulutsa ma Album atatu asanayambe kuwonekera mu 2003. Mu 2001, Jerome Fontamillas adalowa nawo gulu pa kiyibodi, gitala komanso nyimbo zoyimba. Drew Shirley adayamba kuyendera limodzi ndi gululi ngati woyimba gitala mu 2003. Analowa nawo ku Switchfoot mu 2005.
Nkhani yopambana ya Switchfoot
Rockers Switchfoot adatchuka kwambiri atatulutsidwa The Beautiful Letdown (2003). Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, gululi lidayamba kuwonjezera "zinthu" zamitundu monga synth rock, post-grunge ndi power pop pazolemba zawo, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ma Albamu odziwika bwino monga Nothing Is Sound (2005) ndi Hello. Mphepo yamkuntho (2009).
Chimbale chomaliza chinapatsa gululi Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best Christian Rock Album. Iwo ankadzitcha “Akhristu mwa chikhulupiriro, osati mwa nyimbo”. Ndiko kuti, anyamata ndi okhulupirira, osati kulenga nyimbo Akhristu.
Atasaina ku imodzi mwazolemba zazikulu kwambiri zachikhristu mdzikolo, Switchfoot sanachedwe kuwulula mapulani awo ndi njira zawo zofikira anthu ambiri. Nyimbo zawo ziwiri zoyambirira, The Legend of Chin ndi New Way to Be Human, zidagulitsidwa makamaka kwa omvera achikhristu, omwe nthawi yomweyo adayamba kukondana ndi gululo.
Learning to Breathe inali chimbale chatsopano cholandira kusankhidwa kwa Grammy kwa Best Album mu Gulu la Gospel Rock. Makope oposa 500 zikwi anagulitsidwa. Motero, gululo linapeza udindo wapamwamba.
Chimbale Chokongola Chokongola Letdown
Switchfoot adatulutsa chimbale chawo chogulitsidwa kwambiri chotchedwa Beautiful Letdown mu 2003. Adalowa mu chart Ma Albums Opambana 200 a Billboard ndipo adafika pachimake 85. Ndi single Meant to Live (youziridwa ndi ndakatulo ya Eliot The Hollow Men), gululi lidasankhidwa #5 mu rock yamakono ndi Billboard..
Chaka chomwecho, Switchfoot adatsogolera ulendo wa miyezi itatu waku America. Gululi likuwonetsa pafupifupi 150 pachaka. Oimbawo adawonekeranso ngati alendo oimba pamapulogalamu angapo a TV monga Last Call ndi Carson Daly ndi The Late Late Show ndi Craig Kilborn.
Pofika kumapeto kwa 2003, Beautiful Letdown adayandikira platinamu. The Meant to Live adakhala milungu 14 mu Billboard Top 40. Mu Marichi 2004, Switchfoot adatulutsa nyimbo yawo yachiwiri Dare You to Move. Pambuyo pake, anapitanso paulendo wa miyezi itatu.
John Foreman anauza magaziniyo Stone Rolling mu 2003 kuti, mosasamala kanthu za kutchuka ndi malonda a album, gululi latsimikiza mtima kukwaniritsa cholinga cha nyimbo cholemekeza Mulungu mwa njira yawoyawo ndi kupita patsogolo pa nyimbo mofulumira kwambiri.
Southern California Christian rock band Switchfoot sanaganizepo kuti nyimbo zawo zingafikire masauzande masauzande ambiri padziko lonse lapansi kapena kuti zingawatsogolere kukhala otchuka.
Pazonse, gululi lero lili ndi ma Albums 11, omaliza ndi Chinenero Chachibadwidwe.
Dzina Switchfoot
Switchfoot ndi dzina losangalatsa kwambiri lomwe lili ndi tanthauzo lakuya. John anafotokoza kuti iyi ndi mawu a surfer omwe amafotokoza njira yosinthira malo a mapazi pa bolodi kuti atenge malo abwino kwambiri, atembenuke kumbali ina.
Oimbawo anasankha dzinali kuti asonyeze nzeru za gululo. Gulu lawo limapanga nyimbo za kusintha ndi kuyenda, za njira yosiyana ya moyo ndi nyimbo.
Zochita zamagulu
Gulu la Switchfoot, mosiyana ndi omwe akupikisana nawo, ngakhale kuti ali ndi mbiri yodziwika bwino, amakhalabe owona ku mfundo zake. Gululi likuthandiza mwachangu othawa kwawo aku Sudan ku San Diego pazachuma komanso mwamakhalidwe. Komanso modzifunira kutenga nthawi yolankhula nawo, abusa awo, kuwalimbikitsa, kubweretsa chinachake chowala ndi chabwino kwa iwo.
