Straight
from the heart of St Louis,
Cometh five humans with
rock and roll powers unlike
most citezens of Earth.
In the immortal and ever
knowing words of one Bill
S. Preston Esquire and Ted
Theodore Logan, Story of
the Year have proven themselves
"most triumphant.
After
nearly a decade of tight-knit
friendship and years of
playing music, Story of
the Year have established
themselves as one of the
most promising unsigned
bands in the nation. With
tons of shows under thier
belt; opening and touring
with bands like GlassJAw,
Goldfinger, Finch, Mest,
Papa Roach, Riddlin Kids,
(to name a few) Story of
the Year have turned heads
with an insanely energetic
live show rivaled by few.
Their on-stage antics and
originality have earned
them praise nationwide and
have no doubt made them
a band to watch out for.
Story
of the Year takes pride
in knowing that they are
undoubtedly one of the hardest
working bands in the universe.
Over the years, they have
independently handled all
of their own affairs and
learned to be quite self
sufficient. They personaly
built and maintain this
webpage, they design, print,
and package all of their
own promotional material,
CDs, T-shirts, and other
merchandise, they book and
organize all of their shows
and tours, they (along with
friend Alan Hessler) record
their own music, and they've
even filmed, edited, and
duplicated their own 40
minute home video. Story
of the Year have independently
organized their own nation-wide
street team, right down
to duplicating the Promo
CD's themselves. All of
this, on top of a 5 day
a week practice schedule
keep the boys very busy,
but very happy....
In Spring
of 2001, Story of the Year
recorded a 5 song self titled
EP in St Louis with engineer
/ producer Alan Hessler
(SGM records) and relocated
from St Louis, MO to Orange
County to surf, catch potato
bugs in their house, and
to take over the world.
The band spent this summer
and fall on tour with Goldfinger
and the Vans Warped Tour.
In September, the band officially
changed their name to "STORY
OF THE YEAR". (Since
1997, they were known as
"bigbluemonkey")
Future
Plans...In the spring of
2003, Story of the Year
will be recording their
debut full length record
with producer John Feldman
(The Used, Mest, Goldfinger)
in Los Angeles, CA. Until
then, the boys will spend
all winter in sunny California
writing their record and
playing random shows here
and there.
.:The
Member:.
Josh Wills / drums
Ryan Phillips / guitar
Dan Marsala / vocals
Adam Russell / bass
Phil Sneed / guitar