ForeFront Records
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| Parent company | EMI CMG |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Eddie DeGarmo Dan R. Brock Dana Key Ron Griffin |
| Genre | Pop/rock |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Official Website | forefrontrecords.com |
ForeFront Records is a Christian Music record label founded in 1987 by Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key, and Ron W. Griffin.[1] It was purchased by EMI in 1996 from current owners Dan R. Brock and Eddie DeGarmo and is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group.[2]
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[edit] Artists
[edit] Current
[edit] Former
- Audio Adrenaline (Retired)
- Michael Anderson
- The Benjamin Gate (Disbanded)
- Big Tent Revival (Disbanded)
- Bleach (Disbanded)
- Clear (Disbanded)
- Code of Ethics (Active, on Razzbarry Records)
- Considering Lily (Inactive)
- DeGarmo and Key (Inactive)
- dc Talk (Hiatus)
- Dizmas (on Hiatus)
- Eddie DeGarmo (Inactive)
- Eli
- ETW (Inactive)
- Mark Farner (Active)
- Grammatrain (Reunited)
- Guardian (Inactive)
- Holy Soldier (Active)
- Larry Howard
- Iona (Active, on Open Sky Records)
- Karthi
- Kevin Max (Active, on Infinity Records)
- Dana Key (Inactive)
- Lil iROCC (Active, with Jus Rock Records)
- Geoff Moore (Active, with Rocketown Records)
- The Normals (Disbanded)
- PAX217 (Disbanded)
- Raze (Disbanded after member pleaded guilty to sexual offenses on a minor)
- Satellite Soul (Active, on Underdog Records)
- Serene and Pearl (Changed name to Considering Lily, currently inactive)
- Seven Day Jesus (Disbanded)
- Peter Shambrook
- Skillet (Active, on Ardent Records/INO Records/Atlantic Records)
- Smalltown Poets (Hiatus)
- Pete Stewart (Active)
- Steve Wiggins
- Stacie Orrico (Inactive, searching for label)
- TAIT (Hiatus)
[edit] Trivia
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In 1998, ForeFront released a 2-CD compilation to celebrate their 10th Anniversary. The album was titled Forefront Records: Ten, The Birthday Album and featured songs from several of their artists at the time. Some of the songs were remakes of older songs done by new bands (for example, Seven Day Jesus plays a cover of Audio Adrenaline's hit "Big House").
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Price, Deborah Evans (1996-07-13). "EMI buys Christian label ForeFront". Billboard Magazine 108 (28): 5.
- ^ Hendershot, Heather (2004). "Why Should the Devil Have all the Good Music? Christian Music and the Secular Marketplace. Currently, Forefront Records is negotiating record contracts with hip hop, R&B, and other rock bands/artists.". Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-226-32679-9.
