Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Crowbar, a sludge band from New Orleans, Louisiana, is taping a free performance there for an upcoming live album in an effort to engage their hometown with their music, as per MetalInjection. Kirk Windstein, the band’s guitarist and leader, announced the news Friday, May 22, in a social media post. The Southport Music Hall in New Orleans will host the free show’s filming on July 17. Windstein hasn’t disclosed any further information about the live album other than that it will be released at some point in the future. Windstein’s conversation with Teaser Talk suggests that the band may release the live album in 2027, even though they haven’t discussed it further.
Upcoming shows.
The American sludge metal group Crowbar was founded in 1990 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kirk Windstein, the only consistent member of Crowbar, is the band’s lead singer and guitarist. Windstein has acknowledged that he dislikes the name “sludge metal,” although Crowbar and other bands in the New Orleans heavy metal scene invented it by mixing the aggressiveness of hardcore punk with a sluggish, melancholy doom metal sound. The group has also covered songs from other genres, such as Led Zeppelin‘s “No Quarter” on “Crowbar”, Iron Maiden‘s “Remember Tomorrow” on “Odd Fellows Rest”, and Gary Wright’s “Dream Weaver” on “Equilibrium”. The group was founded in 1988 when Kirk Windstein joined ShellShock, a hardcore punk band from New Orleans.
