Kirk Windstein

Kirk Windstein (2016)

Kirk Windstein (born April 14, 1965 in Middlesex , England ) is an American metal , hardcore and sludge singer and guitarist for the bands Crowbar , and Kingdom of Sorrow . From 1992 to 2013 he was also the guitarist of the band Down .

Career

In 1987 Windstein was the guitarist of the Judas Priest and Iron Maiden co-association Victorian Blitz . Other members at that time were Sid Montz, later at Crowbar and Valume Nob, and Kevin Noonan, who subsequently also played for Crowbar.

Kirk Windstein at Elbriot 2018

In 1988 Windstein left the band and joined Shell Shock, a hardcore band from New Orleans , as a singer and guitarist . Guitarist Mike Hatch committed suicide while the band was recording an album called No Tomorrow . Kevin Noonan took his place some time later and after several line-up changes and renaming to Aftershock, WREQUIEM and The Slugs, Crowbar emerged from the band in 1991. Windstein had their first successes with Crowbar in the early to mid-1990s when the band's videos ran on MTV Headbangers Ball and they toured with Pantera and Paradise Lost .

In 1995 Windstein recorded the debut album NOLA of the band project Down, founded in 1991, as guitarist with Phil Anselmo from Pantera as well as Pepper Keenan ( Corrosion of Conformity ) and his Crowbar bandmate Jimmy Bower . Down also toured the United States, with Crowbar's Todd Strange playing bass. In 2002, Down reformed again and recorded a second album, Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow . The band also performed at the Ozzfest . The musicians then returned to their main bands. In 2007, however, the third Down album, Down III: Over the Under, followed . In 2013 he left Down to focus on his activities with Crowbar.

In between, Windstein played bass with Valume Nob , but withdrew from the band in 2006. In March 2010, it was reported that Windstein was engaged as a singer in a band project called Suicide War, which included former Valume Nob members, Craig Nunenmacher (ex-Crowbar, Black Label Society ) and Soilent Green and Goatwhore singer Ben Falgoust .

2005 founded Kirk Windstein with Hatebreed singer and MTV presenter Jamey Jasta Kingdom of Sorrow . With this band, Windstein released the self-titled debut in 2008, followed by the second album Behind the Blackest Tears in 2010 .

Discography

Crowbar

→ see Crowbar: Discography

Down

→ see Down: Discography

Kingdom of Sorrow

→ see Kingdom of Sorrow: Discography

Equipment

Guitars

• ESP Viper (black)
• ESP Viper Baritones
• ESP Viper Custom (red)
• Gibson SG VooDoo (2005 with Crowbar)
• Gibson SG Custom Black (2005 with Crowbar)
• ESP Eclipse Red (Tour 2009 with Down)
• Fender Stratocaster White (Tour 2009 with Down)
• ESP Viper Custom Purple Le Fleur-de-lis (Tour 2010 with Crowbar)
• Maxon floor effects

amplifier

• Marshall JCM800 2203X 100W Head
• Marshall 1960B straight front 300W 4x12 cabinet with 75W Celestion speakers.
• Orange Thunderverb 50 (2009 with Down)
• Randall RG 100 ES

Web links

• Official Down website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.paranoizenola.com: No Tomorrow
2. ↑ Blabbermouth: KIRK WINDSTEIN: Why I Left DOWN. October 14, 2013, accessed July 25, 2019 . 
3. ↑ www.blabbermouth.net: DOWN / CROWBAR's KIRK WINDSTEIN Joins SUICIDE WAR , March 18, 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), accessed September 18, 2010
4. ↑ Patrick Schmidt: Of course! , in: Rock Hard, No. 280, September 2010, p. 53