In any of the times I’ve been around Kirk in both professional and social settings over the last 20 years he has been nothing but a friendly dude and a kind soul. Much respect to him for pushing through the times, line up changes and other pressures of being a touring musician. Class act.
Agreed. Super tight rhythm playing and he writes killer riffs! People too often look down on guitar players who aren't playing the most technical stuff possible.
I’d rather have somebody who can make really good heavy riffs then somebody who shreds a million miles an hour. It’s why I love dimebag because he found the in between
Kirk is the biggest sweetheart of them all. I remember watching crowbar in 2014 and he threw dozens of custom guitar picks to everyone in the first row lol
Met him in 2016 at the Rev Room in Little Rock Arkansas. Told him I was a huge fan. He said thanks man and shook my hand. He was so nice. He was just walking around the crowd, watching the opening bands play. I've been privileged to see Crowbar twice and it's always a good show. If I hadn't have been so nervous and being such a fanboy I would have remembered to ask him for a pic with me. Really enjoyed this episode.
It's encouraging to hear that even a metal great like Mr. Windstein sounds like me playing riffs off the top of my head on a practice amp. 😉 Nothing but respect from me, been a Crowbar and Down fan for many years. Together with Type 0 and Paradise Lost the biggest influence on my style of playing. I already knew he is a UFO fan, one of my all time favourites as well.
Love Kirk! Great guy and very emotional, deep, soulful riffing. He captures the soul and pulls at the heart strings. Then he punched you in the face. Legend in my book.
I got to meet Kirk when my band supported Crowbar a few years back. Great guy, no pretensions about him at all. Plus he bought one of our t-shirts. Bribery will get you everywhere. 😁
@The Ninth Heart by most metal fans. Record sales for them should be through the roof. They are my favorite band and it irritates me how many metal people hardly know them.
You are a strange person. I told you they are my favorite band, so obviously I'm not underrating them. However, Sepultura gets billing over them. That's based on album and merch sales. Now I love Sepultura, but in my view Crowbar should be on at least equal footing. Yet, they aren't. Hence, my view that others underrate them. It's not rocket science buddy.
@@codyparrish6674 if you consider getting accepted into a top notch music school, being a music teacher for a federal government program and more untalented then I'm guilty. What have you done?
Agreed on him looking and sounding like a wizard.It's great to hear him talk as well as show his influences and also play some of his own riffs while he goes on about what it was like growing up & playing guitar in the 70's.I being younger did not start playing until 1988 but I was into KISS,DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH long before I started playing guitar so I can really relate to what he was influenced by.Awesome video,thanks Loudwire!!!!!
Crowbar is criminally underrated. They’re 100% in my top 5 favorite bands. Every now and then they’ll even be #1. My favorite band is constantly changing. Lol
I dont understand why you never hear him in any interviews ever pay homage to the Crowbar, Crowbar album? Easily one of the best metal albums ever. Not a single bad track from start to finish.
Amazing!!!!!! . It's Like hanging out with kirk for 10 minutes... he's such a genuine guy... we go to every show in ontario canada. Love ya big dog the planets collide riff was amazing. Was biting my lip waiting for a little high rate extinction. Hit the bottom of my first beer hours ago. Thank-you for everything you do. This Bud's for you!!!!
Met Kirk and Pepper after Down show in Kansas City back in like 2007. Kirk was wasted and I could barely make it his signature on the set list he signed for me. Awesome show
I remember sitting in your van in front of Zeppelins listening to Accept on cassette. I always liked your guitar style but it was the voice and Craig on drums that made Crowbar my favorite.
