impact on some aspect of contemporary pop culture, but its impact on rock, especially hard rock, these days is particularly compelling. Back in the day, grunge was a badge of the disaffected. But now bands such as the one fronted by Chris Daughtry avidly embrace all the choreographed moves of a TV show.
Poses aren't merely struck; they're held as if for an archetypal camera shot. Shirts might still be singing in bars and small clubs in the Greensboro, N.C.
, area. Instead, riding a high tide of moves and sounds derivative of generic hard rock bands such as Live and Fuel, he shot into the upper reaches of last year's competition. He turned down an offer from Fuel to be their lead singer and released his own disc, "Daughtry" (RCA), which is far, far outpacing the work of his "Idol" rivals Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee, the winner and runner-up, respectively.
In fact, the disc is outpacing all others; it's currently the No. 1 CD in Chris Daughtry has mastered the strong, sensitive look. stool, most people would take note and get out of his way.
Yet he sings of bare his soul during a set that checked in at just less than an hour. The band record. Daughtry's fans haven't just heard the single, "It's Not Over," they've memorized the lyrics to many of the tracks on the album, so Daughtry turned song, co-written with Rob Thomas.
Both were done in a duet setting with just Daughtry on guitar and his drummer on tom-toms. Then, with a sense that was more mechanical than dramatic, the show picked up and the band plowed though their hit single, and their next single, "Home" before thanking the audience. After a brief pause, the band returned and Daughtry revved the crowd for a raucous version of Pearl Jam's "Break.
" DAUGHTRY. A good case study for television's impact on rock but not much else. Monday night at Irving Plaza, Manhattan.
Cinder Road and Eve to Adam opened.
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