# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirk-windstein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:26.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirk-windstein"
name: "Kirk Windstein"
slug: "kirk-windstein"
description: "Kirk Michael Windstein is an American musician. He is the frontman, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and sole constant member of the sludge metal band Crowbar. He is also 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. Their debut album was released in 2008. He has also released two solo albums."
tagline: "American guitarist and vocalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crowbar_Full_Force_2019_09_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-04-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.49322
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "crowbarrules"
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    handle:    "kirk.windstein"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "kirk Windstein"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيرك ويندستين"
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    title: "کرک ویندشتاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kirk Windstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Windstein"
    title: "Kirk Windstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Windstein"
    title: "Kirk Windstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kirk Windstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Windstein"
    title: "Kirk Windstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Windstein"
    title: "Kirk Windstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kirk Windstein"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump