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* LongTitle: ''A Collision'' names many of its tracks according to the Music/SufjanStevens school of thought (which is appropriate, since the band covers Stevens' "O God Where are You Now (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)"
** Most ridiculously, a ten-second guitar feedback interlude is titled "(Repeat/Return) or When the Seventh Angel Sounded His Trumpet, and There Were Loud Voices in Heaven, Which Said: 'The Kingdom of the World Has Become the Kingdom of Our Lord and of His Christ, and He Will Reign Foreverandever, Etc...'"
** And then there's the album title ''Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])'', which uses nested ''parenthesis''.
** Most ridiculously, a ten-second guitar feedback interlude is titled "(Repeat/Return) or When the Seventh Angel Sounded His Trumpet, and There Were Loud Voices in Heaven, Which Said: 'The Kingdom of the World Has Become the Kingdom of Our Lord and of His Christ, and He Will Reign Foreverandever, Etc...'"
** And then there's the album title ''Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])'', which uses nested ''parenthesis''.
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* RearrangeTheSong: The band has released several "remix" EPs, with the rule generally being that acoustic songs get electronic remixes while electronic or heavier rock songs get the acoustic treatment. This led to several songs from ''Illuminate'' getting techno remixes on ''Sunsets & Sushi'', and songs from the highly electrified ''A Collision'' and ''Church Music'' getting stripped down in the form of ''B Collision'' and the ''Summer Happiness'' EP.
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* RearrangeTheSong: The band has released several "remix" EPs, [=EPs=], with the rule generally being that acoustic songs get electronic remixes while electronic or heavier rock songs get the acoustic treatment. This led to several songs from ''Illuminate'' getting techno remixes on ''Sunsets & Sushi'', and songs from the highly electrified ''A Collision'' and ''Church Music'' getting stripped down in the form of ''B Collision'' and the ''Summer Happiness'' EP.
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* EpicRocking: The seven-minute "God Almighty, None Compares". In an unusual move for Christian worship music, the last two minutes and change are an [[UpToEleven intentionally over-the-top]] guitar--and violin--solo.
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* EpicRocking: The seven-minute "God Almighty, None Compares". In an unusual move for Christian worship music, the last two minutes and change are an [[UpToEleven intentionally over-the-top]] over-the-top guitar--and violin--solo.
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* ChristianRock: Obviously. They're an unusual example in that they seem to be DoingItForTheArt, while not considering it such SeriousBusiness that there's no room to demonstrate their goofy sense of humor during live shows and off stage.
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* ChristianRock: Obviously. They're an unusual example in that they seem to be DoingItForTheArt, while not considering it such SeriousBusiness that there's no room are serious about their work, they are still proud to demonstrate their goofy sense of humor during live shows and off stage.
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* DoingItForTheArt: These guys put a lot of work into their music videos. "SMS (Shine)" is a standout example, being a stop-motion animated video done with ''Lite-Brite pegs'' that tells a story, with elements from within the story interacting with the world outside of the screen. A behind-the-scenes video demonstrates the excruciating amount of work involved.
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* FanNickname: The album credits for ''Remedy'' excitedly list about ten different nicknames for Ted Nugent ("The Nuge", etc.), who plays a guitar solo on "We Won't Be Quiet".
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* BadassBeard: Crowder's facial hair is [[http://i.imgur.com/Fz5QMp1.jpg the stuff of legends...]] And not always for good reasons.
** Though this is a Christian band, so maybe that should be "[[GoshDangItToHeck Bad-Butt Beard]]".
** Though this is a Christian band, so maybe that should be "[[GoshDangItToHeck Bad-Butt Beard]]".
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: The inept reporter who awkwardly interviews Crowder in "A Conversation" and "The Lark Ascending or (Perhaps More Accurately, I'm Trying to Make You Sing)".
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint: The inept reporter who awkwardly interviews Crowder in "A Conversation" and "The Lark Ascending or (Perhaps More Accurately, I'm Trying to Make You Sing)".
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* FunnyAfro: B-Wack.
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The David Crowder[[labelnote:*]](Asterisk optional)[[/labelnote]] Band was were a [[ChristianRock Christian worship band]] formed in 1996 in Waco, Texas, and disbanded in 2012. The band members were:
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* OneOfUs: Members of the band seem to embrace a geeky image. Notable examples include rigging a ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' controller for use as an actual instrument in live performances of "...neverending...", and the creation of [[StarWars Steve 3PO]] the robot drummer for their ''Church Music'' tour.
