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((redirects|Choo Choo Train|the Doris Day song|Choo Choo Train (Ch-Ch-Foo)))
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((Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Velvet Crush
| image                 = 
| caption            = 
| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], United States
| genre               = [[Power pop]]
| years_active        = 1989–1996 • 1998–present
| label               = [[Creation Records|Creation]], [[Epic Records|Epic]], [http://www.parasol.com/labels/actionmusik/index.asp Action Musik], Bobsled, [[550 Music]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://geocities.com/patmil007/5680.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image of band |access-date=2016-08-22 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027162149/http://geocities.com/patmil007/5680.jpg |archive-date=2009-10-27 ))</ref>
| associated_acts     = Choo Choo Train<br />Bag-O-Shells<br />The Springfields<br />[[Stephen Duffy]]<br />[[Matthew Sweet]]
| current_members     = Paul Chastain<br />Ric Menck
| past_members        = Jeffrey Underhill
))

'''Velvet Crush''' is an American [[power pop]] band from [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], United States, that achieved prominence in indie-rock circles in the early- and mid-1990s.  The band broke up in 1996 but re-formed in 1998 and have continued to record, releasing their most recent album in 2004.  Vocalist/bassist Paul Chastain and drummer Ric Menck are the band's core members, having previously worked together as '''Choo Choo Train''', '''Bag-O-Shells''', and '''The Springfields''', and they share singing and songwriting duties.  Guitarist Jeffrey Underhill (of [[Honeybunch]]) played on the band's first three albums, ''In the Presence of Greatness'', ''[[Teenage Symphonies to God]]'', and ''Heavy Changes''. ''In the Presence of Greatness'' was produced by [[Matthew Sweet]], while the second and third albums were produced by [[Mitch Easter]].

==History==
Chastain had recorded in the mid-1980s as a solo artist and as a member of Nines and The Stupid Cupids, while Menck had been a member of The Reverbs<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="Robbins">Robbins, Ira "[http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=velvet_crush Velvet Crush], ''[[Trouser Press]]''</ref> and The Paint Set.<ref>((cite web
  | title = Compilations featuring Eleventh Dream Day
  | work = Dirk's Discography Website
  | url = http://dirkh.tripod.com/edd-other.html
  | access-date = Dec 2, 2009))</ref> The long association between Chastain and Menck began in 1987 with the [[indie pop]] band Choo Choo Train, who released two singles and an EP and were signed to the British indie label The Subway Organization.<ref name="Strong" /> The duo also recorded for [[Sarah Records]] as The Springfields, and for Bus Stop as Bag-O-Shells.<ref name="Strong" /> Both had been based in Chicago, but they relocated to Rhode Island around this time. Opting for a more rock-oriented 
[[power pop]] sound, the duo formed Velvet Crush in 1989, with Jeffery Borchardt of [[Honeybunch]].<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Velvet Crush", in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ((ISBN|1-84195-335-0))</ref> After three singles on [[Bus Stop Records]], the band released a [[cover version]] of [[Teenage Fanclub]]'s "Everything Flows", as an extra track on the CD Single of 'Ash & Earth, on Seminal Twang, run by David Barker of [[Glass Records]], who was in charge of the Paperhouse label for Fire Records at this time. Paperhouse were keen to release the first Velvet Crush LP,  but they chose to sign to [[Creation Records]] in the UK, who issued the band's debut album, ''In the Presence of Greatness'', in 1991.<ref name="Strong" /> The band stayed with Creation for a second album, ''Teenage Symphonies to God'', released in 1994 (on [[Sony Records]] in the US).<ref name="Strong" /> The group members spent the next few years acting as [[Stephen Duffy]]'s backing band, recording two albums with the singer.<ref name="Strong" /> Velvet Crush returned in 1998 with the ''Heavy Changes'' album, now on the Action Musik label. Another album, ''Free Expression'', followed in 1999, by which time the band was reduced to a duo of Chastain and Menck. ''Soft Sounds'' followed in 2002, and ''Stereo Blues'' in 2004.

In 2015 David Barker revived his [[Glass Records]] label, and reissued ''In the Presence of Greatness'' on vinyl in October 2018 on the Glass Modern imprint.

In July 2019 Menck and Chastain reunited with Underhill and added [[Jason-Victor]] on lead guitar for a mini-reunion tour of New England.

== Discography ==

===Choo Choo Train===

====Singles====
*"This Perfect Day" (1987) Picture Book
*''The Briar Rose'' EP (1988) The Subway Organization
*"High" single 7" (1989) The Subway Organization
*"High" EP 12" (1989) The Subway Organization

====Compilation Album====
*''Briar High (The 1988 Singles)'' (1992) The Subway Organization

===The Springfields===
*"Sunflower" (1988) [[Sarah Records|Sarah]] ([[UK Indie Chart|UK indie]] No. 8)<ref name="Lazell">Lazell, Barry (1997) ''Indie hits 1980-1989'', Cherry Red Books, ((ISBN|0-9517206-9-4))</ref>
*"Tomorrow Ends Today" (1991) Picture Book
*"Wonder" (1991) Sarah
*"Tranquil" (1991) Seminal Twang/Summershine

===Bag-O-Shells===
*"Markers" (1988 - 7" - Bus Stop)
*"Pocket Book" (1990 - 7" - Bus Stop)

===Paul Chastain & Ric Menck===
*''Hey Wimpus: The Early Recordings of Paul Chastain & Ric Menck'' (1998) Action Musik

===Velvet Crush===

====Albums====
*''In the Presence of Greatness'' (1991) Creation/Ringers Lactate
*''[[Teenage Symphonies to God]]'' (1994) Creation/Sony
*''Heavy Changes'' (1998) Action Musik
*''Free Expression'' (1999) Bobsled
*''Soft Sounds'' (2002) Action Musik
*''Stereo Blues'' (2004)

=====Compilations, live albums=====
*''Rock Concert'' (2000) Action Musik
*''A Single Odessey'' (2001) Action Musik
*''Timeless Melodies'' (2001) [[Epic Records|Epic]]
*''Melody Freaks (demos & outtakes 1990-1996)'' (2002) Action Musik

===Singles===
*"If Not True" (1990) Bus Stop
*"Walking Out on Love" (1990) Raving Pop Blast (split flexi disc with [[The Golden Dawn (Scottish band)|The Golden Dawn]])
*"Ash & Earth" (1991) Seminal Twang (UK) (includes Everything Flows on the CD version)
*"Ash & Earth" (1991) Bus Stop (US)
*"Window to the World" (1992) Creation
*''The Post Greatness EP'' (1992) Creation
*"Drive Me Down" (1992) Creation
*"Remember the Lightning" (1994) The Bob magazine (split flexi disc with Guided by Voices)
*"Hold Me Up" (1994) Parasol
*"Hold Me Up" (1994) Creation
*"Why Not Your Baby" (1995) Creation
*"Gentle Breeze" (2000) Bobsled

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.ready-steady-go.org.uk/vcrush1.html 1994 interview with Ric Menck on Ready Steady Go]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061211054828/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/velvetcrush Velvet Crush] at ''[[Rolling Stone]]''

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[[Category:American alternative country groups]]
[[Category:American folk rock groups]]
[[Category:Creation Records artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:550 Music artists]]

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