Crime in Stereo

Crime in Stereo
Crime in Stereo performing live in 2007
Background information
Origin	Levittown, New York, United States
Genres	Hardcore punk, melodic hardcore
Years active	2001–2011, 2012–present
Labels	Blackout!, Nitro, Bridge Nine
Associated acts	Daytrader
Website	Official Site

Crime in Stereo is a Long Island-based hardcore punk band. Active from 2002 to 2011, the group released four full-length albums and a compilation, recording for the labels Blackout!, Nitro, and Bridge Nine before disbanding. In 2012, the group reunited, though they have not released new music since then.

Crime in Stereo formed in 2001 and recorded a homemade demo tape that same year. The band released their debut, a split with New York City's Kill Your Idols, in 2003 on Blackout! Records. In early 2004, the band released their debut full-length in conjunction with Brightside Records, Explosives and the Will to Use Them and was well received by several punk music webzines. In early 2005 the band signed with Nitro Records, owned by Dexter Holland of The Offspring. Although a four-song EP titled The Contract was released in July 2005 to finish up the band's contract with Blackout! Records / Brightside, the band released the Fuel. Transit. Sleep EP that same year with Nitro Records containing two songs from the following album, The Troubled Stateside, which was released April 18, 2006 on Nitro Records.

The band left Nitro Records some time after the release of The Troubled Stateside and signed to Bridge Nine Records who released their Mike Sapone-produced third full-length, Crime in Stereo Is Dead, on October 23, 2007. During this time several of the band's members held jobs outside of music; bassist Mike Musilli began teaching at the high school level, and guitarist Alex Dunne worked for the Democratic Party in the state of New York.