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* LongTitle: ''A Collision'' names many of its tracks according to the SufjanStevens school of thought (which is appropriate, since the band covers Stevens' "O God Where are You Now (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)"
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* LongTitle: ''A Collision'' names many of its tracks according to the SufjanStevens Music/SufjanStevens school of thought (which is appropriate, since the band covers Stevens' "O God Where are You Now (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)"
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* BadassBeard: Crowder's facial hair is [[http://www.titletrakk.com/Images/concert-photos/creation-east-2007/david-crowder-500.jpg the stuff of legends]].... and not always for good reasons.
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* BadassBeard: Crowder's facial hair is [[http://www.titletrakk.com/Images/concert-photos/creation-east-2007/david-crowder-500.[[http://i.imgur.com/Fz5QMp1.jpg the stuff of legends]].... and legends...]] And not always for good reasons.
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* OneOfUs: Members of the band seem to embrace a geeky image. Notable examples include rigging a GuitarHero controller for use as an actual instrument in live performances of "...neverending...", and the creation of [[StarWars Steve 3PO]] the robot drummer for their ''Church Music'' tour.
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* OneOfUs: Members of the band seem to embrace a geeky image. Notable examples include rigging a GuitarHero ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' controller for use as an actual instrument in live performances of "...neverending...", and the creation of [[StarWars Steve 3PO]] the robot drummer for their ''Church Music'' tour.
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* AndIMustScream: The backing vocals on the chorus of "The Nearness".
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* AutoTune: ''Church Music'' uses the "I Am TPain" iPhone app for the main hook in its title track.
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* AutoTune: ''Church Music'' uses the "I Am TPain" Music/TPain" iPhone app for the main hook in its title track.
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--> If you are uncomfortable with the romantic imagery, [[IncrediblyLamePun it is also a pun]] pun that asks the question, [[LiteralMinded "is it possible to be anything less than authentic in the presence of the divine?]]" The answer to this should bring with it great relief.
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The David Crowder[[hottip:*:(Asterisk optional)]] Crowder[[labelnote:*]](Asterisk optional)[[/labelnote]] Band was a [[ChristianRock Christian worship band]] formed in 1996 in Waco, Texas, and disbanded in 2012. The band members were:
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And I Must Scream, and Epic Rocking
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* EpicRocking: The seven-minute "God Almighty, None Compares". In an unusual move for Christian worship music, the last two minutes and change are an [[UpToEleven intentionally over-the-top]] guitar solo.
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* EpicRocking: The seven-minute "God Almighty, None Compares". In an unusual move for Christian worship music, the last two minutes and change are an [[UpToEleven intentionally over-the-top]] guitar solo.guitar--and violin--solo.
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** Which became a bit of a BrickJoke when the band created their animated music video for "...neverending...".
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** Which became a bit of a BrickJoke when the band created their animated music video for "...neverending..."Foreverandever Etc...".
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Overlapping with ThePowerOfFriendship, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4JBhmdUunA&feature=related the music video]] for "Forever And Ever Etc..."
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Overlapping with ThePowerOfFriendship, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4JBhmdUunA&feature=related the music video]] for "Forever And Ever "Foreverandever Etc..."
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The David Crowder[[hottip:*:(Asterisk optional)]] Band was a [[ChristianRock Christian worship band]] formed in 1996 in Waco, Texas, and disbanded in 2012. The band members were:
* David Crowder: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, [[{{Theremin}} theremin]], keytar, electric guitar
* Jack Parker: Electric guitar, background vocals, Rhodes piano, mandolin, banjo
* Mike Dodson: Bass guitar, keyboard, cello
* Mike Hogan: Violin, strings, turntables, guitar, keyboard
* Jeremy Bush a.k.a. [[StageName B-Wack]]: Drums, percussion, bells, programming
* Mark Waldrop: Electric guitar, miscellaneous instruments
During their tenure, the band released eight full-length albums:
* ''Pour Over Me'' (1998)
* ''All I Can Say'' (1999)
* ''Can You Hear Us?'' (2002)
* ''Illuminate'' (2003)
* ''A Collision (or 3 + 4 = 7)'' (2005)
* ''Remedy'' (2007)
* ''Church Music'' (2009)
* ''Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])'' (2012)
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!Tropes that apply to the David Crowder Band include:
* AllThereInTheManual: The concepts behind the band's albums are often explained in verbose detail by Crowder, via his blog or interviews. Not all of the complexity is immediately apparent by listening to the song lyrics, which can often be intentionally simplistic.
