The Great Crusades is an American rock band based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1996. The band released its debut album "The First Spilled Drink of the Evening" on Mud Records in 1998 (reissued by Trocadero in 1999).

Brian Krumm has played every show as a member of The Great Crusades, back in their starting days in Champaign, Illinois, and in the adopted hometown of Chicago since 1998. Brian Hunt has been involved a good long while, too. The two have a bond, dating back to their days in The Suede Chain, a Midwestern act that would hint at great things before their dissolution in 1995. It made more sense for them to play together in this band.

Christian Moder, who played with Krumm and Hunt in grade-school bands dating back to fifth grade, now stands (yes, stands) behind the drum kit for The Great Crusades. Brian Leach, a longtime friend and a great songwriter in his own right (Autoliner, Sugarbuzz, Last Gentlemen), plays piano and organ and adds backup vocals and guitars.

The band's second album, "Damaged Goods", was released in 2000.

Since then they have released Never Go Home (Glitterhouse, 2002), Welcome to the Hiawatha Inn (Glitterhouse, 2004), Four Thirty (Innocent Words, 2006), Keep Them Entertained (Glitterhouse, 2007), Who's Afraid of Being Lonely? (Lakeshore, 2011), Fiction to Shame (Glitterhouse, 2012), Thieves of Chicago (Blue Rose, 2014, Mud Records, 2015), Until the Night Turned to Day (Blue Rose, 2017, Mud Records, 2017) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.