Brian Krumm of The Great Crusades

Vocalist/guitarist Brian Krumm formed The Great Crusades more than 20 years ago, following

his tenure with The Suede Chain. The Great Crusades’ debut, The First Spilled Drink of the

Evening was released in 1997, earning the praise of Rolling Stone’s David Fricke: “The Great

Crusades look at life through a shot-glass lens, mixing anger, muscle and 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.”

In 2000, Damaged Goods was released by Glitterhouse Records in Europe and Checkered Past

Records in North America. Next, the Never Go Home tour was presented by Musikexpress

Magazine and the band appeared on the legendary TV program Rockpalast. (The band also

played Rockpalast in 2015—one of only a few bands to play the show twice.)

Welcome to the Hiawatha Inn, Four Thirty, Keep Them Entertained, Fiction to Shame, Thieves

of Chicago and Until the Night Turned to Day followed, each providing a new focus for

Krumm’s ever-evolving songwriting and storytelling. Two songs from Keep Them Entertained

appeared in the season 4 finale of the HBO vampire series True Blood.

In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic put music venues on hold worldwide, Krumm focused on

solo work and began writing the materials that’d wind up on Just Fade Away. With the album

set for release, Brian Krumm and His Barfly Friends plans to tour in 2023.

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