** ''Church Music'', for example, is intended to reference different moments in the history of worship music used by the church, one for each song ''in chronological order''.
** The band's final album, ''Give Us Rest'', follows the structure of a requiem mass.
** Without reading the manual, you'd never know why only a snippet of "You Alone" can be found on ''Can You Hear Us?'', or where to get the other segments of the song.
* AutoTune: ''Church Music'' uses the "I Am TPain" iPhone app for the main hook in its title track.
* BadassBeard: Crowder's facial hair is [[http://www.titletrakk.com/Images/concert-photos/creation-east-2007/david-crowder-500.jpg the stuff of legends]].... and not always for good reasons.
** Though this is a Christian band, so maybe that should be "[[GoshDangItToHeck Bad-Butt Beard]]".
* BizarreInstrument: Steve 3PO, built by B-Wack.
* BookEnds: ''Church Music'' is 72 minutes of non-stop music, with the final song fading into the same electronic sound effects heard at the very beginning of the first song. The titles - "Phos Hilaron (Hail Gladdening Light)" and "In the End (O Resplendent Light!)" are a definite hint at the intended continuity. Put the album on repeat to get the intended, seamless effect.
* ChristianRock: Obviously. They're an unusual example in that they seem to be DoingItForTheArt, while not considering it such SeriousBusiness that there's no room to demonstrate their goofy sense of humor during live shows and off stage.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: The inept reporter who awkwardly interviews Crowder in "A Conversation" and "The Lark Ascending or (Perhaps More Accurately, I'm Trying to Make You Sing)".
* ConceptAlbum: Every album since ''Illuminate''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Some of Crowder's blogs can come across this way, when he rambles on with mock enthusiasm over something he considers to be ridiculous.
** Sometimes this becomes a bit of a SarcasmFailure, as he tends to be similarly verbose about things he genuinely considers to be awesome.
** It's also difficult to tell if some of his comments about the band's music are intended as a humorous response to fans who misunderstand his lyrics. For example, this explanation of the song "Can I Lie Here":
--> If you are uncomfortable with the romantic imagery, [[IncrediblyLamePun it is also a pun]] that asks the question, [[LiteralMinded "is it possible to be anything less than authentic in the presence of the divine?]]" The answer to this should bring with it great relief.
* DenserAndWackier: ''A Collision'' was quite convoluted compared to the more straightforward ''Illuminate''. Zig-zagged when ''Remedy'' was an intentional return to relative simplicity after this, and then ''Church Music'' upped the ante on complexity by a considerable degree.
** And ''then'' came their final double album. Hoo boy.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "We Win!", "Thank You For Hearing Me", "Rain Down"... actually, a lot of their songs repeat verses or have overly repetitive refrains, which is common in Christian worship music.
** Several songs on ''Give Us Rest'' are like this, due to the structure of the requiem mass used as the source material.
* DoingItForTheArt: These guys put a lot of work into their music videos. "SMS (Shine)" is a standout example, being a stop-motion animated video done with ''Lite-Brite pegs'' that tells a story, with elements from within the story interacting with the world outside of the screen. A behind-the-scenes video demonstrates the excruciating amount of work involved.
* EasterEgg: The "Goodreader" weblinks at the ends of the liner notes for all the albums since ''Can You Hear Us?''. Currently, only Goodreader 4 & 5 are active.
** ''Can You Hear Us?'' contains a snippet of "You Alone", the song that initially got the band discovered, as a hidden track. It only contains the bridge and final chorus. Where are the other 2/3 of the song? Apparently, clues to their whereabouts were contained in the liner notes for ''Illuminate'' and ''A Collision''. These links are now dead and the a full studio version of the song was never released, so [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes keep circulating the mp3s]].
* EpicRocking: The seven-minute "God Almighty, None Compares". In an unusual move for Christian worship music, the last two minutes and change are an [[UpToEleven intentionally over-the-top]] guitar solo.
** "Intoxicating" is a good example of epic ''acoustic'' rocking.
** ''Give Us Rest'' has the "Sequence", a 16-minute suite split into seven different tracks at the end of the first disc.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: A flatlining heart monitor sets the tone at the beginning of "Come Awake", and later, an alarm clock rings out in tune with the song's climax. Both sounds are significant to the meaning of the song.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The songs on ''Church Music'' go to great lengths to enforce this, speeding up or slowing down rhythms to mimic a non-stop dance mix, or even using sound effects to bridge the gaps in a few instances. As mentioned above under BookEnds, even the beginning and end of the album tie together in this fashion.
