The David Crowder Band (marketed as David Crowder*Band) is a 6-piece Christian electronic rock and worship band from Waco, Texas. In a self written and edited magazine released with their newest album, the band declared that their name had officially changed to "The David Crowder*Band."
Band history
The band began when David Crowder from Texarkana, Texas, realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University were not attending church, which he found surprising since it is a Christian university. He and Chris Seay started University Baptist Church (Waco, Texas) in 1995 while he was still a student. Crowder led worship there 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. These CDs brought the band to a wider audience and invitations to festivals and events followed. The band was signed to sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records and has released six more albums to date (see discography). The band tours the United States continuously, but make it back to their home church in Waco, Texas relatively often. It has been said that 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 his death.
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 #2 spot on the iTunes Music Store and the #39 spot on Billboard 200 only one day after its release.
On 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.
On , 2007, the band officially started recording its album titled 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 #4 on the iTunes Music Store.
On , 2008, the band announced via its website that it would be releasing a brand new live album and DVD set on , 2008. The title was announced as being 'Remedy Club Tour - Live', and the cover art was released along with a trailer for the DVD.
On David Crowder's Xanga entry from , 2009, he mentioned the pre-production of the band's next studio album. 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". This is the name of the new album, being released on September 22, 2009. The first single off the album is the remake of John Mark McMillan's song "How He Loves".
Members
Current members
David Crowder performing in Lincoln, Nebraska
David Crowder - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, theremin, keytar ("Foreverandever etc"), electric guitar ("We Won't Be Quiet," "Can You Feel It"), Guitar Hero controller ("...neverending...") (1996 - present)
Jack Parker - electric guitar, vocals, rhodes piano, noise box ("Can You Feel It"), and banjo ("I Saw the Light") (1996 - present)
Mike Dodson - bass guitar, keyboards, cello ("Surely We Can Change")
Mike Hogan - violin/strings, wiggity wack (turntables)
Jeremy Bush (Bwack) - drums, percussion, bells, programming
Mark Waldrop - electric guitar, noise box ("Can You Feel It")
Former members
Jason Solley - electric guitar,background vocals and mandolin (1996 - 2006)
Taylor Johnson - electric guitar, mandolin (dec 2006 - mar 2007)
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