The Classic Crime

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The Classic Crime
Origin	Seattle, Washington, USA
Genre(s)	Post Hardcore Emo^[1] (older material)Indie rock^[2] (older material)Alternative rock^[3]
Years active	2004–present
Label(s)	Tooth & Nail Records
Website	Official website Myspace
Members
Matt MacDonald Justin DuQue Paul "Skip" Erickson Alan Clark Robbie Negrin

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The Classic Crime is an rock band originally from Seattle, Washington, currently based out of Seattle, Washington. They are currently signed to Tooth & Nail Records. The band consists of Matt MacDonald (vocals), Alan Clark (bass), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums), and Justin DuQue (guitar). Their debut album Albatross was released on May 23, 2006. The band has over 3 million plays on Myspace. Their album 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.^[4] . The band has just finished recording their second full length record The Silver Cord to be released July 22, 2008. The band has toured with A Change Of Pace, A Static Lullaby, Quietdrive, I Am Ghost, So They Say^[5], Just Surrender, Powerspace, Mest, Alister, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids^[6]. They have also toured with fellow Tooth and Nail bands Anberlin, Emery, Mxpx,and Run Kid Run; according to their MySpace blog, they are doing a brief tour of the west coast with Project 86, Aiden, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids this April. The Classic Crime will also will be on the 2008 Warped Tour. This Will Be The Second Time since their first time back in 2006.

1 Issue of faith
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 EPs
3 Sponsorships
4 References

[edit] Issue of faith

Some fans have assumed that The Classic Crime is a "Christian band" due to being signed on to Tooth & Nail Records. 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." ^[7] Justin DuQue states "3 of the 5 members in the band are Christian. We get that a lot being on a pseudo-Christian label (tooth & nail) but no we are not a Christian band. Our lyrics are very positive and hopeful though".