ForeFront Records
| ForeFront Records | |
|---|---|
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Eddie DeGarmo Dan R. Brock Dana Key Ron Griffin |
| Distributor(s) | Capitol Christian Music Group |
| Genre | Contemporary Christian music, Christian rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | United States |
| Official website | www |
ForeFront Records is a contemporary Christian music and Christian rock 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 then owners Dan R. Brock and Eddie DeGarmo and is now a division of Universal Music Group under Capitol Christian Music Group.)[2]
In 1998, ForeFront released a two-CD compilation to celebrate their 10th Anniversary. The album was titled 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.
Artists
Current
Former
- Abandon (Active, currently Independent)
- Audio Adrenaline (Reformed, currently on Fair Trade Services)
- Michael Anderson
- The Benjamin Gate (Disbanded)
- Big Tent Revival (Disbanded)
- Bleach (Reformed, working on new music, currently independent)
- Clear (Disbanded)
- Code of Ethics (Active, on Razzbarry Records)
- Considering Lily (Inactive)
- DeGarmo and Key (Inactive)
- dc Talk (Hiatus)
- Dizmas (Hiatus)
- Eddie DeGarmo (Inactive)
- Eli
- End Time Warriors (Inactive)
- Mark Farner (Active)
- Grammatrain (Reunited)
- Guardian (Reformed, working on new music, currently independent)
- Holy Soldier (Active)
- Larry Howard
- Iona (Active, on Open Sky Records)
- Karthi
- Kevin Max (Active, currently independent)
- Dana Key (Inactive)
- Lil iROCC (Active, with Jus Rock Records)
- Geoff Moore (Active, with Rocketown Records)
- The Normals (Disbanded)
- PAX217 (Disbanded)
- Philmont (Disbanded)
- Raze (Disbanded)
- Rebecca St. James (Active, with Beach Street/Reunion Records)[3]
- 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/Atlantic Records)
- Smalltown Poets (Hiatus)
- Pete Stewart (Active)
- Steve Wiggins
- Stacie Orrico (Active, Interscope, Polydor, (Red Light Management)
- TAIT (Hiatus)
- This Beautiful Republic (Disbanded)
See also
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.
- ^ "Music News, November 2010: REBECCA ST. JAMES PARTNERS WITH PROVIDENT LABEL GROUP". Jesusfreakhideout.com. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2011-12-29.