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The Classic Brown

Down with FUN!

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Member Since: 4/25/2005
Band Website: theclasssicbrown.com
Band Members: Stacey Brown-Downham (guitar, vocals, keys, bitching and moaning)

David Downham (guitars, bass, keys, production and engineering, jamming)

Chris Ward (bass)

David Dunn (percussion and good looks)

Past/Occasional Members/Collaborators:Steve Poponi (guitars, bass, production and engineering, sarcasm, producer/engineer on Down With Fun), Kevin O'Beirne (amazing percussion and doolies), Cort Ferris (drums on The Accident), Jeff Blatcher (vocals on The Body Politic), Jen Brace (vocals on Americana), Matt Giresi of Meat Raffle and The Chocolate Robots (Percussion), John Crossingham of Raising the Fawn and Broken Social Scene (variety of instruments, production and engineering), Don Kennedy of Off The International Radar (engineering), Jeff Mott of His Own Subconscious (engineering).
Influences: Past: Spinanes, PJ Harvey, Guided By Voices, Pavement, Low, Bjork, Neutral Milk Hotel, Human League, Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney, Wilco

Present: Toronto/Montreal Indie Sweethearts (Broken Social Scene, Stars, Feist, Arcade Fire), Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service,
Sounds Like: See above or listen and decide for yourself. Like any self-respecting musician, I'd like to say I don't REALLY sound like anyone other than myself. But you can't help but be influenced. Gimme your fitty cents on the topic...
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My Blog

Diner State Meeting #3

Diner State Meeting #2 I tried sending a bulletin out to remind y'all about the meeting this week  no go. So here are the attendees: Brian, Pat, Rob, Stacey and Dave Downham Here's what we talked...
Posted by The Classic Brown on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:57:00 PST

Diner State Meeting Minutes

DINER STATE MEETING #2   In Attendance: Stacey, Rob and Dan (By Surprise), Karen and Kevin Mercer (Large Mammal Print/Musicians & Artists in general), their friend from Perkins whose name es...
Posted by The Classic Brown on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:05:00 PST

702 Artists Collective Meeting Minutes

I just spent an hour writing this and then did some weird thing where I closed the window and lost it all!! So here goes again. Attendees: Moi (The Classic Brown), Dave (Condor, Up Up&, The Ages...
Posted by The Classic Brown on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:01:00 PST

Download With Fun...

Down with Fun is now available on iTunes! Thanks to David Miller from Download Only Records!  
Posted by The Classic Brown on Sun, 06 May 2007 09:12:00 PST

I matter!!!

Here's a little something I wrote for the city paper's Culture Shock..."Things That Matter to People Who Matter" -- who knew! It's about This American Life -- if you have Showcase you should be watchi...
Posted by The Classic Brown on Tue, 01 May 2007 07:09:00 PST

Charting on CBC Radio 3

We're #20 on CBC Radio 3's Top 30 -- that's Canada's BBC 3 or 6  or like an indie NPR station. Woohoo! If you're a sirius radio subscriber you can listen to them via satellite or online at h...
Posted by The Classic Brown on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:06:00 PST

Chartin on 92.1 WPTS Pittsburgh

We're number 14 on 92.1 WPTS!! Good times!  
Posted by The Classic Brown on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:24:00 PST

CBC PODCAST .87

If you're looking for a fun indie-rock podcast, you should check out CBC radio 3's action. Of course, this plug has nothing to do with the fact that The Classic Brown is featured on the mos...
Posted by The Classic Brown on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:36:00 PST

Khyber Show = Grand Success

A big thank you to Dave Dworanczyk for puttin the whole kit'n'kaboodle together. He built it and you all came. Where else could you find me in such charming disarray? Thankfully I ...
Posted by The Classic Brown on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:54:00 PST

Philly Local on XPN

So ya, the rumor was true! I was pick of the day on XPN's Philly Local. Good times! Rob Wilcox is an intern there and he used to be Dave's guitar student -- nepotism got my cd in their hand, but El Be...
Posted by The Classic Brown on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:13:00 PST