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FUN FACTS


A list of random fun facts about the guys in Switchfoot!

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+ Drew's lucky number is 8.

+ Rob Machado's was Jon's highschool assistant soccer coach.

+ Jon and Tim's dad used to read The Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings books to them at bedtime.

+ Jon will sometimes write a song every day for a period of time.

+ In the past 6 years, SF figures they've played over 1000 shows.

+ Jon's ASCAP publishing name is "Publishing Shmublishing."

+ Jerome used to be a lunch supervisor at Keith Tutt's elementary school.

+ Tim can complete all sides of a Rubik's cube.

+ Both of Jon and Tim's grandfathers served the America country in a war.

+ Tony Hale is a big fan of Switchfoot.

+ Jon rides his grandmother's old bike.

+ Romey had only surfed twice before joining Switchfoot.

+ Jon and Tim's dad sometimes travels with the guys while they are on tour as a mentor.

+ Tim's favorite soccer team is Manchester United

+ Drew played tennis in highschool.

+ Jerome and Chad once snunk into a Sting concert, where Chad sat next to Oprah. Romey says he simply showed the security guards his Switchfoot All Access pass and they didn't notice that it wasn't for that show, so they let him in for in free.

+ When Romey went to one of his class reunions, everyone was asking for pictures and autographs from him, but his classmates were all confused as they didn't even remember him.

+ Jerome collects vinyl albums.

+ Chad says his favorite food is pizza.

+ Drew has a younger brother who has down syndrome.

+ Jerome turned down joing Switchfoot the first time Jon asked.

+ Chad's favorite cereal is Captain Crunch.

+ If Chad wasn't in the band, he says he'd probably be teaching surfing.

+ Fall is Jon's favorite season

+ Romey is not too crazy about fish tacos.

+ Chad got his first drumset when he was 13.

+ As a kid, Jon wanted to move to New Zealand or Australia.

+ Chad still takes drumming lessons from a guy named Aaron Redfield.
+ Jon says he plays Tetris alot on planes.

+ Switchfoot likes to play Guitar Hero 2 and Tony Hawk Skating games

+ Drew loves sugarcane jucie

+ Jon likes reading books and poetry to draw inspiration for his music.

+ Jon likes White Rabbit Candy

+ Jon visited New Zealand in highschool and says he was convinced that he was going to go to college there.

+ Jon worked at a consession stand at a hanggliding port when he was in highschool.

+ Chad's parents took him to see Mother Theresa when he was a kid.

+ Tim says that Australia is his favorite place in the world and that he would move there in a heartbeat if he could take all his family and friends with him.

+ Switchfoot has talked about recording a record in Australia someday.

+ Jon's dad taught him how to play Stairway to Heaven on the guitar.

+ Growing up, Jon and Tim led worship for the junior high group at their Dad's church.

+ Jon was in an exchange student program when he was in high school. He went to New Zealand.

+ Jerome's sister is a nurse

+ Jon can jump over a car.

+ Tim and Jon are banned from playing Rock, Paper, Slap (a variation of Rock, Paper, Scissors) with each other.

+ When Tim was senior, he had to give a presentation in front of the whole school. His presentation was an hour long and after he finished, he realized that his fly had been down throughout the entiree presentation.

+ Chad says he joined Switchfoot because he was a fan of Jon's writing.

+ Jerome's brother, Johann Fontamillas, was in a band called N*Soul

+ Drew once had a job selling horse feed.

+ Jon's favorite highschool job was tutoring kids. His least favorite job was stripping furniture.

+ Tim's favorite highschool job was when he worked at a coffee shop where there were no customers. They had a pool table and Tim got paid $6 an hour for playing pool with his friends. His least favorite job was stripping furniture.

+ Chad met his wife while he was teaching surfing classes at UCSD.

+ If Drew could change something about his physical appearence, he would change his teeth.

+ If Jon could invite any four people to a dinner party, he would invite his dad, Adam, because he was the first man - and thus would probably have a good take on things, David, because he'd be fun to talk to about songwriting, and Plato, because he had an amazing grasp on the truth for having never been influenced by Judeo-Christian thought.

+ If Tim could invite any four people to a dinner party, he would invite King David, King Solomon, C.S. Lewis and Abraham Lincoln.

+ Chad says his best non-musical talent is sleeping.

+ Jon used to have to wear head gear in junior high

+ Tim says his best non-musical talent is surfing

+ Chad's favorite highschool job was when he worked at a surfboard shop. His least favorite job was washing semi trucks on the side of the freeway.

+ Jon says his best non-musical talent is writing

+ Tim says the thing about him that drives people crazy is being too organized.

+ Chad says the thing about him that drives people crazy is sleeping when driving.

