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1. Crowbar is an American sludge metal band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1990.
2. Crowbar was a Canadian rock band based in Hamilton, Ontario, best known for their 1971 hit "Oh, What a Feeling".
3. Crowbar was a British punk/oi band active in the 1990s.
4. Crowbar was an electronic band active in the 1990s.

1. Starting in 1989 and taking its name from the Crowbar group in NOLA (New Orleans), Kirk Windstein went on to pioneer slow and heavy music with a unique vocal style. Their first album, Obedience Thru Suffering was released in 1991, but failed to achieve notoriety. By 1993's self-titled Crowbar album, personal friend Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, and Superjoint Ritual among others) produced the record, which eventually led to national promotion on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. Phil sang back up on a few tracks and sang background on Broken Glass which rounded out the anthems "All I Had (I Gave)," "I Have Failed" and "Existence is Punishment" along with a new take on the Led Zeppelin song "No Quarter." Following their success the band went on to record music videos, major tours with Pantera, and more albums. Their band stage antics became infamous, which led to being immortalized in the Pantera "Home Video 3" and Crowbar's "Like Broken" Home Video.

As time moved on the band lost its founding members with the exception of vocalist/guitarist Kirk Windstein. After Todd Strange left the band, the trademark 300-pound-plus band members slimmed down. The band continues to perform, borrowing members from NOLA metal bands like Goatwhore and Acid Bath. In their recent 2005 release, Lifesblood For The Downtrodden, Pantera bassist Rex Brown lent his bass duties and keyboard playing and Down's producer Warren Riker.

2. From 1969 to 1970, most of the members of the group had been a backup band for Ronnie Hawkins under the name "And Many Others". However, in early 1970, he fired them, saying "You guys are so crazy that you could fuck up a crowbar in three seconds!" They recorded their first album in 1970 (Official Music) as King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar. King Biscuit Boy left the band later in 1970, but continued to appear off-and-on as a guest performer.
Crowbar's rock, blues and boogie mix made it one of Canada's most popular touring bands of the early 1970s. The band toured in the United Kingdom but, otherwise, made little impact outside of Canada.
Crowbar disbanded in 1975, but was revived in 1977; (minus Jozef Chirowski, who had joined Alice Cooper's band) for a tour of eastern Canada with Kelly Jay and others intermittently during the 1980s with club work in southern Ontario.

3. Crowbar was an English Oi band who released the single "Hippie Punks" (backed with a cover of "White Riot") on the Skin Head Records label in the early 1980s. No details of their membership are known.

Equilibrium
Crowbar Lyrics

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I've been frozen
By all you said
Broken body and burning head
All I've known left me torn
Been reborn
You continue
To crush yourself

Weak and hungry you cry for help
Time is not healing your inner wounds
Growth by anger
Is not the rules.
All you've known gone away

Not reborn - never
Power leading me

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Crowbar's song Equilibrium describe a person who has been emotionally and physically hurt by someone they trusted. The pain has left them feeling frozen and broken, with their mind racing trying to process everything that's happened to them. They feel torn between what they thought they knew and the reality of the situation. In spite of this, the person has managed to be reborn and move on while the one who hurt them continues to suffer from their own destructive behaviour.

The second verse highlights the cry for help coming from the one who caused the pain. They are weak and hungry for something they cannot have, they are unable to heal and grow from their anger. They have lost everything they once knew, and are unable to be reborn like the person they hurt. The chorus seems to suggest that the person who suffered, the one who was frozen and broken, now feels a sense of power that is leading them forward.

Overall, the song Equilibrium is about the struggle to find balance and peace after experiencing emotional and physical pain inflicted by someone you trusted. It speaks to the power of forgiveness and the ability to move forward and rebuild your life, even when the one who caused the pain is unable to do the same.

Line by Line Meaning

I've been frozen
I have been emotionally paralyzed and unable to move forward

By all you said
Your words have caused me emotional pain and immobility

Broken body and burning head
My physical and mental health have suffered due to the emotional turmoil caused by your words

All I've known left me torn
Your actions and words have destroyed everything I held dear

Been reborn
Despite the pain you have caused, I am starting anew and rising from the ashes

You continue to crush yourself
Your self-destructive behavior is causing harm to yourself as well as to others

Weak and hungry you cry for help
Despite your tough exterior, you are in fact vulnerable and in need of assistance

Time is not healing your inner wounds
Your emotional scars will not simply fade away with time

Growth by anger is not the rules
Becoming a better person through lashing out and anger is not a productive or sustainable way to grow

All you've known gone away
It feels like everything you have ever known or held dear has been taken away from you

Not reborn - never
You are unable to start anew, unable to rise from the ashes