The original bass player and founding member was Paul Gormack, who left the band just prior to the recording of the debut album.
[citation needed] Crow recorded their debut album My Kind of Pain in Chicago in 1992 with Steve Albini (Big Black) as producer.
[citation needed] Peter Archer then moved to Melbourne in 1996 to start a family and to pursue his own song writing vehicle Odette, leaving Crow without one of its real creators.
[citation needed] Though the extraordinary talents of Chris Abrahams and Michael Christie were added on keyboards a more stripped back sound evolved and this is very evident on their last album, Play With Love in 1998.
[citation needed] In early 2007, the band began rehearsing for a show at Marrickville's (Sydney) "Cad Factory" performance space.
It's quintessential Crow, really: Those ominous opening chords; that perfect balance between light and shade; those spectral backing vocals in the chorus; Fenton's pointed, inward-looking gaze...It's like they've never left.
"[3] Richard Andrew, drummer in Crow's line-up before their split in 1999, passed away on October 30th 2024 after a battle with lung cancer, aged 58.