15 Facts About Kirk Windstein

Kirk Michael Windstein was born on April 14,1965 and is an American musician.

Kirk Windstein is the frontman, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and sole constant member of the sludge metal band Crowbar.

Kirk Windstein is a founding member of the heavy metal supergroup Down, playing guitar with them from 1991 to 2013 and later rejoining the band in 2020.

In 2005, Windstein formed Kingdom of Sorrow with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed.

Kirk Windstein began his musical career in 1985 as a guitarist for a cover band called Victorian Blitz, and in 1988 joined a hardcore punk band called Shell Shock as a vocalist and guitarist.

Kirk Windstein played guitar for the cover band Victorian Blitz in 1985, which performed renditions of songs by WASP and Judas Priest.

Kirk Windstein considered becoming the guitarist for Exhorder but he and Strange reformed the band, with Craig Nunenmacher as the drummer and Kevin Noonan on guitar.

Together, they partied heavily, and footage of these events appears on Pantera's third home video and Crowbar's "Like Broken" video, in which Kirk Windstein dressed up as Hulk.

In 2001, Crowbar went on hiatus because Kirk Windstein concentrated on other bands.

In late 2013, Kirk Windstein announced that he is leaving Down to concentrate on Crowbar full-time because of the band's 25th anniversary in 2014.

In 2005, Kirk Windstein teamed up with vocalist Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed to form a new side venture called Kingdom of Sorrow.

In January 2020, Kirk Windstein released his first solo album, Dream in Motion.

Kirk Windstein married Robin Kirk Windstein in 2013 and has a daughter from a previous marriage.

Kirk Windstein has used various guitars in his career, including ESP Guitars, Gibson and Solar.

Kirk Windstein endorsed Orange Amps in 2010 along with Pepper Keenan.