** ''Illuminate'' did this beautifully with the segue from "Intoxicating" into "How Great".
** ''A Collision'' tends to avert this with a number of bizarre and [[MoodWhiplash incredibly jarring]] segues.
** ''Give Us Rest'' does a fair amount of both, particularly during the "Sequence".
* FanNickname: The album credits for ''Remedy'' excitedly list about ten different nicknames for Ted Nugent ("The Nuge", etc.), who plays a guitar solo on "We Won't Be Quiet".
* FunnyAfro: B-Wack.
* GenreRoulette: Most of their later albums, but ''A Collision'' deserves special mention for its unexpected forays into seemingly everything from electronica to bluegrass. "Be Lifted or Hope Rising" shifts styles rather abruptly mid-song.
** ''Give Us Rest'' quite intentionally mimics this aspect of ''A Collision''.
* LastNoteNightmare: The mellow final verse of "I Saw the Light" ends rather abruptly... and loudly.
* LongTitle: ''A Collision'' names many of its tracks according to the SufjanStevens school of thought (which is appropriate, since the band covers Stevens' "O God Where are You Now (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)"
** Most ridiculously, a ten-second guitar feedback interlude is titled "(Repeat/Return) or When the Seventh Angel Sounded His Trumpet, and There Were Loud Voices in Heaven, Which Said: 'The Kingdom of the World Has Become the Kingdom of Our Lord and of His Christ, and He Will Reign Foreverandever, Etc...'"
** And then there's the album title ''Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])'', which uses nested ''parenthesis''.
* LoveIsADrug: "Intoxicating". Kind of a funny trope to encounter in Christian music, though there is Biblical precedent for it.
* LuckyCharmsTitle: The asterisk often seen in the band name. When asked, Crowder humorously explained that it stood for "[[OffTheRails David Crowder [is about to go insane because Jack Parker continually tries to sabotage the work of the rest of the] band.]]"
* MoodWhiplash: Parts of ''A Collision'', particularly the transitions between songs, can be jarring due to this.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Overlapping with ThePowerOfFriendship, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4JBhmdUunA&feature=related the music video]] for "Forever And Ever Etc..."
* NonAppearingTitle: The "Birmingham" part of "Birmingham (We Are Safe)". Crowder has played coy with the details about whether it's meant to reference the city in England, or the one in Alabama.
* OminousLatinChanting: Used a few times on their final album, ''Give Us Rest''. Justified since the entire album is based on a requiem mass. Though not all instances of it are intended to be ominous.
* OneOfUs: Members of the band seem to embrace a geeky image. Notable examples include rigging a GuitarHero controller for use as an actual instrument in live performances of "...neverending...", and the creation of [[StarWars Steve 3PO]] the robot drummer for their ''Church Music'' tour.
* TheOner: Their video for "How He Loves" appears to be this, but they mess around with the playback speed quite a bit, making the video appear to be fast-forwarding during the most intense moments of the song, and slowing down again for the quieter moments.
* PissTakeRap: "B-Wack Be Creepin'". Some fans apparently thought this was seriously going to be the band's new musical direction. This amused Crowder greatly.
* ThePowerOfRock: How the band defeats the menacing squirrels in the "...neverending..." video.
* PunnyName: The fact that "wholly" and "holy" sound the same is emphasized in "Wholly Yours".
** "Fall on Your Knees" attempts something similar, with the line "Fall on your knees in wonder" crammed up against itself so that it sounds like the word "Wonderful" where the end meets the beginning of the next.
* RearrangeTheSong: The band has released several "remix" EPs, with the rule generally being that acoustic songs get electronic remixes while electronic or heavier rock songs get the acoustic treatment. This led to several songs from ''Illuminate'' getting techno remixes on ''Sunsets & Sushi'', and songs from the highly electrified ''A Collision'' and ''Church Music'' getting stripped down in the form of ''B Collision'' and the ''Summer Happiness'' EP.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Pretty much anything Crowder writes that is ''not'' a song. Particularly funny when it's used to describe something mundane. This can be surprising to those who are used to Crowder's largely simplistic lyrics.
