- ForeFront Records
Infobox record label
name = ForeFront Records
image_bg =
parent =EMI CMG
founded =1987
founder =Eddie DeGarmo Dan Brock Dana Key Ron Griffin
defunct =
distributor =
genre = Pop/ rock
country = USA
location =
url = [http://www.forefrontrecords.com forefrontrecords.com]:"Forefront Records was also a punk record label and distribution in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was operated in the 1980s and 1990s by Mike Young."
ForeFront Records is a
Christian Music record label founded in 1987 by Eddie DeGarmo and partners Dan Brock, Dana Key, and Ron Griffin.cite journal |last=Price |first=Deborah Evans |date=1996-07-13 |title=EMI buys Christian label ForeFront |journal=Billboard Magazine |id= |volume=108 |issue=28 |pages=5 ] It was purchased byEMI in 1996 and is now part of theEMI Christian Music Group .cite book |last=Hendershot |first=Heather |title=Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture |year=2004 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago ,Illinois |isbn=0-226-32679-9 |chapter=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. |pages=56 ]Artists
Current
* Abandon
*Dizmas
* Philmont
* tobyMac (ofdc Talk )
*Rebecca St. James
*This Beautiful Republic Former
*
Audio Adrenaline
*Michael Anderson
* The Benjamin Gate
*Big Tent Revival (Ardent/ForeFront)
* Bleach
* Clear (Ardent/ForeFront)
*Code of Ethics
*Considering Lily
*DeGarmo and Key
*Dc talk
*Eddie DeGarmo
*Eli
*ETW (also known as End Time Warriors)
*Mark Farner
*Grammatrain
* Guardian
*Holy Soldier
*Larry Howard
* Iona
*Karthi
*Kevin Max
*Dana Key (Ardent/ForeFront)
* Geoff Moore, Geoff Moore & the Distance
*The Normals
*PAX217
*Raze
*Satellite Soul (Ardent/ForeFront)
*Serene and Pearl
*Seven Day Jesus
*Peter Shambrook
* Skillet (Ardent/ForeFront)
*Smalltown Poets (Ardent/ForeFront)
*Pete Stewart
* Tait
*Steve Wiggins (Ardent/ForeFront)
*Stacie Orrico
*Lil iROCC Williams Trivia
In
1998 , ForeFront released a 2-CD compilation to celebrate their 10th Anniversary. The album was titled "" 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 ofAudio Adrenaline 's hit "Big House").References
See also
*
List of record labels
*Contemporary Christian Music External links
* [http://www.forefrontrecords.com Official Website of Forefront Records]
* [http://www.audioa.com Official Website of Audio Adrenaline]
* [http://www.dctalk.com Official Website of dc Talk]
* [http://www.tobymac.com Official Website of tobyMac]
* [http://www.rsjames.com Official Website of Rebecca St. James]
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