"Could a band named Crushed Purple play anything else but psychedelia? We think not..." - Mike Rutz (Style Weekly - 05/25/10)

Crushed Purple has been performing live since 2009. Performance venues have included:

- Fontana's (New York, NY)
- Hi-Tone (Memphis, TN)
- The Elbo Room (Chicago, IL)
- The Muse (Nashville, TN)
- Swayze's (Marietta, GA)
- Zazoo's (Louisville, KY)
- Inn Termission (Pittsburgh, PA)
- The Juggling Gypsy Cafe (Wilmington, NC)
- The Old Firestation #3 (Fairfax, VA)
- Dogfish Head Alehouse (Fairfax, VA)

As well as many local Richmond venues including The Camel, Strange Matter, The Canal Club, The Tobacco Company, Emilio's, Current, On the Rox, Sprout, The Triple and Alley Katz.

Festivals played include:

- The Richmond Vegetarian Festival
- Ulu'Katu Festival (Topton, NC)
- Half Moon Festival (Virginia Beach, VA)

Featured on The Psychedelic Underground Generation Vol. 1 :
http://thepugrock.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1

and Your Psych Tunes Vol 8.:
http://yourpsychtunes.bandcamp.com/

Crushed Purple were featured in Sounds of RVA's Musician Spotlight August, 7, 2012
Sunset Island Music's Artist of the Week in 2012