+ Jon says the thing about him that drives people crazy is being to picky and being sarcastic.

+ Tim says the person in the Bible he most identifies with is David

+ Chad says the person in the Bible he most identifies with is Paul

+ Jon says the person in the Bible he most identifies with is David

+ If Chad could invite any four people to a dinner party, he would invite Keith Green, C.S. Lewis, The Apostle Paul and King Solomon.

+ Jon sometimes calls Tim, 'Timo'.

+ Tim says that he had a crush on a smurfette when he was little.

+ Chad says the cartoon character he most resembles is Elmer Fudd.

+ Jerome can play guitar, drums, keys, bass, piano, the tambourine, and the accordion.
+ Drew's mom was a highschool choir teacher.

+ 'Yesterdays' was written in Portland.

+ Jon used to be nicknamed 'Diesel' but he didn't like the nickname.

+ Tim's favorite indulgence is licorice (black and red).

+ Chad had a crush on Princess Leia (Star Wars) when he was younger.

+ Jerome says he can't live without Mountain Dew.

+ Drew is half Puerto Rican, half Canadian.

+ Jon says the cartoon character he most resembles is Goofy.

+ Tim can break dance.

+ The voices of Chad's kids appear on the song 'More Then Fine'.

+ Jerome loves coffee and says he can't live without Starbucks.

+ Drew doesn't like cabbage. It "doesn't taste good in his mouth".

+ Jon says there is no reason to go to sleep before you are married.

+ Before Jerome joined the band, Tim would occasionally play the keys at concerts.

+ Chad's favorite fast food place is Rubio's Fish Tacos.

+ Jerome is the producer of the following indepedent acts: "The Echoing Green", "Sonia V" and "I Predict A Clone" - Starflyer 59".

+ The guys say that Drew is the best musician in the band.

+ For "New Way To Be Human", the guys studied Saint Augustine, theologian Francis Schaeffer, Danish Philosper Soren Kierkagarrd and noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann.

+ Jon likes eating at Philly Bertos.

+ Tim says one of his nick names was Bones.

+ Chad would rather be hit by lightening then bitten by a shark.

+ Jerome joined Switchfoot right before Learning To Breathe was released.

+ Drew was baptized in Puerto Rico.

+ Jon once threw his guitar against Chad's drumset and broke the guitar in half.

+ Tim says the cartoon character he most resembles is Micky Mouse.

+ Chad's favorite breakfast ceral is Weetabix.

+ Jerome loves wearing his backpack.

+ The guys say Drew can rub shoulders with anyone.

+ Jon says 'glom' is a good verb.

+ Chad's favorite Holiday is Thanksgiving.

+ Jerome always has a joke or a funny thing to say.

+ The guys say that Drew is the funniest guy in the band.

+ Switchfoot came in 3rd at the 2006 Switchfoot Bro-Am Surf Contest.

+ Jon has contributed to the books "The Art of Being", "New Way To Be Human", and "Be The Change".

+ Tim is the shortest member if the band. He is 5'6 tall.

+ Chad's favorite pet was his turtle, named Speedo, which his mom didn't want him to keep. She gave it to the neighbors and they later found out that the neighbors made it into turtle soup.

+ Jerome loves hanging out.

+ Lionel Richie told Drew that Drew stole his jacket.

+ Jon's wife's sister is Sarah Masen (a former christian music artist). She is married to David Dark who writes for lowercase people.

+ Tim has gotten carpal tunnel from playing the bass so much.

+ Chad's childhood dream job was to be a doctor.

+ Jerome considers the Apostle Paul a leader in his life, because he fought through so much and is someone to learn many lessons through.

+ At one time, Switchfoot had Green Day's old road manager and Green Day had Switchfoot's old road manager.

+ Jon says his sarcasm drives people crazy.

+ Tim's favorite pet was a duckling named Spud.

+ Chad is the best driver in the band, even though he sometimes falls asleep at the wheel.

+ If you ask the guys how they met Jerome, they will always give you a different story. Sometimes they claim they met him on the side of the road selling lemonade (or crack) and sometimes they say they met him at a sewer treatment facility.

+ Drew started playing the guitar during his senior year of high school.

+ Jon broke his wrist skateboarding on his 24th birthday, trying to impress a girl. Jon says he would of done anything just to get her attention. That girl later became his wife, Emily.

+ Tim and his wife are highschool sweethearts.

+ Chad got married during the recording of New Way To Be Human.

+ Jerome says he is very passionate about being a good husband.

+ Drew and his wife got married in Canada.

+ Switchfoot typically charges venues between $35,000 to $40,000 USD per gig. This is very cheap when compared to other bands of the same popularity (who charge 4 or 5 times that amount), and allows the venues to sell tickets at lower prices.

