Switchfoot: Music for the difficult places  Christian Today
caught up with Switchfoot guitarist Jerome Fontamillas to find
out more about their new surf film and how faith inspires them
to keep making music for people in all stages of life  Published
30 December 2013  |  Carey Lodge  US Grammy award winning rock
band Switchfoot don't label themselves as a 'Christian band,'
("How can a song be 'Christian'?" asks lead singer Jon Foreman,
"there is no such thing as Christian music. No. Christ didn't
come and die for my songs, he came for me,"), but they are
explicit in expressing their faith through their lyrics.  The
authenticity that this brings to their music has earned them
critical acclaim. They unapologetically ask real questions that
underline the issues they are grappling with as men of faith in
a modern, broken world. "Where is God in the earthquake? Where
is God in the genocide?" one song asks.  It is this authenticity
that marks them as one of the only bands that manages to
gracefully straddle the div