Crowbar Waiting In Silence
BackTrack taken from 1992's "Obedience Thru Suffering" Crowbar is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana, characterized by their extremely slow, low-keyed, heavy and brooding songs that also contain fast hardcore punk passages. Crowbar is considered to be one of the most influential metal bands to come out of the NOLA metal scene. Starting in 1989 being known as The Slugs in New Orleans formed by Kirk Windstein and Jimmy Bower and being renamed into Crowbar in 1991,[vague] Kirk Windstein went on to pioneer slow and heavy music with a unique vocal style and hardcore punk influences that resulted in fast passages uncharacteristic of traditional doom metal. They released their demo in 1990, and after recording it Jimmy Bower left and got replaced by Craig Nunenmacher. 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) produced the record, which eventually led to national promotion on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. In addition, the videos for "All I Had (I Gave)" and "Existence is Punishment" were played on Beavis and Butthead. Following this success the band went on to record music videos, embark on major tours with Pantera, and record more albums. Their stage antics, immortalized in the Pantera "Home Video 3" and Crowbar's "Like Broken Glass" home video, became infamous. The band continued recording and touring. In 1994, the Pantera video for the song 'I'm Broken' showed Philip Anselmo wears a Crowbar / Eyehategod t-shirt. Original drummer Craig Nunenmacher left the band in 1996 and was replaced by Jimmy Bower from Down and Eyehategod, and for their 1996 release Anselmo sang back up on a few tracks on "Broken Glass." In 2000, after recording and releasing Equilibrium with Sid Montz on drums, original drummer Craig Nunenmacher rejoined the band, for the "Penchant For Violence Tour" with "the Brotherhood of Brewtality" Black Label Society and Sixty Watt Shaman. Half way through the tour, Nunenmacher replaced BLS's drummer Phil Ondich and pulled double duty for the rest of the tour, eventually joining BLS permanently. As time moved on the band lost its founding members with the exception of vocalist and guitarist Kirk Windstein. After Todd Strange left the band, the trademark 300 pound + band members slimmed down, leaving the heaviness in the music only. The band continues to perform, borrowing members from NOLA metal bands like Goatwhore and Acid Bath. In their recent 2005 release, Lifesblood for the Downtrodden, Pantera bassist Rex Brown lent his bass skills and keyboard playing. Down's producer, Warren Riker, assisted in production. Also in 2005, "Existence" appeared on the Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection #3 DVD. In March 2008 it was announced that their albums — "Crowbar" (1993), "Time Heals Nothing" (1995) and "Live+1" EP (1995) will be reissued in Europe on April 21, 2008 with bonus and multimedia tracks. The band is also known for covering other band's material and putting a heavy spin on it. Crowbar covers Gary Wright's, "Dream Weaver", on their Equilibrium album and Iron Maiden's "Remember Tomorrow" on "Odd Fellows Rest", and Led Zeppelins "No Quarter" on "Crowbar". The band was notorious for redefining the word "heavy": During Sexy T's and Jimmy Bower's time in the band, the mass weight of the band members was well over 800 pounds (close to half a ton). Sexy T left the band in 2000 and has not been replaced with any other large musician. DISCLAIMER: Standard disclaimers apply. I encourage viewers to buy the original content, both the music and the photos, from the owners. THIS IS A FAN-TRIBUTE ONLY! I am in no way affiliated with the band or the photographers. Sludge Louisiana New Orleans Pantera Phil Anselmo Doom Eyehategod St Vitus Melvins
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Uploaded: July 29th, 2008 @ 11:25 am
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