+ Jon's favorite pet was a rabbit named Cottontail

+ Tim's wife hates facial hair so he has to keep up with shaving.

+ Chad beats on the guys backs before a show to warm up his hands.

+ Jerome grew up in a 7th Day Adventist Church.

+ Drew drives an 84 Voltswagon Vanagan that all the guys consider very "ghetto".

+ When a reporter asked who would leave SF if Bono called and had an opening for one member to join U2, everyone but Tim laughingly said they would leave.

+ Jon used to have a poster of Tom Curren on his wall. Tom Curren is now good friends with Switchfoot, and is on the Switchfoot Bro-Am Surf Team.

+ Tim's favorite fast food place is In-N-Out Burger.

+ Chad says his dad is a leader in his life because hHe is not afraid to ask big questions.

+ Jerome used to have a poster of The Synchronicity on his wall.

+ If Drew was traveling around the world with only 2 people as his companions, he'd want Santa Claus and Dr. Suess.

+ At the 2nd Bro-Am auction, a Taylor guitar signed by Switchfoot sold for $4,300 dollars.

+ Jon and Tim Foreman were also in a punk-rock band called "ETC" before forming Switchfoot. At one time, Jon planned a re-release of the Etc album, but changed his mind after reviewing the quality of the tracks.

+ Tim has never taken bass lessons. He has been playing the bass since he was five years old.

+ Jerome loves to read.

+ Drew grew up in a Baptist church.

+ The Legend of Chin was released a few days after Tim graduated from Highschool.

+ Jon wishes more people called him Jonathan.

+ Tim was called Amish Boy when he was little because he used to take his lunch to school in a wicker basket.

+ Chad says U2's album 'The Joshua Tree' got him through jr. high and high school.

+ Jerome can milk cows.

+ If Drew could change one thing about the way he looked, he'd change his teeth.

+ Jon, Tim and Chad grew up in a nondenominational church.

+ Jon has nicknamed one of his guitars "The Beast".

+ Tim learned to surf in Virginia Beach.

+ Chad says that he has learned more from being a father then anything else he has experienced in his life.

+ Jerome performed at the very first Cornerstone festival.

+ Drew loves the beach and the outdoors.

+ Charlie Peacock, who is responsible for Switchfoot getting signed, said that their demo was the worst demo he had ever heard.

+ Jon says his best non musical talent is writing philosphy papers.

+ Tim enjoys physics.

+ Chad would love to write a book about people's travels.

+ Romey grew up in Pasay City, Philippines.

+ Switchfoot has a reputation for being the nicest guys in the music industry.

+ Jon claims he has a birthmark on his chest that looks like a dove.

+ The guys consider Tim the in control foundation of Switchfoot.

+ Chad likes to read the National Geographic.

+ One of Romey's former bands recorded an album called Jawbone of a Ass.

+ Drew likes vintage cars.

+ Switchfoot has visited all 7 continents.

+ Jon would rather sleep next a non-poisonous snake then a dead body.

+ Tim was captain of the surf team in highschool.

+ When Chad was a kid, he went to Mexico to work with orphanges.

+ Jerome likes to go to local coffee shops when on tour to soak up the local flavor.

+ Drew likes thrift stores.

+ Switchfoot calls their fans 'fams' (short for family).

+ Jon hates bologna.

+ Tim can't not eat food if it's right in front of him.

+ Chad wants to surf in Indonesia before he dies.

+ If Jerome could take a time machine back to any place in his life, he would go back to when he was in 4th grade.

+ Drew is really passionate about childrens issues.

+ Jon would rather get in the head once with a small hammer then get 100 paper cuts on his hands.

+ Jon spilled grape juice all over Tim's brand new favorite white shirt on Tim's 10th birthday

+ Jon and Tim like to ride flying swings at amusement parks

+ When Tim was little, his Dad asked to say a prayer at the dinner table. Tim prayed really quietly and his Dad said "That was good, son, but I could hardly hear it." Tim replied "Well, I wasn't talking to you."

+ Jon and Tim grew up in Bostom Massachusettes and Norfolk Virgina

+ Jon says one of his nicknames is Jay-O-Jay

+ Jon is 5'9 tall

+ Jon could not bear to sit through "Pat: The Movie" again

+ Tim could not bear to sit through "Starship Troopers" again

+ Jon had a bad experience with a dentist when the dentist tried to remove the wrong tooth.

+ Jon considers the guys in the band, road crew, managers, and his dad leaders in his life.

+ Tim says his dad is a leader in his life because his very wise.

+ Jon and Tim share a '68 Volkswagen Bug that they inherited from their grandparents.