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Todd Strange (born 1966) is the bassist who played on the first Down album NOLA and with Crowbar. Forming Crowbar with Kirk Windstein (Down), Matt Thomas and Craig Nunenmacher (Black Label Society), they released the best-selling albums of the band's discography. This included the Crowbar self-titled LP with the hits "All I Had (I Gave)", "Existence is Punishment", "No Quarter" (by Led Zeppelin) and "I Have Failed", produced by Phil Anselmo. By 1994, Phil put his band Pantera to the side and resurrected Down which was sidelined for Pantera in the late 1990s. The band released NOLA in reference to the band's hometown, New Orleans, Louisiana, and played 13 shows. Eventually, the album sold 500,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Soon after, Phil returned to Pantera and Crowbar continued, and the two bands partnered up for tours in 1996. As a result, Todd, Kirk and the rest of Crowbar appear in Pantera's "Home Videos 3" in the credits, and Kirk and the band are seen in scenes including the notorious clip of Kirk dressed up as The Hulk. This event is also included in Crowbar's 1996 home video "Like Broken", but contains slightly different footage.
By the time Down reformed and Crowbar recorded "Sonic Excess in its Purest Form", Todd dropped completely out of music. He is currently working as a machine repair tech in River Ridge, Louisiana. There is a rumor that Kirk Windstein played bass during the studio recording of NOLA, with Todd taking the role as live bass player.
In June of 2004 Todd made news as "A River Ridge man who shoved his 6 year old son to the ground, causing a blood clot on his brain," who "was arrested on cruelty charges Monday." The paper reported, "The victim's mother told investigators from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office that Todd Strange, 38, pushed the boy Sunday about five pm at their home." As for information on his son "the victim's condition was not known Tuesday evening." Ultimately, "Strange was booked with one count of cruelty to a juvenile" and "was released from the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on Monday." The paper contacted Todd who "answered the door of his River Ridge home on Monday but did not respond to requests for comment."[citation needed]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Crowbar albums
[edit] Down albums
[edit] Music videos
- 1991 Crowbar - "Subversion"
- 1993 Crowbar - "All I Had (I Gave)"
- 1993 Crowbar - "Existence Is Punishment"
- 1994 Down - "Stone the Crow"
- 1995 Crowbar - "The Only Factor"
- 1996 Crowbar - "Like Broken" (Full Length Home Video)
- 1996 Crowbar - "Broken Glass"
- 1997 Pantera - "Home Video 3" (Full Length Home Video)
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