WOW!! Watching/listening to this interview was really cool for myself because Kirk’s youth & how he got into music & how he learned on guitar & what not was pretty much %100 the same as myself with learning by ear except i was learning on bass guitar with my 4&5-string bass guitar & i remember trying to learn songs & i’m from the no internet era as a kid & young teenager & learning songs for myself was with my little ghetto blaster that had two tape decks & there was a lot of stop… rewind… pause… see if i got it correct lol & then fast forward to another piece & do the same thing all over again lol, but looking back as frustrating as it was to learn by ear like that was an incredible talent to have as i later found out instead of learning to read sheet music in which i did try to learn after learning by ear for years as I thought learning to read sheet music would be a huge asset to learn as well + being able to learn by ear but that didn’t last long as i got frustrated with it & just settled on learning by ear or by watching someone playing it. & normally people join or form a cover band to start out with which is a good thing to do obviously but i was to impatient to learn songs as well as my two other buddies who i would jam with & then finally my other buddy joined who was a drummer & instead of us doing the cover band thing we started to write our own music in which turned out to be a good thing as we practiced & practiced until gaining enough confidence to play at our high school talent show where we played 3 of our own songs & 1 cover song which was by the Canadian rock band called,”54•40” & the song is called,”crossing a canyon” which was only 1 of 3 cover songs we ever did. Anyways enough blabbering from me lol & listening to Kirk here like i said really hit home with me as Kirk learned pretty much the same way i did & Kirk is roughly 10yrs older than me so we pretty much grew up on the same kind of music etc. Kids nowadays have it much easier with learning songs with UA-cam & many other options such as paying a guitar,drum or vocal etc teacher on line & learn over the internet by a web camera. I use UA-cam all the time to learn songs or practice methods. Kirk is also one badass dude & a very down to earth guy just like my favourite band(s) which is “Carnivore” & “Type O Negative” which i know Kirk is a big fan of both bands & it's so cool that Kirk has the green “Type O Negative” tattoo logo on the top of his left hand \m/
Look closely at the cover of his solo album he's talking about in the video... the way the words are positioned on the album cover.... does that look farmiliar at all 😁😄
as soon as he started planets collide all the hairs on my arms and legs stood up, and it wasn't even well tuned for the track. thats how awesome planets collide is
Kirk is a much better player than this would suggest. He's a killer. Maybe just a little off here. Matt Pike's episode was the same. He is a crushingly good player but was super shaky on his. The low budget practice amp does not service tho these either.
Love Kirk, all these hipsters dissing KISS but loving Crowbar, love the fact that Kirk really loves KISS like i do. And also loves Motörhead and St Vitus like i do. Loves all the good stuff not only the popular stuff. Also down to earth guy, with more heart than his voice or rawness of playing makes it appear
His voice is permanently in B standard
Him and Phil Anselmo need to have a conversation!
Artificial Insolence shiiii pently of footage of that they in the same band
Or A#
😂😂😂😂
Artificial Insolence they did now we have a Down stream next week for nola 25th anniversary..
He looks like a wizard and sounds like one.
Looks like a Dumbledore and sounds like the spokesperson for Chantix.
Riff Wizard!
Incoming top comment
He is the wizard of sludge.
Judeo-Cajun Voodoo man.
The power of the riff compels him.
Hahaha you win best comment award. 🤣
"Planets Collide" is such an amazing song, among my faves from Crowbar.
Hands down their best song! I love sever the wicked hand too! Crowbar is the shit
The lasting dose is killer
@The Ninth Heart So what?
Yeah thats a incredible song !!
I would kill for a podcast with Kirk Windstein, Phil Anselmo and Matt Pike. They could read a phonebook, I wouldn't care.
YES. Just perfection
you think phil could keep himself from getting drunk and saying a bunch of racist shit for 15 minutes?
The only difference in voices would be accents haha
Loudwire make it happen pls
THIS!! Yes please I hope this becomes a thing!
In any of the times I’ve been around Kirk in both professional and social settings over the last 20 years he has been nothing but a friendly dude and a kind soul. Much respect to him for pushing through the times, line up changes and other pressures of being a touring musician. Class act.
For sure, when we opened for them in Zaandam (flux), the Netherlands they were the nicest guys ever. Made us feel very welcome.
@@Poepopdestoep holy shit, you opened for crowbar?
Jup!@@angelotrendkill
Inspired many modern bands. Crowbar is the reason I started playing the guitar.
Good to see the riff lord!
Kirk Windstein is an incredible guitar player and great songwriter. Crowbar is a killer band.
Agreed. Super tight rhythm playing and he writes killer riffs! People too often look down on guitar players who aren't playing the most technical stuff possible.
I’d rather have somebody who can make really good heavy riffs then somebody who shreds a million miles an hour. It’s why I love dimebag because he found the in between
Kirk is the biggest sweetheart of them all. I remember watching crowbar in 2014 and he threw dozens of custom guitar picks to everyone in the first row lol
For some reason I really want to hear him say "Hey kids, want some weed?"
