Todd Strange

Todd Strange, (born 1966), is a former bassist who played on the first Down album NOLA and Crowbar. Forming Crowbar with Kirk Windstein (Down), Matt Thomas and Craig Nunenmacher (Black Label Society) they released the best selling albums of the bands discography. This included the Crowbar selftitled LP with the hits "All I Had (I Gave)," "Existence is Punishment," "No Quarter" (by Led Zeppelin) and "I Have Failed" produced by Phil Anselmo. By 1994, Phil put his band Pantera to the side and resurrected Down which was sidelined for Pantera in the late 1990s. The band released NOLA in reference to the band's hometown, New Orleans, Louisiana, and played 13 shows. Eventually, the album sold 500,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Soon after Phil returned to Pantera and Crowbar continued, which the two bands partnered up for tours in 1996 for. As a result, Todd, Kirk and the rest of Crowbar appear in Pantera's "Home Video 3" in the credits and Kirk and the band is seen in scenes including the nortious clip of Kirk dressed up as the hulk. This event is also included in Crowbar's 1995 Home Video "Like Broken," but contains slightly different footage.

By the time Down reformed and Crowbar recorded "Sonic Excess in its Purest Form," Todd dropped completely out of music and it is rumored he is a painter or construction worker in River Ridge. Recently, it was rumored that Kirk Windstein played bass on NOLA, with Todd taking the role as live bass player. In June of 2004 Todd made news as "A River Ridge man who shoved his 6 year old son to the ground, causing a blood clot on his brain," who "was arrested on cruelty charges Monday." The paper reported, "The victim's mother told investigators from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office that Todd Strange, 38, push the boy Sunday about five pm at there home." As for information on his son "the victim's condition was not known Tuesday evening." Ultimately, "Strange was booked with one count of cruelty to a juvenile" and "was released from the Jefferson Parish Corectional Center in Gretna on Monday." The paper contacted Todd who "answered the door of his River Ridge home on Monday but did not respond to requests for comment." [1]

Discography

Crowbar Albums

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
	September 26, 1991	Obedience Through Suffering	Pavement Records
	October 12, 1993	Crowbar (Produced by Phil Anselmo)	Pavement Records		100,000
	March 29, 1994	Live +1 (EP)	Pavement Records
	May 23, 1995	Time Heals Nothing	Pavement Records
	October 29, 1996	Broken Glass	Pavement Records
	July 7, 1998	Odd Fellows Rest	Pavement Records
	March 7, 2000	Equilibrium	Spitfire Records

Down Albums

Album Cover	Date of US Release	Title	Label	US Billboard Peak	US sales
File:Down NOLA.jpg	September 19, 1995	NOLA	Elektra	57

Music videos

• 1993 Crowbar - "All I Had (I Gave)"
• 1993 Crowbar - "Existence Is Punishment"
• 1994 Down - "Stone the Crow"
• 1995 Crowbar - "Like Broken" (Full Length Home Video)
• 1995 Crowbar - "The Only Factor"
• 1996 Crowbar - "Broken Glass"
• 1997 Pantera - "Home Video 3" (Full Length Home Video)

References and links

• Crowbar Offical Site Former band
• NOLA News on Todd Strange