CROWBAR’s Kirk Windstein Recalls Seeing Ghost At PHIL ANSELMO’s House – “I Just Drank More Beer And I Was Fine”; Video

Elliott Fullam of Little Punk People hung out with Kirk Windstein of Crowbar in his tour bus outside of their show at Dingbatz in NJ last night and in this interview, Kirk talks about the meaning behind the song “Embrace The Light” from the new album The Serpent Only Lies. He also shares his story about hearing and seeing a possible ghost while hanging at Phil Anselmo’s house, the idea of ending up as a Walmart greeter one day if he wasn’t playing music for a living, his favourite 80’s hair metal bands, politicians or aliens, and more.

Crowbar will release their eleventh album, The Serpent Only Lies, on October 28th via eOne Music. The album track “Falling While Rising” is streaming below.

“We are so excited about our 11th studio record! The Serpent Only Lies is a powerful follow-up,” says frontman Kirk Windstein. “Eliran Kantor did a brilliant job with the artwork! Our first release, “Falling While Rising”, is Crowbar at its finest… HEAVIER THAN EVER!!!”

Tracklisting:

“Falling While Rising”
“Plasmic and Pure”
“I Am the Storm”
“Surviving the Abyss”
“The Serpent Only Lie”
“The Enemy Beside You”
“Embrace the Light”
“On Holy Ground”
“Song of the Dune”
“As I Heal”
    
“Falling While Rising”:

Teaser:

The Serpent Only Lies will be the follow up to the highly buzzed about Symmetry In Black that sold over 4,000 copies in its first week of release in 2014, the highest of any LPs in the band’s 27 year career, beating out its predecessor, 2011’s Sever The Wicked Hand.

For nearly three decades, the name Crowbar has been synonymous with HEAVY. Since rising ominously from the swamplands of New Orleans in 1990, they’ve been hailed internationally as one of the world’s foremost purveyors of crushing, melodic sludge. The Serpent Only Lies, is both an affirmation of the band’s staying power and a nod to their legacy. “To me, it’s a fresh-sounding version of old-school Crowbar,” says Windstein.

“I intentionally went back and listened to a lot of old Crowbar stuff, like the self-titled and Broken Glass albums, to get a feel for what my mindset was 20-plus years ago. I also went back and listened to the bands that influenced Crowbar in the beginning, like Trouble, Saint Vitus, Melvins, and the first Type O Negative record. So it was kinda me doing my homework.”

The result is an album that stands toe-to-toe with those early Crowbar classics while maintaining the lumbering hooks of mid-period standouts like 1998’s Odd Fellows Rest and 2000’s Equilibrium. “Even lyrically, the approach was a little more old-school,” Windstein offers. “Some of the songs have less lyrics to let the riffs breathe a little more, which I had kind of gotten away from over the years. It was a conscious thing to go back to that.”

The tour cycle for The Serpent Only Lies marks the return of original Crowbar bassist Todd “Sexy T” Strange, who left the band back in 1999 but now joins Windstein, drummer Tommy Buckley and guitarist Matt Brunson in forging Crowbar’s future. “Todd helped start the band, so having him back is important to me and, I think, the fans,” Windstein offers. “It’s a great feeling to be standing onstage next to him. It’s a breath of fresh air for the band and makes us stronger.”

“Having this be our eleventh record, we’re very fortunate because so many bands don’t last this long,” Windstein adds. “My whole outlook on music as a career is the Motörhead outlook, which is that slow and steady wins the race. If you continue to put out killer records, continue to kick ass onstage every night and continue to treat your fans with respect, that’s the stuff people will remember.”

Tour dates here.

(Photo – Jimmy Hubbard)