He did say it in an ad actually go check it out
Lmfao
I wanna here him doing Mick from Rocky. Telling Phil "yer gonna eat lightning and crap thunder"
Met him in 2016 at the Rev Room in Little Rock Arkansas. Told him I was a huge fan. He said thanks man and shook my hand. He was so nice. He was just walking around the crowd, watching the opening bands play. I've been privileged to see Crowbar twice and it's always a good show. If I hadn't have been so nervous and being such a fanboy I would have remembered to ask him for a pic with me. Really enjoyed this episode.
Dangit how did i miss that. 😒😑
I’ve been a Kirk fan since I saw The Slugs open for Exhorder at Storyville over 30 years ago
Kirk came from the same place as the rest of us. Sabbath/UFO/Kiss/ Accept....and even the Trouble "The Tempter"... Awesome stuff
Wow!! TROUBLE, I love.Well done, Kirk Windstein!!
It's encouraging to hear that even a metal great like Mr. Windstein sounds like me playing riffs off the top of my head on a practice amp. 😉
Nothing but respect from me, been a Crowbar and Down fan for many years. Together with Type 0 and Paradise Lost the biggest influence on my style of playing. I already knew he is a UFO fan, one of my all time favourites as well.
Love Kirk! Great guy and very emotional, deep, soulful riffing. He captures the soul and pulls at the heart strings. Then he punched you in the face. Legend in my book.
Good to see some love for Trouble!!
Extremely underrated to this day, I remember when they got a bit of fame in the mid/late 80s
The Tempter is always a good choice!
I got to meet Kirk when my band supported Crowbar a few years back. Great guy, no pretensions about him at all. Plus he bought one of our t-shirts. Bribery will get you everywhere. 😁
Kirk playing Black diamond was all I needed to start my day. I absolutely love this man.
I didn't know Santa was this cool.
Sneaking down your chimney with a bag fulla RIFFS
Love this guy and Crowbar. Forever underrated.
@The Ninth Heart by most metal fans. Record sales for them should be through the roof. They are my favorite band and it irritates me how many metal people hardly know them.
You are a strange person. I told you they are my favorite band, so obviously I'm not underrating them. However, Sepultura gets billing over them. That's based on album and merch sales. Now I love Sepultura, but in my view Crowbar should be on at least equal footing. Yet, they aren't. Hence, my view that others underrate them. It's not rocket science buddy.
He has played 0 3 5 the prophecy has been foretold
Ahhhahahahaha this made me LOL
The first riff I ever played was Smoke on the Water on the low E just like him! Then learned it later the right way. Weird
Thats honestly how a lot of people start tbh. It's either the first I learned or in the first 5
you and 30 million other untalented musicians
@@codyparrish6674 if you consider getting accepted into a top notch music school, being a music teacher for a federal government program and more untalented then I'm guilty. What have you done?
Chad C. Watson probably sitting on his ass making UA-cam comments
I have been playing for 20 years and still play it wrong...
Kirk is the best!! he's very genuine and honest. He reminds a lot of Lemmy! Thanks for doing this video!!
By far the most underrated metal god
My wife and I met him recently at a Crowbar show in Tulsa. He is such a living legend and badass. His wife Robin is a sweetheart too.
Got super lucky and met him at the recent crowbar show with municipal waste and he was beyond awesome and down to earth!!!
No one:
Kirk Windstein: Yeah so basically *does rly sick riff* then there’s black sabbath
So nice he mentioned TroublE ! best doom metal band ever.
Refreshing to know I'm not the only one who thinks that🍻
Man trouble is such a good band. So underrated.
His friend Kyle Thomas (Exhorder, Alabama Thunderpussy, Heavy as Texas) is their vocalist now if memory serves.
@@jlanthripp man im a wagner widower
I just saw crowbar last month this man right here is a true riff lord.🤘🏻
Agreed on him looking and sounding like a wizard.It's great to hear him talk as well as show his influences and also play some of his own riffs while he goes on about what it was like growing up & playing guitar in the 70's.I being younger did not start playing until 1988 but I was into KISS,DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH long before I started playing guitar so I can really relate to what he was influenced by.Awesome video,thanks Loudwire!!!!!
