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Down is an American southern heavy metal supergroup formed in
1991. The band is composed of Phil Anselmo (Pantera and
Superjoint Ritual vocalist), Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of
Conformity guitarist), Kirk Windstein (Crowbar guitarist), Rex
Brown (Pantera bassist), and Jimmy Bower (Crowbar drummer;
Superjoint Ritual and Eyehategod guitarist). Todd Strange
(Crowbar bassist) participated in the recording of the first
album, NOLA.  The first release was NOLA (short for New Orleans
Louisiana, and also a common blanket term for the local doom
metal scene) in 1995, an album combining the typical New Orleans
"sludge doom" sound with distinct blues and country overtones. A
short tour of 13 dates was undertaken shortly after the album's
release. Following the tour, Down was put on hold to allow its
members to return to their respective bands. The band regrouped
in 2001 to record the more diverse album entitled Down II: A
Bustle in Your Hedgerow (taken from a l