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Fiction Family is a musical collaboration between Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman and Nickel Creek guitarist Sean Watkins. The duo's self-titled, full-length album was released on January 20, 2009.〔(Fiction Family Tracklisting Announced on Spin.com! ) - Published October 3, 2008 (retrieved October 8, 2008)〕 The band has since added a drummer and bassist, Tyler Chester and Aaron Redfield. According to Watkins, the band's name comes from the fact that "Usually when two guys make a record together, it sounds cool to call them the something brothers. But we're not, so that's how Fiction Family came to be." 〔(Fiction Family more than the sum of its talent ) - Published January 13, 2009 (retrieved January 14, 2009)〕 Says Foreman, "They are two words that hold a lot of meaning for me. I think that much of who we are as a culture lean towards fiction. As for the family of it, you have the entire nation that's kind of looking for family. That's one of the reasons why I like the name. Also both of us come from sibling bands and this is not a sibling band, so this is kind of a fiction family of sort." 〔(Nickel Creek and Switchfoot Members Create New 'Family' ) - Published March 10, 2009 (retrieved March 10, 2009)〕 ==History== The two began the collaboration in 2005 by writing songs together, according to a blog post on Watkins's website.〔(Nickel Creek Official Website )〕 Around Mid-2006 they began recording the songs, in bits and pieces while the two were off the road, announcing themselves as "The Real SeanJon," a name jokingly chosen in the hopes that Sean "Sean John" Combs would sue them. However, on March 13, 2008, it was reported that The Real SeanJon had changed their name to "Fiction Family." 〔(50 Songs for Foreman Fans ) published March 13, 2009 (Retrieved March 15, 2008)〕 They had already completed the record and had tentatively titled it "Betrayal" before the name change.〔(The Real SeanJon ) - Published 2008 (retrieved January 6, 2009]〕 It was also rumored at one point that Starbucks might put out Fiction Family's record, sometime in the summer of 2008. "We’re doing the final song right now, and there’s a rumor that there’s a large company that produces caffeinated beverages that might put it out in a few months. So, we’ll see," said Foreman.〔(Switchfoot – 02.24.08 ) - Published March 19, 2008 (retrieved March 20, 2008)〕 But later, Foreman stated that the record would be released in January 2009,〔(Fiction Family Record Due January 2009 ) - Published August 26, 2008 (retrieved August 28, 2008)〕 and a press release by Nickel Creek later confirmed the release date of the self-titled album, ''Fiction Family''. It was released on January 20, 2009, by ATO Records,〔("update on everything Nickel Creek" ). nickelcreek.com. September 15, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2008.〕 and entered the charts at number 71.〔('Fearless' on top for eighth week ) - Variety Published January 28, 2009; Retrieved January 29, 2009〕 Fiction Family released their first single "When She’s Near" for free download on their website, and an accompanying music video was released in December 2008.〔(Fiction Family Official Website ) - Published December 2008 (retrieved December 21, 2008)〕 The band traveled on its first tour, which debuted members Aaron Redfield (greyboy allstars, Brooke Fraser) and Tyler Chester (producer, Brooke Fraser, Nikka Costa) and lasted just over a month, extending from early January to February 7, 2009. They played in cities across the east and west coasts, including Boston, New York, Charlottesville, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nashville, Seattle, and San Diego (both Jon and Sean's home city). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fiction Family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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