Kirks new solo album chilling right beside him!!
Crowbar is criminally underrated. They’re 100% in my top 5 favorite bands. Every now and then they’ll even be #1. My favorite band is constantly changing. Lol
Same love it slow n heavy
SlumpNMyRump Tune Low Play Slow brother!!
Yep.. Acid Bath too.
Edit: I noticed your name after i typed that..lol
SerfIllustrated hell yea check the name bro lol
Dude your username just made me so happy 😂 long live Acid Bath
Sludge metal rules and Crowbar is king 👑
I fucking love this dude. I could listen to him talk theory and throw riffs all day.
Kiss has inspired so many musicians man. They’ll always be my inspiration
Drank with him and dimebag in 1998 and 2000. I still have flashbacks and liver damage
I dont understand why you never hear him in any interviews ever pay homage to the Crowbar, Crowbar album? Easily one of the best metal albums ever. Not a single bad track from start to finish.
💯
His voice is nearly as deep as Phils lol
THATS RIGHT BRO
VIVA PANTERA PHIL WAS THE BEST WITH PANTERA
R.I.P DIME VINNIE
Phil Anselmo... his voice is just deep period. He smokes... smoking will do that to your voice.
I sound just like Phill.... I wish lol.
@@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03 Yeah, it really won't... The screaming he does will though
12?
He looks like a wizard but is half as tall and twice as badass. Luv Kirk.
As soon as he starts going in to those slides for the TROUBLE material, alarms started going off. And then he mentions their influence. Really neat.
Amazing!!!!!! . It's Like hanging out with kirk for 10 minutes... he's such a genuine guy... we go to every show in ontario canada. Love ya big dog the planets collide riff was amazing. Was biting my lip waiting for a little high rate extinction. Hit the bottom of my first beer hours ago. Thank-you for everything you do. This Bud's for you!!!!
Met Kirk and Pepper after Down show in Kansas City back in like 2007. Kirk was wasted and I could barely make it his signature on the set list he signed for me. Awesome show
I remember sitting in your van in front of Zeppelins listening to Accept on cassette. I always liked your guitar style but it was the voice and Craig on drums that made Crowbar my favorite.
I love this guy.
Met Kirk a couple years ago when they opened for COC. Couldn't be a nicer dude.
He Looks like a Harry Potter teacher with metal Flair (the modern Professor Dumbledore)
Doomercore)
He's awesome.
Smoke on the water on the E string was also my first riff
Much love for Kirk!
Met Kirk before a Down show in Atlanta. Great guy!
Kirk's accent is so distinct. To my ears, some New Orleans accents sound almost East Coast with a dash of Southern.
WOW!! Watching/listening to this interview was really cool for myself because Kirk’s youth & how he got into music & how he learned on guitar & what not was pretty much %100 the same as myself with learning by ear except i was learning on bass guitar with my 4&5-string bass guitar & i remember trying to learn songs & i’m from the no internet era as a kid & young teenager & learning songs for myself was with my little ghetto blaster that had two tape decks & there was a lot of stop… rewind… pause… see if i got it correct lol & then fast forward to another piece & do the same thing all over again lol, but looking back as frustrating as it was to learn by ear like that was an incredible talent to have as i later found out instead of learning to read sheet music in which i did try to learn after learning by ear for years as I thought learning to read sheet music would be a huge asset to learn as well + being able to learn by ear but that didn’t last long as i got frustrated with it & just settled on learning by ear or by watching someone playing it. & normally people join or form a cover band to start out with which is a good thing to do obviously but i was to impatient to learn songs as well as my two other buddies who i would jam with & then finally my other buddy joined who was a drummer & instead of us doing the cover band thing we started to write our own music in which turned out to be a good thing as we practiced & practiced until gaining enough confidence to play at our high school talent show where we played 3 of our own songs & 1 cover song which was by the Canadian rock band called,”54•40” & the song is called,”crossing a canyon” which was only 1 of 3 cover songs we ever did. Anyways enough blabbering from me lol & listening to Kirk here like i said really hit home with me as Kirk learned pretty much the same way i did & Kirk is roughly 10yrs older than me so we pretty much grew up on the same kind of music etc. Kids nowadays have it much easier with learning songs with UA-cam & many other options such as paying a guitar,drum or vocal etc teacher on line & learn over the internet by a web camera. I use UA-cam all the time to learn songs or practice methods. Kirk is also one badass dude & a very down to earth guy just like my favourite band(s) which is “Carnivore” & “Type O Negative” which i know Kirk is a big fan of both bands & it's so cool that Kirk has the green “Type O Negative” tattoo logo on the top of his left hand \m/
Look closely at the cover of his solo album he's talking about in the video... the way the words are positioned on the album cover.... does that look farmiliar at all 😁😄
My partner just pointed out that he sounds like Micheal Keaton in Beetlejuice, and now I can't not here it.
