Classic Case

Former bandmates Jared Draughon (vocals/guitar) and <a href="spotify:artist:7riYmXpeBjdYRBj2CqOxWI">Mitchell Marlow</a> (guitar) hooked up for a casual jam session in their hometown of Chapel Hill, NC, in early 2002. They quickly decided the time was right to start a band up together again, thus birthing Classic Case. <a href="spotify:artist:7riYmXpeBjdYRBj2CqOxWI">Marlow</a>, who was then living in Brooklyn, ultimately persuaded Draughon to relocate to New York when getting a permanent crew together in North Carolina proved to be difficult. There the duo began jamming with drummer Stephan Linde (<a href="spotify:artist:16tILbaccE3FFRFxnI4lNg">Sons of Abraham</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7nt6S4klYHg4I7Q4lTSmc0">Glassjaw</a>) and bassist Eric Mendelson. Classic Case practiced for about a year, finally recording and self-releasing the EP It's Been Business Doing Pleasure with You in 2004. That same year, Durijah Lang (ex-<a href="spotify:artist:7nt6S4klYHg4I7Q4lTSmc0">Glassjaw</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1LlGKxSlbEdEal2ndFNrrn">the Stryder</a>) replaced Linde on drums, and the band, due to its past connections and <a href="spotify:artist:3YcBF2ttyueytpXtEzn1Za">Incubus</a>-inspired rock sound, was able to play shows with a range of acts, from <a href="spotify:artist:3dXaa6jwM7B52GZpaJEIr5">Puddle of Mudd</a> and Orgy to <a href="spotify:artist:24XtlMhEMNdi822vi0MhY1">Taking Back Sunday</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:53cAPynhUIC5WFgPPfbp2r">He Is Legend</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:55VydwMyCuGcavwPuhutPL">the Used</a>. Former <a href="spotify:artist:5obGZrR6g66J9jjZ0V84ca">Beloved</a> member Josh Moore was added into the fray in 2005 on vocals and guitar, shortly before Classic Case entered a Manhattan studio for three months to record their debut album. The band relocated back to North Carolina, as the polished Dress to Depress, which sounded something like a harder-rocking <a href="spotify:artist:17Ht3puBDQIHTXvQTYYI3b">Mae</a>, was issued in October 2005 via Help/Fiddler Records (Fiddler dissolved shortly after its release). Classic Case inked a deal with California punk indie Fearless Records in the summer of 2006 and began recording their follow-up that September with <a href="spotify:artist:0qB0cTENhSUc0feov5qbg0">Helmet</a>'s Page Hamilton in the production seat. Losing at Life was completed by the year's end and released in early 2007. ~ Corey Apar, Rovi