The Classic Crime

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The Classic Crime
The Classic Crime at the Party At The Pier Silverdale Washington.jpg
The Classic Crime playing at the Party At The Pier in Silverdale, Washington.
Background information
Origin Seattle, Washington, US
Genres Alternative rock, [1] post-grunge, [2] post-hardcore, [3] pop punk [3] [4]
Years active2004–present
Labels Tooth & Nail
MembersMatt MacDonald
Paul "Skip" Erickson
Alan Clark
Robert "Cheeze" Negrin
Past membersJustin DuQue
Website www.theclassiccrime.com

The Classic Crime is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2004. The band's current lineup consists of Matt MacDonald (vocals, guitar), Alan Clark (bass), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums, vocals). They have released three albums and an EP on Tooth & Nail Records, two of which, The Silver Cord (2008) and Vagabonds (2010), charted in the Billboard 200. In July 2011, the band left Tooth & Nail to produce a fourth album with the help of fan donations via Kickstarter, called Phoenix (2012). After the success they found in the crowdfunding approach with Phoenix, the band continued using Kickstarter as a means to fund their albums, subsequently releasing What Was Done: Vol. 1 in 2014, How to Be Human in 2017, Patterns in the Static in 2020, and Grim Age in 2023.

Contents

Background

Their debut album Albatross was released on May 23, 2006. The band accumulated an estimated 10 million plays on Myspace. Albatross had the highest debut sales in the history of Tooth & Nail Records with over 4,000 sales in the first week it was released. [5] The band's second full-length record, The Silver Cord was released July 22, 2008. They also released an EP, Acoustic Seattle Sessions. They finished their third record Vagabonds, which was released April 6, 2010. [6]

The band has toured with A Change of Pace, A Static Lullaby, Quietdrive, I Am Ghost, Relient K, So They Say, [5] Just Surrender, Powerspace, Mest, Allister, Aiden, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids. [7] They have also toured with fellow Tooth & Nail bands Anberlin, Emery, MxPx, Project 86, the Fold, and Run Kid Run. The band was on both the 2006 and 2008 Warped Tour. The Classic Crime also went on a Headlining ATTICUS tour with A Change of Pace, Lower Definition, Tyler Read, Jet Lag Gemini, and Artist vs Poet. They toured in 2009 with Relient K and Owl City.

They were no longer signed to Tooth & Nail Records as of July 2011. [8] With the assistance of a Kickstarter fundraising project, the band released the album Phoenix on August 14, 2012.

On November 8, 2011, Justin announced that he would be leaving the band following the December 16 concert at the Showbox Sodo in Seattle, Washington. He went on to say that he was leaving the band on good terms to pursue a career in health care and to devote more time to being a father. [9]

Matt MacDonald formed a side project with his wife, Kristie, called Vocal Few. They composed an EP to raise money to provide for their daughter, Praise, who was born December 12, 2011.

In December 2012, the Classic Crime became the second band to go public on The New York Rock Exchange.

Christianity

Some fans have assumed that the Classic Crime is a Christian band due to being signed on to Tooth & Nail Records. Also adding to the confusion is that many music stores and online sales list the Classic Crime as a Christian band for the same reason. This is true of iTunes Store. Also, all four of the Classic Crime's full-length albums have charted on Billboard Music's Top Christian Albums music chart. However, the Classic Crime does not label themselves a "Christian" band. As Matt writes on TCC's discussion board, "We believe faith is personal, and can be only held by an individual person. To entitle a group 'Christian' would be to assume that the group has a collective soul, or at least individual souls tied to a solid collective belief. Not everyone in our band is decidedly set in their faith, and we respect that." [10]

Members

Timeline

The Classic Crime

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[11] 		US
Heat.
[11] 		US
Christ.
[11] 		US
Hard Rock
[11] 		US
Indie
[11] 		US
Rock
[11]
Albatross —1216———
The Silver Cord
  • Released: July 22, 2008
  • Label: Tooth & Nail
  • Formats: CD, digital download
123—3———
Vagabonds
  • Released: April 6, 2010
  • Label: Tooth & Nail
  • Formats: CD, digital download
105—66—31
Phoenix
  • Released: August 14, 2012
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: CD, digital download
130—4112244
What Was Done, Vol. 1: A Decade Revisited
  • Released: October 28, 2014
  • Formats: CD, digital download
——————
How to Be Human
  • Released: April 28, 2017
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
95—————
Patterns in the Static
  • Released: February 28, 2020
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
——————
Grim Age
  • Released: March 31, 2023
  • Formats: CD, digital download
——————

EPs

List of EPs
YearTitleLabel
2007 Seattle Sessions Tooth & Nail

Music videos

List of music videos
YearSong titleAlbumDirector
2006"The Fight"Albatross
"The Coldest Heart"
2007"Seattle"Seattle Sessions EP
2008"Abracadavers"The Silver Cord
2010"Solar Powered Life"Vagabonds
2012"The Precipice"PhoenixDan Dobi
2013"What I'd Give Up"Robbie Negrin
2017"Ghost"How to Be HumanJames Wightman
2018"Not Done with You Yet"Robbie Negrin
2020"The Outside"Patterns in the StaticJames Wightman
"Highlights"
2023"Rageboi"Grim Age
"The End of Everything"
"Right Now"

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  2. ↑ Tony Cummings (July 2006). "Albatross" (album review). Cross Rhythms . Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 Matthew Tsai (July 2008). "The Seattle Sessions" (album review). AbsolutePunk . Buzz Media . Retrieved 7 May 2012. ...[T]he album mostly stays away from the pop-punk/post-hardcore blend the band is known for.
  4. ↑ Hurst, Josh (2010). "Vagabonds". Christianity Today . Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 "HM - Internet Exclusives". Archived from the original on 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
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