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  Tim Foreman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timothy Foreman (born August 15, 1978) is the bassist for the band Switchfoot.
His brother Jon Foreman is the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Switchfoot.
Tim Foreman has been playing bass since the 5th grade, and never took any lessons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tim_Foreman   (274 words)

  
 Switchfoot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, an all-time high for the band, while bassist Tim Foreman attracted headlines by speaking out against the copy-protection [1] used by the label and providing fans a detailed workaround on the band's message board, which was quickly deleted by Sony.
But Tim Foreman insists, "We're Christians by faith, not by genre," [7] indicating that they do not wish to be known as a Christian band.
Jon and Tim's dad is the pastor of North Coast Calvary Chapel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Switchfoot   (1299 words)

  
 CCM Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Foreman: There's a lot of bands now within the Christian community, mine included, who are really pulling for you guys and the opportunity you've been given.
Foreman: Punk rock means something different today than it did 15 years ago.
Foreman: The three-piece formula is kind of like a classic rock 'n' roll tradition, but you don't see a lot of it these days.
www.ccmcom.com /features/1103.aspx?page=2   (933 words)

  
 Foreman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordy Foreman – the drummer of Frenzal Rhomb
Tim Foreman – the bassist of Switchfoot, brother of Jon
Jack Foreman Mantle – a recipient of the Victoria Cross
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreman   (137 words)

  
 Learning 2 Breathe - Switchfoot's Bio
Shortly after a personal meeting with Tim, Jon and Chad, Charlie signed the band to his boutique label that is part of music giant, EMI Music.
Jon, Tim, and Chad have played music to crowds in Europe, Hawaii, Alaska, and all across the continent supporting their albums The Legend of Chin, New Way To Be Human, and Learning To Breathe.
This is how Tim, Jon, Chad, Jerome, and Drew approach their music and their lives - you'll hear in their music quick changes of style, while their lyrics reflect a life lived from a different perspective than many modern rock bands.
learning2breathe.homestead.com /sfbio.html   (559 words)

  
 SWITCHFOOT
That stance earned the Switchfoot vocalist/guitarist and his bandmates (brother/bassist Tim Foreman, keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas and drummer Chad Butler) an invitation to attend last December’s Nashville summit for DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade for Africa), the charity organization founded by U2’s main man Bono to promote AIDS awareness and debt relief for developing nations.
As for his involvement with DATA and its cause, Foreman says, “I talk about it quite a bit in interviews and from the stage, but I’m careful not to be annoying about it.
I (Tim) was already committed to taking a full 16 units at UCSD, so besides juggling classes and surf contests, I was flying out to Nashville every weekend for 3 months.
www.webspawner.com /users/switchfoot42   (1997 words)

  
 Ken Phillips Publicity Group - Switchfoot
Foreman's brother Tim, bass player for Switchfoot, said that from their second album on, they have been learning great responsibility with their music.
It is apparent that Jon and Tim Foreman, Chad Butler, drums, and Jerome Fontamillas, keyboards, care about their audience.
Tim said some of the most powerful stories he has heard are suicide related.
www.kenphillipsgroup.com /Phillips/sfntdaily.htm   (886 words)

  
 Oregon Music Guide - Volume I, Number 2 - Switchfoot
In all likelihood, most bands are excited to tour Pacific paradises but for Tim, his singer/guitarist brother Jon and drummer Chad Butler the trek down under provides the award winning surfers a chance to enjoy themselves somewhere other than just the stage.
The Foreman brothers and Butler originally bonded on the beaches of their hometown of San Diego and developed a unity as the trio competed in national championships.
Tim seems uncomfortable with the departmentalizing his music based on his faith and points out, as a lot of crossover acts do, that Christian music is the only genre separated by lyrical content rather than sound.
www.omguide.com /switchfoot_091803.html   (1187 words)

  
 Switchfoot - Interviews & Other
Jon Foreman, frontman and guitarist for the group, was awarded the "Les Paul Horizon Award" at the annual Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards in Los Angeles in 2001.
When Tim, Chad, Jerome and I joined forces I finally felt like we were saying something new as a live band, something that needed to be said.
Tim might wish that he were Paul McCartney but Chad would probably lean toward Stevie Wonder.
www.ourchurch.com /view?pageID=238506   (2727 words)

  
 03-5096 -- U.S. v. Foreman -- 01/21/2004
A grand jury indicted Defendant Tim Foreman for crimes arising out of a scheme to rob the Arvest Bank in Kansas, Oklahoma, and his subsequent attempts to influence witnesses and obstruct justice.
Considering the entirety of the record on appeal in light of these standards, we conclude the evidence was sufficient to sustain Defendant's convictions on the robbery, carjacking, use of a firearm, and conspiracy counts.
Co-defendant Jeremy Foreman, Defendant's son, pled guilty to accessory after the fact to armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113 (a), (d) and 3.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2004/01/03-5096.htm   (1492 words)

