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| current_members = David Crowder<br />Jack Parker<br />B-Wack<br />Mike D<br />Hogan<br />Mark Waldrop
| current_members = David Crowder<br />Jack Parker<br />Jeremy "B-Wack" Bush<br />Mike D<br />Hogan<br />Mark Waldrop
| past_members = Jason Solley<br />Taylor Johnson
| past_members = Jason Solley<br />Taylor Johnson
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'''The David Crowder Band''' (also know as David Crowder*Band) was a six-piece Christian [[Modern Worship]] band from [[Waco, Texas]].
'''David Crowder Band''' (stylized as '''David Crowder*Band''' and '''The David Crowder Band''') was a six-piece Christian [[contemporary worship|modern worship]] band from [[Waco, Texas]].


==Name==
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Revision as of 17:19, 10 January 2012

David Crowder Band
Background information
OriginWaco, Texas, United States
GenresChristian Rock, Electronic Rock, Worship, Bluegrass, Rap
Years active1996–2012
Labelssixstepsrecords EMI
MembersDavid Crowder
Jack Parker
Jeremy "B-Wack" Bush
Mike D
Hogan
Mark Waldrop
Past membersJason Solley
Taylor Johnson
Websitewww.davidcrowderband.com

David Crowder Band (stylized as David Crowder*Band and The David Crowder Band) was a six-piece Christian modern worship band from Waco, Texas.

Name

Prior to the album Church Music, the band preferred not to be referred to as "The David Crowder Band". They explained that they preferred to omit the article, and stated that they "may revisit this issue if other groups named 'David Crowder Band' begin performing," and may in fact, should that eventuality occur, insert "The Original" in front of the band's present appellation. As of the release of Church Music, however, the band has begun referring to themselves using the article, and explained "we’ve been at for a while now without incident, so we felt justified in its formal inclusion."[1]

The band's name is sometimes rendered with an asterisk, as "David Crowder*Band". In a faux-documentary while recording Church Music, Crowder joked that the asterisk meant, "David Crowder [is about to go insane because Jack Parker continually tries to sabotage the work of the rest of the] band."[2]

Band history

The band began when Crowder realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University, a Christian university, were not attending church. Finding this very surprising he and Chris Seay started University Baptist Church (Waco, Texas) in 1995, while he was still a student. Crowder became Pastor of worship at the church and led worship and continued to do so throughout the year. The church's congregation grew, as did the band's lineup.

Crowder began writing songs to incorporate into the worship times at the church and eventually the church released an independent CD, Pour Over Me, followed by All I Can Say in 1999.[citation needed] These CDs brought the band to a wider audience and invitations to festivals and events followed. The band was signed to sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records when Louie Giglio talked to Crowder about the music and how it could be used more then just at UBC and more world-wide. Although the band toured extensively, they made it a point to be back at their home church UBC in Waco Texas relatively for at least half the year.[citation needed]

Kyle Lake, University Baptist Church's former pastor and also longtime friend of the band, had a strong influence on the band's music in terms of content and inspiration both during his life and after Lake's death.[citation needed]

Many of the band's albums have a hidden Good Reader part to them which lead to website with links to many different things. Two of the good readers lead to a certificate that got fans into Meet and Greets with the band. The band tried to always make it a point to make time to talk and get to know there fans.[3]

With their September 2005 release, A Collision, David Crowder Band explored a new realm of musical diversity. The album houses a mix of bluegrass, folk, alternative, and worship, woven together with a touch of electronic ambience. This release landed them the No. 2 spot on the iTunes Music Store and the No. 39 spot on Billboard 200 the second day after its release. The same day as the release of A Collision, their song "Turkish Delight" was released on the Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia compilation CD. This song, which is a reference to the magical Turkish Delight in C. S. Lewis's book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has an old-school disco feel.

March 19, 2007, the band officially started recording Remedy; the band also revealed the album's website, http://www.remedyiscoming.com/, which allows fans to follow the band via live webcams, and discover more about the album. Famously controversial rock musician Ted Nugent made a special guest appearance on the album, on the song "We Won't Be Quiet". Remedy was released on September 25, 2007. The day after its release, it reached No. 4 on the iTunes Music Store. When Mark joined the band as the album Remedy was released, his sidekick Rupert came with him. Rupert is a gnome.[4][5] During the Remedy Tour the band had up a live web feed on Crowder's Xanga account. The feed had a chat room where fans chatted live with the band and their tourmates. It showed more then half of the tour stops live which included their tour bus, live stage feeds of shows, places the band went, etc. Much of the time the video feed would be on Rupert at different stops. On the final night of the tour Phil Wickham and The Myriad came on stage for a hoe down for the song "I Saw the light". The camera for the feed was on the lid of a ball-cap and was wired into a laptop the band had in a backpack; this equipment was provided by Xanga. The band also used the feed for some time after their Remedy Tour. July 16, 2008, the band announced it would releasing a live album and DVD titled Remedy Club Tour - Live, [6] The DVD was filmed In NYC and GA.

Crowder's Xanga entry from January 31, 2009, mentioned the preproduction of the band's next studio album. Also on Mike Hogan's MySpace entry from March 4, 2009, he confirmed that actual recording and production had commenced and provided directions for getting to the live webcam feed, which is in a page simply titled "Church Music".[7] The album was titled "Church Music" and was released on September 22, 2009.[8] The first single off the album was a cover of John Mark McMillan's song "How He Loves". Crowder received permission from McMillan to change the words "So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kisses" to "So heaven meets earth like an unforseen kiss".

