Kirk Windstein: New Down Music is “Very Magical” and Similar to NOLA
Pantera,
Corrosion
of
Conformity,
and
Crowbar
may
all
be
doing
their
own
thing
right
now,
but
work’s
been
underway
for
new
Down
tunes
for
a
while
now.
In
reality
it
feels
like
Down’s
had
shit
on
the
back
burner
for
more
than
a
decade
now,
but
that’s
beside
the
point.
Things
are
being
committed
to
tape
and
if
you
ask
guitarist
and
Crowbar
frontman
Kirk
Windstein,
it
sounds
kick
ass
—
“magical,”
even.
While
speaking
with
Concrete
Spew
prior
to
a
Crowbar
show
down
in
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia,
Windstein
gave
an
update
on
how
things
were
going
with
the
supposed
new
slate
of
music
coming
from
the
fan
favorite
supergroup.
And
what
it
sounds
like
is
we
could
be
getting
some
old-school
sounding
Down.
“To
me,
it
sounds
more
old-school
Down
and
the
reason
I
say
that
is,
I
think
we
got
to
a
point
where
we,
like,
the
Nola
record
is
so
simple
and
it
just
wrote
itself;
it
was
so
simple
and
that’s
how
this
is
coming
about
which
is
great.“We’re
not
overthinking
it;
we’re
not
trying
to
make
things
too
complex.
Philip’s
not
trying
to
write
so
many
lyrics
and
things
and
we’re
not
trying
to
have…
You
know,
we
just
kind
of
got
–
I
hate
to
say
‘got
away,’
because
anything
we
do
is
Down,
but
to
me,
we
kind
of
got
a
little
bit…
like,
we
needed
to
go
back
and
look
at
each
other
and
just
go,
‘let’s
just
get
in
the
room
and
do
it
like
we
did
from
the
beginning,’
and
that’s
what
it
feels
like
to
me.“It’s
very
magical.
The
ideas
and
working
together
just
bounce
off
of
one
another.
It’s
a
natural
thing.”
This
latest
update
falls
in
the
same
vein
of
what
was
said
back
in
March,
when
drummer
Jimmy
Bower
told
Shawn
Ratches
of
Laughingmonkeymusic
that
Down
already
has
a
few
songs
in
the
can.
“We
got
together
about
a
month
or
two
ago,
and
we
were
practicing
with
just
me,
Pat
[Bruders,
bass],
Kirk
[Windstein,
guitar]
and
Pepper
[Keenan,
guitar].
Phil
[Anselmo,
vocals]
lives
on
the
other
side
of
the
lake
[in
Louisiana].
We
got
together
over
at
his
house
for
a
weekend,
and
we
have
seven
songs,
man.
We’re
supposed
to
get
together
again
in
April,
and
then
talk
about
recording,
trying
to
get
this
thing
out.”
This
is
some
exciting
news
all
around,
though
it’s
confusing
to
see
how
the
respective
parts
of
Down
will
get
the
time
to
do
anything
with
these
new
tunes.
After
all,
Phil
Anselmo’s
touring
the
world
in
the
Pantera
tribute
act;
Windstein’s
been
busy
with
Crowbar
and
Eye
Am;
Pepper
Keenan’s
had
Corrosion
of
Conformity
shit
going
on
lately;
Jimmy
Bower’s
been
off
with
Eyehategod;
and
Pat
Bruders
has
played
with
Saint
Vitus.
Either
way,
here’s
hoping
we
hear
something
sooner
rather
than
later.