Crowbar was recorded in New Orleans in 1992 by Crowbar. The album went on to sell 100,000 copies on the independent label Pavement Music (now defunct). The singles "All I Had (I Gave)" and "Existence Is Punishment" propelled the band on MTV and achieved international attention. The album was produced by childhood friend of Crowbar founder Kirk Windstein

Kirk Windstein

Kirk Windstein is an English-American sludge metal singer and guitarist for the New Orleans bands Crowbar, Down, and Kingdom of Sorrow....

 and the singer for Pantera

Pantera

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, Phil Anselmo

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Track listing

1. "High Rate Extinction" – 2:44
2. "All I Had (I Gave)" – 3:11
3. "Will That Never Dies" – 3:56
4. "Fixation" – 3:46
5. "No Quarter
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   " - (Led Zeppelin
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    cover) – 4:30
6. "Self-Inflicted" – 2:45
7. "Negative Pollution" – 3:11
8. "Existence Is Punishment" – 4:29
9. "Holding Nothing" – 3:13
10. "I Have Failed" – 4:22

Personnel

• Guitars, vocals - Kirk Windstein
  Kirk Windstein
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• Guitars - Matt Thomas
• Bass - Todd Strange
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• Drums - Craig Nunenmacher
  Craig Nunenmacher
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Music videos

• "All I Had (I Gave)"
• "Existence Is Punishment"

The videos for "All I Had (I Gave)" and "Existence is Punishment" appeared on Beavis and Butthead. Butthead commented that Kirk looked like he was defecating on the toilet. "Existence" appears on the Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection

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#3 DVD.