Their sound haunts more than entertains. And that's a good thing. The Great Crusades have been compared to the likes of Pulp. PJ Harvey, Tindersticks and Tom Waits. It's a well deserved comparison. The band's songs are stories of sadness and longing, executed in a tight, well-crafted manner that Rolling Stone calls a mixture of "anger, muscle ad minor-key remorse like a roughneck Tindersticks with the bonus of a singer who's got the tubercular pipes of Tom Waits and Axl Rose's love child." Just who are these people? Brian Krumm has played every show on the band's resume (which includes an impressive number of venues including Subterranean, The Double Door and The Pontiac Caft, in addition to shows around the country and Europe), covering vocals, guitar, harmonica and banjo. Joined by Brian Hunt on bass, the two have a bond dating back to their days in the Suede Chain, a Midwestern group that dissocated in 1995. The duo is rounded out by Christian Moder on drums and Brian Leach (of Sugarbuzz, Autoliner and Last Gentlemen) on organ and piano.
The Great Crusades released the CD Never Go Home in 2002 on Germany's Glitterhouse Records. The First Spilled Drink of the Evening was released in 1998 in the U.S. by Mud Records and by Trocadero Records in Europe in 1999. Damaged Goods was released by Checkered Past Records in the U.S. in 2000 and by Glitterhouse Records in Europe.
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