The singer left Down in 2013 to focus on Crowbar's 25th anniversary last year, which was marked with the release of their 10th album, 2014's Symmetry In Black.

Nearing the end of an extensive North American tour, Windstein tells National Rock Review that he built his career from the outset with one goal in mind.

Windstein says: "It's forever ago when I think back to the very beginning. I actually played my first gig in 1980 - 35 years ago - at an old fair or something. In a way it's forever ago but, at the same time, my goal was always to have longevity, not to have huge success. I'm much happier being on the journey that never ends than being hot for a couple of years and then your career is done.

"My biggest fear of becoming a musician has already come true, which is the way the business is these days with no one selling records and illegal downloading. It really has changed: bands that once were really successful are literally falling off the map, falling off the face of the earth. It's like bands will get popular and then - boom - they're gone."