* ShaggyDogStory: During the ''Illuminate'' tour, Crowder told a long story in between songs about how he came to own the former residence of the man who invented Dr. Pepper, only to find that the property was overrun with squirrels. He described his stand-offs with the squirrels in great detail, only to conclude at the end that the moral of the story was, "Squirrels are evil".
** Which became a bit of a BrickJoke when the band created their animated music video for "...neverending...".
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Intentionally averted earlier in the band's career, as Crowder didn't feel it necessary to refer to himself as the genuine article, asserting that the group may change their position if other groups called "The David Crowder Band" came into being. However, they've started using "The" in front of their name more recently.
* StealthPun / FridgeBrilliance: ''A Collision'' has tracks subtitled "A Walk Down Stairs" and "B Walk Down Stairs", and the companion EP is called ''B Collision''. Those who study the album's back cover will notice that the album is split into four parts, the first being "A Part" (possibly referring to sin keeping us apart from God, or the concept of holiness as being "set apart") and the final being "D Part" (the album dealing more and more with death and our eventual "departure" for heaven as it gets deeper in).
* TeasingCreator / MathematiciansAnswer: In explaining his songs, Crowder sometimes seems to get a kick out of being overly wordy or intentionally vague. Though it's not to make fun of the audience, really - it's more to prompt them to think more deeply about their own questions.
* UncommonTime: "Our Happy Home", while played in common time, ends with an eighth note getting clipped off of each successive measure of the drum beat until there's nothing left.
** Also parts of "Heaven Came Down" and "In the End (O Resplendent Light!)"
* ViewersAreGeniuses: Can ''you'' name a Christian rock band that talks about particle physics and Niels Bohr when [[http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/lyrics/new/track.asp?track_id=3602 explaining the meaning of their songs]]?
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* David Crowder: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, [[{{Theremin}} theremin]], keytar, electric guitar
* Jack Parker: Electric guitar, background vocals, Rhodes piano, mandolin, banjo
* Mike Dodson: Bass guitar, keyboard, cello
* Mike Hogan: Violin, strings, turntables, guitar, keyboard
* Jeremy Bush a.k.a. [[StageName B-Wack]]: Drums, percussion, bells, programming
* Mark Waldrop: Electric guitar, miscellaneous instruments
During their tenure, the band released eight full-length albums:
* ''Pour Over Me'' (1998)
* ''All I Can Say'' (1999)
* ''Can You Hear Us?'' (2002)
* ''Illuminate'' (2003)
* ''A Collision (or 3 + 4 = 7)'' (2005)
* ''Remedy'' (2007)
* ''Church Music'' (2009)
* ''Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])'' (2012)
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!Tropes that apply to the David Crowder Band include:
* AllThereInTheManual: The concepts behind the band's albums are often explained in verbose detail by Crowder, via his blog or interviews. Not all of the complexity is immediately apparent by listening to the song lyrics, which can often be intentionally simplistic.
** ''Church Music'', for example, is intended to reference different moments in the history of worship music used by the church, one for each song ''in chronological order''.
** The band's final album, ''Give Us Rest'', follows the structure of a requiem mass.
** Without reading the manual, you'd never know why only a snippet of "You Alone" can be found on ''Can You Hear Us?'', or where to get the other segments of the song.
* AutoTune: ''Church Music'' uses the "I Am TPain" iPhone app for the main hook in its title track.
* BadassBeard: Crowder's facial hair is [[http://www.titletrakk.com/Images/concert-photos/creation-east-2007/david-crowder-500.jpg the stuff of legends]].... and not always for good reasons.
** Though this is a Christian band, so maybe that should be "[[GoshDangItToHeck Bad-Butt Beard]]".
* BizarreInstrument: Steve 3PO, built by B-Wack.
* BookEnds: ''Church Music'' is 72 minutes of non-stop music, with the final song fading into the same electronic sound effects heard at the very beginning of the first song. The titles - "Phos Hilaron (Hail Gladdening Light)" and "In the End (O Resplendent Light!)" are a definite hint at the intended continuity. Put the album on repeat to get the intended, seamless effect.
* ChristianRock: Obviously. They're an unusual example in that they seem to be DoingItForTheArt, while not considering it such SeriousBusiness that there's no room to demonstrate their goofy sense of humor during live shows and off stage.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: The inept reporter who awkwardly interviews Crowder in "A Conversation" and "The Lark Ascending or (Perhaps More Accurately, I'm Trying to Make You Sing)".
* ConceptAlbum: Every album since ''Illuminate''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Some of Crowder's blogs can come across this way, when he rambles on with mock enthusiasm over something he considers to be ridiculous.
** Sometimes this becomes a bit of a SarcasmFailure, as he tends to be similarly verbose about things he genuinely considers to be awesome.
** It's also difficult to tell if some of his comments about the band's music are intended as a humorous response to fans who misunderstand his lyrics. For example, this explanation of the song "Can I Lie Here":
--> If you are uncomfortable with the romantic imagery, [[IncrediblyLamePun it is also a pun]] that asks the question, [[LiteralMinded "is it possible to be anything less than authentic in the presence of the divine?]]" The answer to this should bring with it great relief.
* DenserAndWackier: ''A Collision'' was quite convoluted compared to the more straightforward ''Illuminate''. Zig-zagged when ''Remedy'' was an intentional return to relative simplicity after this, and then ''Church Music'' upped the ante on complexity by a considerable degree.
** And ''then'' came their final double album. Hoo boy.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "We Win!", "Thank You For Hearing Me", "Rain Down"... actually, a lot of their songs repeat verses or have overly repetitive refrains, which is common in Christian worship music.
** Several songs on ''Give Us Rest'' are like this, due to the structure of the requiem mass used as the source material.
* DoingItForTheArt: These guys put a lot of work into their music videos. "SMS (Shine)" is a standout example, being a stop-motion animated video done with ''Lite-Brite pegs'' that tells a story, with elements from within the story interacting with the world outside of the screen. A behind-the-scenes video demonstrates the excruciating amount of work involved.
* EasterEgg: The "Goodreader" weblinks at the ends of the liner notes for all the albums since ''Can You Hear Us?''. Currently, only Goodreader 4 & 5 are active.
** ''Can You Hear Us?'' contains a snippet of "You Alone", the song that initially got the band discovered, as a hidden track. It only contains the bridge and final chorus. Where are the other 2/3 of the song? Apparently, clues to their whereabouts were contained in the liner notes for ''Illuminate'' and ''A Collision''. These links are now dead and the a full studio version of the song was never released, so [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes keep circulating the mp3s]].
* EpicRocking: The seven-minute "God Almighty, None Compares". In an unusual move for Christian worship music, the last two minutes and change are an [[UpToEleven intentionally over-the-top]] guitar solo.
** "Intoxicating" is a good example of epic ''acoustic'' rocking.
** ''Give Us Rest'' has the "Sequence", a 16-minute suite split into seven different tracks at the end of the first disc.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: A flatlining heart monitor sets the tone at the beginning of "Come Awake", and later, an alarm clock rings out in tune with the song's climax. Both sounds are significant to the meaning of the song.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The songs on ''Church Music'' go to great lengths to enforce this, speeding up or slowing down rhythms to mimic a non-stop dance mix, or even using sound effects to bridge the gaps in a few instances. As mentioned above under BookEnds, even the beginning and end of the album tie together in this fashion.
** ''Illuminate'' did this beautifully with the segue from "Intoxicating" into "How Great".
** ''A Collision'' tends to avert this with a number of bizarre and [[MoodWhiplash incredibly jarring]] segues.
** ''Give Us Rest'' does a fair amount of both, particularly during the "Sequence".
* FanNickname: The album credits for ''Remedy'' excitedly list about ten different nicknames for Ted Nugent ("The Nuge", etc.), who plays a guitar solo on "We Won't Be Quiet".
* FunnyAfro: B-Wack.
* GenreRoulette: Most of their later albums, but ''A Collision'' deserves special mention for its unexpected forays into seemingly everything from electronica to bluegrass. "Be Lifted or Hope Rising" shifts styles rather abruptly mid-song.
** ''Give Us Rest'' quite intentionally mimics this aspect of ''A Collision''.
* LastNoteNightmare: The mellow final verse of "I Saw the Light" ends rather abruptly... and loudly.
* LongTitle: ''A Collision'' names many of its tracks according to the SufjanStevens school of thought (which is appropriate, since the band covers Stevens' "O God Where are You Now (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)"
** Most ridiculously, a ten-second guitar feedback interlude is titled "(Repeat/Return) or When the Seventh Angel Sounded His Trumpet, and There Were Loud Voices in Heaven, Which Said: 'The Kingdom of the World Has Become the Kingdom of Our Lord and of His Christ, and He Will Reign Foreverandever, Etc...'"
