| Krumm, Hunt, and Moder first played in a band together in grade school. Krumm and Moder played "Stray Cat Strut" at a talent show when they were in 5th grade.
Hunt, Krumm, and Moder played their first gig at Maryville West Elementary School in Maryville, Illinois. It was their 6th grade graduation party and Moder's mom, Carol, sat in on piano for a few songs.
Hunt, Krumm, and Moder played in a number of bands throughout grade school, junior high school, and high school. Some of the band names included Torcher, Extortion, Exodus, Norwegian Blue, and Straight Curves.
Hunt and Krumm formed The Suede Chain in Champaign, Illinois, in 1989 with Matt and Jason Docter. Moder went to Boston's Berklee College of Music in 1990.
The Great Crusades formed in 1996; first album released December 1997 by Mud Records
9 tours of Europe (Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Croatia, Switzerland)
Crossroads (Rockpalast : Germany)
Orange Blossom Festival 10 (Rockpalast : Germany)
"Hand Grenade Head" Video (SAT-1 : Germany)
Former drummer Mike Rader read a review of a band that "sounds like Big Black meets The Great Crusades, if that was actually a band." Mike heard that and thought that might be a good name for a band.
Brian Hunt - Bass
Brian Krumm - Lead singer and guitar
Brian Leach - Guitar, piano and vocals
Christian Moder - Drums
Roderick van Huis - guitar, piano and vocals
Mike Rader - drummer
Matt Docter
Jason Docter
Don Gerard
Jim Mefford
Derek Neidringhaus
Charlie Dold
The First Spilled Drink of the Evening
Damaged Goods
Streets and Avenues (ep)
Never Go Home
Welcome to the Hiawatha Inn
Four Thirty
Diesel Only (Live, tour only release)
Covers Volume 1 (Live, tour only release)
Keep Them Entertained (summer 2007)
Scorpions
16 Horsepower
Bottle Rockets
Steve Wynn & The Miracle Three
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Rufus Wainright
Whenever Moder moved to Chicago from Los Angeles, his drum kit had not arrived and the band only had a partial drumkit for him to use with no drum stool. So he rehearsed a few times without it and found that he really liked it. When his kit arrived, he decided not to use the seat.
Adam Schmitt
Blaise Barton
Self-produced
Rax Trax (Chicago)
Private Studios (Urbana)
Scientific (Chicago)
Joyride (Chicago)
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