The band hosted Crowder's Fantastical Church Music Conference September 30 through October 2, 2010 at Baylor University in Waco, TX.[9] Other presenters at the conference included Louie Giglio, Rob Bell, Israel Houghton, Hillsong London, Matt Redman, Jars of Clay, Matt Maher, Leeland, David Dark, Gungor, Derek Webb and others. Mark recorded a Rap song for the band titled Bwack Be Creepin for the bands YouTube [10]

February 5, 2011 the band announced the official start to recording of Give Us Rest (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys]).[11] On May 21, 2011, the band announced through their website that the band will end after the completion of the Fall 2011 "The 7 Tour" and the release of their sixth album. At the same time the band also announced that they planned to disband after the release of their sixth album.[12]

Later, on July 21, 2011, the band announced that a Christmas album, Oh for Joy, would be released on October 4, 2011.[13] The band stated that they began to record Give Us Rest and subsequently Oh for Joy came out. Some of the songs in the albums Give Us Rest and Oh for Joy were recorded in greenrooms and restrooms during the band's last tour. [14]

The band played their final show at the Passion 2012 Conference on January 3, 2012 at the Georgia Dome.[15]

Parker, Dodson, Bush and Waldrop have already formed a new band and are opening a recording studio in Waco, Tx.[16][17] Many of the members have rejoined UBC's worship team leading worship.[18]

Unusual instrumentation

The band often incorporated unconventional instruments and elements into their music which were created by the band's drummer Jeremy Bush. He modified a ]Speak & Spell for the song "I Can Hear the Angles Sing", a guitar-shaped controller for the Guitar Hero game to be used in "...Nerverending...", and a robot drummer, named Steve 3PO, for use in "Church Music", a silver box with blue lights and switches for "Can You Feel It?", and a MOTM modular synthesizer used by Hogan. He also manufactured a seven square-foot MPC style-MIDI controller for the band Family Force 5. Hogan often played turntables and played electric violin with guitar effects. A Smule "I Am T-Pain" iPhone app is used on "The Nearness".[citation needed]

The band often recorded their albums in a barn behind Crowder's House.[citation needed]

Members

Current members

David Crowder performing in Lincoln, Nebraska

Former members

Discography

Albums
EPs

Collaboration

Awards

GMA Dove Awards
Year Award Result
2006 Group of the Year Nominated
Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year ("Here is Our King") Won
Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (A Collision) Won
2007 Group of the Year Nominated
2008 Group of the Year Nominated
Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year ("Everything Glorious") Won
Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (Remedy) Nominated
Worship Song of the Year ("Everything Glorious") Nominated
Praise & Worship Album of the Year (Remedy) Won
Recorded Music Packaging of the Year (Remedy) Won
Short Form Music Video of the Year ("Foreverandever, etc.") Nominated
2009 Group of the Year Nominated
Recorded Music Packaging of the Year (Remedy Club Tour Edition) Nominated
2010 Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year ("How He Loves") Nominated
Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (Church Music) Nominated
Praise & Worship Album of the Year (Church Music) Won
2011 Short Form Music Video of the Year ("SMS (Shine)") Won
Grammy Awards
Year Award Work Result
2005[24] Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album A Collision Nominated

David Crowder Band is also featured in other compilation albums that were either nominated or won Dove Awards for Special Event Album of the Year:

Others

The band was named MSN's Artist of the Month for July 2006, and later won Artist of the Year for 2006.[25]

Books

David Crowder has authored two books:

  • David Crowder, Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi, NavPress, 2005.
  • David Crowder with Mike Hogan, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass), Relevant Books, 2006.

References

  1. ^ "David Crowder: Stuff Christian Bands Like". Thepoachedegg.net. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  2. ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "David Crowder*Band Rockumentary 2: You Can Bet Your Life On It". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  3. ^ "Good Reader".
  4. ^ "Rupert Facebook".
  5. ^ "Rupert MySpace".
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ http://dcb01.com/churchmusic/cams.php4
  8. ^ "Album Release Dates, CD New Releases". Jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  9. ^ http://www.davidcrowderband.com/fantastical/
  10. ^ "Bwack Be Creepin".
  11. ^ David Crowder Band (February 5, 2011). "We've officially". Facebook.com. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  12. ^ David Crowder Band (May 21, 2011). "Important News From Crowder Band". Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  13. ^ "the shows". david crowder band. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  14. ^ "YouTube of Restrooms".
  15. ^ "David Crowder*Band to Debut Final, Epic Collection of 34 Songs". CMSpin.com. December 13, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  16. ^ "Pic of guys building new studio".
  17. ^ "Pic of guys building new studio".
  18. ^ "UBC".
  19. ^ Chart History, Billboard.com
  20. ^ "Tweet related to Give Us Rest release date". Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  21. ^ New David Crowder*Band EP Premiers as iTunes Exclusive, Sparrow Records
  22. ^ Seven Swans Reimagined, On Joyful Wings
  23. ^ "Bwack Be Creepin".
  24. ^ "Grammy Award Winners". The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  25. ^ "David Crowder Band is MSN's Artist of the Year 2006 - CMSpin News Article". Cmspin.com. 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
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