Story Of The Year

来自密苏里州圣路易市(St. Louis, Missouri)的Story of the Year，相信是现在其中一队最勤力的乐队，原名为Big Blue Monkey的他们，成立於97年，经过多年努力以及多次队员的变动，虽然於圣路易经常有演出的机会，但仍然未能受到广泛注视．他们不断地创作，不断地演出，不断印刷他们自己的 demo cd，直至偶然之下，其中一张 demo cd 於02 年落在乐队 Goldfinger 的吉他手 John Feldmann 手中，并转交厂牌Maverick，Feldmann 亦请他们到南加州，跟 Goldfinger 一同演出，队名亦改为现在的 Story of the Year，他们亦由当时开始，展开了他们的旅程
by Johnny Loftus
Story of the Year began as Big Blue Monkey in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time (the late 90s), the bands sound was much heavier (think Deftones), and the lineup that would become Story of the Year was not yet in place. Big Blue Monkey played frequently in and around St. Louis, issued a few EPs, and endured the lineup fluctuations typical to any struggling combo. Creative and persistent self-promotion caught the ear of producer John Feldmann, who in turn brought Maverick Records into the picture. By 2002, Big Blue Monkey had become Story of the Year, moved to Southern California, and toured with Feldmann and Goldfinger. The lineup of vocalist Dan Marsala, guitarists Ryan Phillips and Phillip Sneed, bassist Adam Russell, and drummer Joshua Willis entered the studio with Feldmann, emerging in spring 2003 with the full-length Page Avenue. Story did some Warped Tour dates that summer, and issued the record the following September. By this point the Story sound had morphed completely and comfortably into emo-inflected post-grunge, akin to groups like Thrice or the similarly Feldmann-shepherded Used. The CD+DVD set Live in the Lou/Bassassins followed in spring 2005; it was a precursor to In the Wake of Determination, which appeared in October.