Crowbar was a band I had always heard about but never got into until a few years ago. I remember them being touted as a “heavy” metal band because of the respective sizes of the band members. Hearing how Phil Anselmo produced an album. I remember when former Wrathchild America guitarist Jay Abbene filled in for a little while. Then of course Kirk Windstein’s work with Down.

My buddy W is into Crowbar and played stuff for me. I dug it. Thick. Sludge. Heavy. Brutal. What really sold me on them was seeing them live. They came through Austin. The show was Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar, Alabama Thunderpussy (R.I.P.), and Suplecs, on COC’s “In The Arms of God” tour. Seeing Crowbar live made me a believer. They crush.