Uglyband: You're crowding me

David Crowder Band
Latest release: B Collision
www.davidcrowderband.com

The dubious background of The David Crowder Band begins in Waco, Texas. Its first fans were students at Baylor University, where, according to the band's promotional material, half the students at that "Christian" university don't even go to church.

This is hardly a recommendation.

The lack of imagination in the band is evidenced by several of its albums, which are named for colors —or perhaps for David's T-shirt of the day— The Lime CD, The Yellow CD, The Green CD, etc. (This worked for the Beatles... once). Or they're named with mindless alliterations—2005's Sunsets and Sushi, for instance. They even label albums like a freakin' middle school essay outline: "A" Collision in 2005; "B" Collision in 2006. I'm sure we're all looking forward to "C" Collision sometime in 2007.

Their most popular song, apparently, was a cover of Feliz Navidad that they posted on their website. And there's supposed to be a "secret" link on their site to a clip of "high-pitched male singing and playing piano." Who could resist that?

The photo at top shows an early attempt by the band members to get bit parts in Schindler's List.

Sure, they were MSN.com's Artist of the Year for 2006. Their music is probably great. But I don't see the attraction. These are all the kids who didn't get picked for anybody's dodgeball team, and had to form their own.

The inset photos of Crowder show a desperate attempt to create a style with thrift store purchases. Nothing seems to help.

This group might be beyond the aid of a fashion overhaul. Perhaps they should start a Meals on Wheels ministry instead.




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