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Infobox musical artist| name = The Classic Crime| image = The Classic Crime at the Party At The Pier Silverdale Washington.jpg| caption =The Classic Crime playing at the Party At The Pier in Silverdale, WA.| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Seattle, Washington , United States|USA | genre = Alternative rock , post-grunge , post-hardcore , emo , pop punk | years_active = 2004& ndash;present| label = Tooth & Nail Records | associated_acts =| website = | current_members = Matt MacDonald (musician)|Matt MacDonald

Paul "Skip" Erickson
Alan Clark
Robert "Cheeze" Negrin| past_members = The Classic Crime is an American rock music|rock band from Seattle , Washington (U.S. state)|Washington . Formed in 2004, the band's current lineup consists of Matt MacDonald (musician)|Matt MacDonald (vocals, guitar), Alan Clark (bass), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums, vocals). They have released three albums and an Extended play|EP on Tooth & Nail Records , two of which, The Silver Cord (2008) and Vagabonds (The Classic Crime album)|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 , with plans to release the album in 2012.

Background

Their debut album Albatross (The Classic Crime album)|Albatross was released on May 23, 2006. The band currently has 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. The band's second full length record, The Silver Cord was released July 22, 2008. They also released an E.P., Acoustic Seattle Sessions . They finished their 3rd record Vagabonds , which was released April 6, 2010.

The band has toured with A Change Of Pace , A Static Lullaby , Quietdrive , I Am Ghost , Relient K , So They Say , Just Surrender , Powerspace , Mest , Allister , Aiden , and Scary Kids Scaring Kids . They have also toured with fellow Tooth & Nail Records|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 is also going 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 .

As of July 2011, they are no longer signed to Tooth and Nail Records. They plan to write a record with a release date in July 2012.
On November 8th, 2011, Justin announced via the band's Facebook page that he would be leaving the band following the December 16th concert at the Showbox Sodo in Seattle, WA. 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.

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.

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 . Also, all three of The Classic Crime's full-length albums have charted on Billboard Music's Top Christian Albums music chart. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/the-classic-crime/chart-history/736723 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."

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Label	Chart Positions
Year	Title	Label	US 200	US Christ	US Heat	US Hard
2006	Classic Crime album)>Albatross	Tooth & Nail Records	-	16	12	-
2008	The Silver Cord		123	3	-	14
2010	Classic Crime album)>Vagabonds		105	6	-	6

EPs

Year	Title	Label	Chart Positions
Year	Title	Label	US 200
2007	Seattle Sessions	Tooth & Nail Records	—

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