Description
1). The first is an American doom / sludge rock band from Louisiana, characterized by their extremely slow, low-keyed, hardcore and brooding songs.
Starting in 1989 and taking its name from the Crowbar group in NOLA (New Orleans), Kirk Windstein went on to pioneer slow and heavy music with a unique vocal style. Their first album, “Obedience Through Suffering” was released in 1991, but failed to achieve notoriety. By 1993’s self-titled (Crowbar) album, personal friend Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, and Superjoint Ritual among others) produced the record, which eventually led to national promotion on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball. Phil sang back up on a few tracks and sang background on “Broken Glass” which rounded out the anthems “All I Had (I Gave),” “I Have Failed” and “Existence is Punishment” along with a new take on the Led Zeppelin song “No Quarter.” Following their success the band went on to record music videos, major tours with Pantera, and more albums. Their band stage antics became infamous, which led to being immoralized in the Pantera “Home Video 3” and Crowbar’s “Like Broken” Home Video.
As time moved on the band lost its founding members with the exception on vocal and guitarist Kirk Windstein. After Todd Strange left the band, the trademark 300 pound + band members slimmed down and the heaviness was only in the music and not the band members. The band continues to perform, borrowing members from NOLA metal bands like Goatwhore and Acid Bath.
Origin and Status
United States of America (New Orleans, Louisiana) - Active
Members
Current members
- Kirk Windstein - vocals and guitars (1989–present) (Down and Kingdom of Sorrow)
- Steve Gibb (son of Barry Gibb) - guitars and backing vocals (2004–present) (Kingdom of Sorrow and Black Label Society)
- Patrick Bruders - bass guitar (2005–present) (Goatwhore)
- Tommy Buckley - drums (2005–present) (Soilent Green and Christ Inversion)
Former members
- Mike Savoie - bass guitar (1989)
- Todd "Sexy T" Strange - bass guitar (1989–2000)
- Wayne "Doobie" Fabra - drums (1991)
- Travis - guitars (1991)
- Craig Nunenmacher - drums (1991–1995, 2000, 2004 - 2005) (Black Label Society)
- Kevin Noonan - guitars (1989–1990, 1991-1993)
- Matt Thomas - guitars (1993–1997)
- Jay Abbene - guitars (filled in for some shows at the end of 1996) (Wrathchild America)
- Jimmy Bower - drums (1989-1990, 1996–1998) (Eyehategod, Down, Superjoint Ritual, Corrosion of Conformity and Debris Inc)
- Sammy Duet - guitars (1998–2002) (Acid Bath, Goatwhore)
- Sid Montz - drums (2000)
- Tony Costanza - drums (2001) (Machine Head)
- Rex Brown - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard (2004-2005) (Pantera, Down)
- Jeff "Okie" Okoneski - bass guitar (Near Life Experience, Alyze, Skarrd)
Discography
Studio albums
- Obedience Thru Suffering (September 26, 1991, Pavement Records)
- Crowbar (October 12, 1993, Pavement Records)
- Time Heals Nothing (May 23, 1995, Pavement Records)
- Broken Glass (October 29, 1996, Pavement Records)
- Odd Fellows Rest (July 7, 1998, Mayhem Records)
- Equilibrium (March 7, 2000, Spitfire Records)
- Sonic Excess in its Purest Form (August 8, 2001, Spitfire Records)
- Lifesblood for the Downtrodden (February 8, 2005, Candlelight Records)
- Live: With Full Force DVD 2007
Live albums
- Live +1(EP) (March 29, 1994, Pavement Records)
Demos
- Aftershock (1989, Self-released)
- Slugs (1990, Self-released)
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Music videos
- "Subversion" (1991)
- "All I Had (I Gave)" (1993)
- "Existence Is Punishment" (1993)
- "The Only Factor" (1995)
- "Broken Glass" (1996)
- "Like Broken" (Full Length Home Video) (1997)
- "I Feel the Burning Sun" (2000)
- "Dead Sun" (2005) (Filmed in Miami, Florida around August 2004 and directed by John-Martin Vogel and Robert Lisman)
- "Lasting Dose" (live) (2005)
- "Planets Collide" (live) (2005)
- "Scattered Pieces Lay" (live) (2005)
- "Slave No More" (2005) (Filmed in Miami, Florida on June 21, 2005 and directed by John-Martin Vogel and Robert Lisman)
Contact and Links
http://www.crowbarmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/crowbar
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