  
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Foreman describes the group’s unorthodox approach to recording as a blend of professional with “bro-fessional, combining the skillfully engineered sounds you get from a proper studio with the more raw noise that you get from my garage,” he says.
Along the same theme is the opening track “Lonely Nation,” which Foreman wrote in 2004 when Switchfoot performed a long stretch of rock radio shows.
Another example is “The Shadow Proves the Sunshine,” which was inspired by a fact-finding trip Switchfoot took to South Africa in January 2005 to see for themselves the impact that poverty and disease has had on the region.
members.lycos.co.uk /dared2move/photoalbum.html   (1954 words)

  
 Switchfoot
Tim Foreman -- bass, vocals In addition to penning "Incomplete" with his brother, 19-year-old Tim -- like Chad Butler -- writes his own parts for Switchfoot's songs.
Tim's passion for rock climbing, baseball, surfing and fishing make him arguably the group's most athletic member.
But a couple of years ago my brother (Tim), my friend (Chad), and I (Jon) had the incredible chance to record a CD that would be heard by people that we've never met.
www.angelfire.com /fl2/christrock/switchfoot.html   (1586 words)

  
 OT: Question about Tim Foreman from Switchfoot. (EBMM staff should know) - Page 2 - Ernie Ball Forums
Tim is a great guy and I am sure with all of our 2 pickup bass options he will be excited with what we have come up with.
Tim Replied back and said nothing is different in the electronics.
Tim has been super cool in giving up valuable and personal info, many guys are too far up themselves to part with their knowledge!
www.ernieball.com /forums/showthread.php?p=97302   (575 words)

  
 Arkansas Oklahoma State Fair
Jon Foreman and Switchfoot, however, yearn for something more than what pop-culture is selling.
On the Columbia/RED Ink debut The Beautiful Letdown, Foreman opens up with self-revelatory songs about hope, love, faith and the desire to be more than what he's been sold.
Foreman credits the album's raw, live edge to the band's DIY attitude.
www.kayrodgerspark.com /fair_switchfoot.html   (1308 words)

  
 CCM Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Both Switchfoot and MxPx got their starts when their members were still in high school; both bands hail from the West Coast where MxPx practiced skateboarding and Switchfoot excelled at surfing; both bands boast a traditional three-piece formula-guitar, bass and drums; and both bands seek to have an impact on culture through their music.
Foreman, a bass player, conducted a phone interview with Herrera (vocals, bass, primary songwriter) in late June.
Tim Foreman: I've been a big fan of your music since '95, and it's been cool to watch you guys develop in a way that I would call a very steady and natural progression.
www.ccmcom.com /features/1103.aspx   (335 words)

  
 VN Boards - What's with Foreman's and TIM?
TIM is level 100, and basically permacamped most nights for his crit scope.
Since there are no level caps on Foremans, those two bossmobs tend to be permacamped by high level players farming stuff for alts, or org mates.
TIM is another one of the spots that bad behavior takes over.
vnboards.ign.com /Message.aspx?topic=65336561   (681 words)

  
 Newstimes180.com Switchfoot mixes it up while on the road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The songs “Circles,” “Stars” and “Happy Is A Yuppie Word” may appear on the next Switchfoot album, bassist Tim Foreman said in an Oct. 11 interview from Seattle.
Foreman and his brother, who is now the singer-guitarist for Switchfoot, initially played in a Led Zeppelin cover band.
Foreman, who is married and lives in San Diego, said the band has well over 40 songs written for its next album, tentatively due out next summer.
www.newstimes180.com /story.php?id=847&category=SOUNDS   (1100 words)

  
 Music & Entertainment News: Switchfoot Switches into High Gear
Switchfoot bassist Tim Foreman talks to Music Matters’ Mary Smedes Pike about touring, fame, and where the San Diego band found inspiration for their new album entitled, Nothing Is Sound.
Foreman explains that this album, Switchfoot’s fifth, is a very honest collection of songs.
Foreman says fame does not mean the band is any happier now then when they were “just five kids from San Diego surfing and playing music.” He says the band has come to a healthy realization when it comes to hype, “good or bad, don’t believe it.”
www.bigbaer.com /music-industry/archives/2005/10/switchfoot_swit.html   (379 words)

  
 Ken Phillips Publicity Group - Switchfoot
To many, Tim Foreman is the bassist in the Grammy-nominated band Switchfoot, but to his peers growing up, he was a regular at many of the surfing competitions around his hometown of San Diego, Calif.
Foreman: “The title of the album actually comes from the concept of, I guess, really wanting to write an honest record, and to do that, we felt that you have to speak about the painful aspects of the world around us.
Foreman: “I think [during] the first half of our band’s career, I would definitely have said recording, and I think within the last several albums, we’ve started to really enjoy the live element and realize that neither element can really live without the other.
kenphillipsgroup.com /Phillips/sfod.htm   (848 words)

