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After gaining a foothold in the contemporary Christian music scene, Switchfoot went mainstream with 2003's The Beautiful Letdown, a double-platinum album that straddled the line between sacred and secular rock music. The band spent the rest of its career appealing to both camps. Years before Switchfoot's commercial breakthrough, though, the group struggled to make a dent in the San Diego area, where singer/guitarist Jonathan Foreman, bassist Tim Foreman, and drummer Chad Butler began playing together in 1996. The lineup logged several shows under its original name, Chin Up, before adopting the Switchfoot moniker and attracting the attention of Charlie Peacock, an influential label executive who sought to promote Christian music to mainstream pop markets. Although Peacock signed the band to his own label, Re:Think, Switchfoot was moved over to the roster of Sparrow Records following Sparrow's acquisition of the smaller label. Now signed to one of the largest Christian labels in the cou...