The Classic Crime // House of Heroes.

The Horton stairwell is covered in little signs. They tell of a concert that night. The two biggest bands are The Classic Crime and House of Heroes. As it would happen, The Classic Crime is one of my favorite bands. I was stoked.

I talked to some friends later that afternoon, and I found three other people that wanted to go. We made plans to eat dinner and leave for the concert right afterward. And that we did.

The concert was held at a church in Brea, definitely a pretty small venue. But those are some of my favorites. The show line-up was The Workday Release, Abandon Kansas, The Classic Crime, and House of Heroes.

The Classic Crime was the biggest excitement for me. I know their first two albums in their entirety, and I’m familiar with their most recent album. They played some of my favorites: “Headlights,” “The Coldest Hard,” and “Salt in the Snow.” It was fantastic. I just wish that they had played “Who Needs Air?” because it is amazing.

At the end of the concert, I bought a Classic Crime t-shirt and got the band members to sign it. The lead singer wasn’t going to be coming out, though, so I was bummed about that. We did get a picture with the rest of the guys from the band, however.

Photo credit: Sarah, Editing credit: Gabby

We ended up talking to the lead singer of Abandon Kansas for a while, and he was really chill. It came up that I was from Minnesota and he eagerly asked where. Since it seemed like he had some knowledge of Minnesota, I told him that my home is near Duluth. “I dated a girl from Duluth!” he replied. I found this rather comical, because Duluth really isn’t that huge of a city.

As we were leaving, we were all bummed that we hadn’t gotten to see the lead singer of The Classic Crime. It was then that we saw him sitting in the driver’s seat of their van. We waved and walked toward the window. He rolled it down, and we asked if he would sign our posters and t-shirts. He was more than happy to. We told him how much we enjoyed the show, and he was really grateful for our positive feedback.

During the concert, the drummer for House of Heroes had made a joke about using the word “titanium” as a hip new adjective.
As we were leaving, we decided that we had experienced a titanium Tuesday night.