  
 DVDivas.net
The script was written by Carl Foreman, who was fllisted under the influential wave of McCarthyism as a result of the Red Scare sweeping the nation after World War II.
Whether or not screenwriter Foreman was intentionally trying to reveal something about our society at this period in time is uncertain; sometimes the best statements about the workings of humanity are best left unintentional and unforeseen.
Their discussion is composed mainly of recollections from their childhood as well as information about their parents in regard to "High Noon," bouncing off of such topics as the look of the film, its history, the controversy that surrounded it in its theatrical release, and how they each look at the movie.
www.dvdivas.net /movies/reviews/h/highnoon-collectors.html   (1176 words)

  
 Baylor University || The Lariat Online || News
Surfing, for Tim Foreman, is like all great things in life -- he's got to make time for it.
Foreman doesn't get in a lot of surfing these days, at least not as much as he once did.
As the bassist and one of the founding members of the Christian rock band Switchfoot, his time now is spent on the road, playing sets at clubs and colleges across the nation.
www.baylor.edu /Lariat/news.php?action=story&story=18410   (636 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Best foot forward
Which totally explains why the Switchfoot guys preferred to take their pre-show "chill time" up in the dressing room, where they were able to tinker with their collection of Mac laptops and peacefully decide which Atticus T-shirt to wear on camera.
San Dieguito High alums Tim and Jon Foreman have been surfing and playing music together since they were tykes.
The friendly elder Foremans made their way around the room, saying hello to everyone in the band.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20040427-9999-lz1c27band.html   (1373 words)

  
 Switchfoot
The group is made up of singer/songwriter Jon Foreman, his younger brother (and co-writer) Tim Foreman on bass, drummer Chad Butler and multi-instrumentalist Jerome Fontamillas.
Jon Foreman: “A Switchfoot show usually has a lot of energy coming from the crowd and coming back [from us.] To keep that going it has to be spontaneous.
Jon Foreman: “Socratic dialogue is where the listener is actually the one who is being forced to think and ask themselves the question.
www.popentertainment.com /switchfoot.htm   (932 words)

  
 MrsJF's Xanga Site
Tim Foreman: [indicating JF] I met this guy right here when I was zero years old.
Tim: He was in another band we used to tour with.
Tim: I think if you're going to be on the road 355 days out of the year and just really pouring your heart into the music, it's got to be songs that you're passionate about.
www.xanga.com /MrsJF   (1888 words)

  
 ARTICLE: A homecoming for Switchfoot (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Tim Foreman recalled competing as a child in the East Coast Surfing Championships held annually at the Oceanfront.
When you step off the stage and 3,000 people were just singing along to every word and then you change a dirty diaper, I think it’s very healthy.” Tim Foreman said the band tours “constantly,” and he considers Switchfoot very fortunate to have the luxury of taking families with them on the road.
Tim Foreman said he still loves to surf, and he kills time on the road by reading books on physics in hopes of studying the field in college one day.
home.hamptonroads.com /stories/story.cfm?story=94648&ran=205399   (901 words)

  
 Switchfoot's 'Nothing Is Sound' - CBS News
Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas and Drew Shirley visit The Saturday Early Show to perform "Meant To Live," "Shadow Proves The Sunshine," and, of course, "Stars." Don't miss the Second Cup Café.
It was formed in 1997 by brothers Jon and Tim Foreman and their longtime friend Chad Butler.
When the band isn't performing, it is busy working on projects for their charity, "lowercase people," which has the group traveling all over the world.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/09/30/earlyshow/saturday/secondcup/main894655.shtml   (273 words)

  
 Air 1, The Positive Alternative - God is in the house   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
According to Foreman, the honesty lies in the contrast between the "beautiful and terrible aspects of life," as presented in the songs on the band's latest album, The Beautiful Letdown.
Spoken like an artist, Tim Foreman's words are not simply for show.
After each performance, Tim and Jon Foreman, along with band mates Chad Butler (drums) and Jerome Fontamillas (guitars), spend time talking with fans and meeting new people.
www.air1.com /featured/switchfoot.asp   (481 words)

  
 Switchfoot Interview
It was the first day of the tour and we were only about a half an hour into the freeway.
Tim: I gave an hour-long presentation in my senior economics class, and as I was walking to my seat after I finished, I realized that my fly was completely down.
Tim: The story about my name is interesting, actually.
www.angelfire.com /ca4/switchfoot/inter.html   (483 words)

  
 OT: Question about Tim Foreman from Switchfoot. (EBMM staff should know) - Ernie Ball Forums
Tim has been a Sterling player for years as we started working together 4 years ago when they were relatively unknown.
Tims tone was one of the first reasons I checked out EBMM basses.
With Tim Forman he was already playing the Sterling since we found out about them.
www.ernieball.com /forums/showthread.php?p=96430   (914 words)

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