Hahahahaha I can't unhear it now either ffs
It doesn't get any better than this Guy
570 represent 🤘🏻🙏
An Icon ❤
Very cool dude and I really enjoyed just listening to him explain everything in this craft that he loves. Would be a cool dad/grandpa.
Fuckin, love that dude. He is the Riff Lord of Sludge and pure southern metal.
Big love for crowbar 💙🤘🏻
This is awesome...Kirk is a class act...🤘🤘
I initially read the title as, "Cowboy Kirk Windstein" and now I can't get it out of my head.
Your Awesome Kirk!!!
The Riff Lord. Planets Collide is my favorite Crowbar jam. Hollow Dying Man is my fave off the new solo album.
Man I could’ve listened to that for an hour
The new album Is fantastic!
as soon as he started planets collide all the hairs on my arms and legs stood up, and it wasn't even well tuned for the track. thats how awesome planets collide is
7:14 Hetfield and Scott Ian may be among the first metal guitarists to downpick exclusively, but Johnny Ramone played that way first.
Kirk is awesome!!!!!!
You Da Man Kirk.
the first time I even heard of Kirk was through the pantera home videos 😝🤣 didn’t even know he was a badass musician 😅🤘
About damn time!!! What's up kirk
I want this guy to say "Hey, Hey come on over and have some fun with Crazy Taxi"
Kirk is a much better player than this would suggest. He's a killer. Maybe just a little off here. Matt Pike's episode was the same. He is a crushingly good player but was super shaky on his. The low budget practice amp does not service tho these either.
not because the gear i think, just not warmed up enough
Plus is playing riffs he hasn't played in 35 years
It’s hard to play cold
I also imagine for him, messing around is gonna be sloppy, like who is he trying to impress at this point.
It happens
Wish I could see him live again.
That explorer is sick! 🤘
I haven’t seen Kirk in a while, Did he get into the beard hall of fame yet?
His set at the Holiday Inn on Thursday's during happy hour is good. Seems down to earth and drinks are half price
Awesome musician.
Love Kirk, all these hipsters dissing KISS but loving Crowbar, love the fact that Kirk really loves KISS like i do. And also loves Motörhead and St Vitus like i do. Loves all the good stuff not only the popular stuff. Also down to earth guy, with more heart than his voice or rawness of playing makes it appear
Awesome 🎸
HFS!!! - "Turn Me On" by ACCEPT!!!!!! Thanks for your constant accessibility Kirk!!! - Bodydomelight from The "Sip
I love Crowbar
Liked before he even played a note.
Awesome musician
That tone is pretty killer
Can't wait for the live show with Down end of month!
does anyone not notice that the albums words is in the style of type o negative? just me?
No, me too. I noticed it when I gave it a listen last week
Type O were not the first ones to print their album text in the corners like that.
An homage to Type O I'm sure. Kirk has their emblem tattooed on his hand.
Yeah Kirk and Phil were big fans of carnivore the band Peter Steele was in before type o
Love Kirk but TON will always be my favorite band.
Whats the riff at 3:27?
The Tempter by Trouble.
@@torcida9 thanks
1:48 finally someone that talk about Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
That song has one heck of an intro riff
0:44 I like how it sounds
That guitar is freakin sick
Riff master!
Crowbar!!!
Legend🤘
He’s the man
Louisiana boy right there he'll yeah
LOUISIANA is the Metalmans Paradise. 🤘🏻
Dude. One of my first songs was the “Tonight” riff as well
His voice is Phil Anselmo meets Steve-o
Kirk!