** And then there's the album title ''Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])'', which uses nested ''parenthesis''.
* LoveIsADrug: "Intoxicating". Kind of a funny trope to encounter in Christian music, though there is Biblical precedent for it.
* LuckyCharmsTitle: The asterisk often seen in the band name. When asked, Crowder humorously explained that it stood for "[[OffTheRails David Crowder [is about to go insane because Jack Parker continually tries to sabotage the work of the rest of the] band.]]"
* MoodWhiplash: Parts of ''A Collision'', particularly the transitions between songs, can be jarring due to this.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Overlapping with ThePowerOfFriendship, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4JBhmdUunA&feature=related the music video]] for "Forever And Ever Etc..."
* NonAppearingTitle: The "Birmingham" part of "Birmingham (We Are Safe)". Crowder has played coy with the details about whether it's meant to reference the city in England, or the one in Alabama.
* OminousLatinChanting: Used a few times on their final album, ''Give Us Rest''. Justified since the entire album is based on a requiem mass. Though not all instances of it are intended to be ominous.
* OneOfUs: Members of the band seem to embrace a geeky image. Notable examples include rigging a GuitarHero controller for use as an actual instrument in live performances of "...neverending...", and the creation of [[StarWars Steve 3PO]] the robot drummer for their ''Church Music'' tour.
* TheOner: Their video for "How He Loves" appears to be this, but they mess around with the playback speed quite a bit, making the video appear to be fast-forwarding during the most intense moments of the song, and slowing down again for the quieter moments.
* PissTakeRap: "B-Wack Be Creepin'". Some fans apparently thought this was seriously going to be the band's new musical direction. This amused Crowder greatly.
* ThePowerOfRock: How the band defeats the menacing squirrels in the "...neverending..." video.
* PunnyName: The fact that "wholly" and "holy" sound the same is emphasized in "Wholly Yours".
** "Fall on Your Knees" attempts something similar, with the line "Fall on your knees in wonder" crammed up against itself so that it sounds like the word "Wonderful" where the end meets the beginning of the next.
* RearrangeTheSong: The band has released several "remix" EPs, with the rule generally being that acoustic songs get electronic remixes while electronic or heavier rock songs get the acoustic treatment. This led to several songs from ''Illuminate'' getting techno remixes on ''Sunsets & Sushi'', and songs from the highly electrified ''A Collision'' and ''Church Music'' getting stripped down in the form of ''B Collision'' and the ''Summer Happiness'' EP.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Pretty much anything Crowder writes that is ''not'' a song. Particularly funny when it's used to describe something mundane. This can be surprising to those who are used to Crowder's largely simplistic lyrics.
* ShaggyDogStory: During the ''Illuminate'' tour, Crowder told a long story in between songs about how he came to own the former residence of the man who invented Dr. Pepper, only to find that the property was overrun with squirrels. He described his stand-offs with the squirrels in great detail, only to conclude at the end that the moral of the story was, "Squirrels are evil".
** Which became a bit of a BrickJoke when the band created their animated music video for "...neverending...".
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Intentionally averted earlier in the band's career, as Crowder didn't feel it necessary to refer to himself as the genuine article, asserting that the group may change their position if other groups called "The David Crowder Band" came into being. However, they've started using "The" in front of their name more recently.
* StealthPun / FridgeBrilliance: ''A Collision'' has tracks subtitled "A Walk Down Stairs" and "B Walk Down Stairs", and the companion EP is called ''B Collision''. Those who study the album's back cover will notice that the album is split into four parts, the first being "A Part" (possibly referring to sin keeping us apart from God, or the concept of holiness as being "set apart") and the final being "D Part" (the album dealing more and more with death and our eventual "departure" for heaven as it gets deeper in).
* TeasingCreator / MathematiciansAnswer: In explaining his songs, Crowder sometimes seems to get a kick out of being overly wordy or intentionally vague. Though it's not to make fun of the audience, really - it's more to prompt them to think more deeply about their own questions.
* UncommonTime: "Our Happy Home", while played in common time, ends with an eighth note getting clipped off of each successive measure of the drum beat until there's nothing left.
** Also parts of "Heaven Came Down" and "In the End (O Resplendent Light!)"
* ViewersAreGeniuses: Can ''you'' name a Christian rock band that talks about particle physics and Niels Bohr when [[http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/lyrics/new/track.asp?track_id=3602 explaining the meaning of their songs]]?
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