This US emocore band can trace its roots back to the St. Louis, Missouri independent scene of the mid-90s. Dan Marsala (b. 3 November 1980, St. Louis, Missouri, USA) and Ryan Phillips (b. USA) played drums and guitar respectively for the Deftones-inspired local outfit Big Blue Monkey, recording a number of independent EPs with the original line-up of the band. Struggling to make an impact beyond the confines of the local club scene, the new millennium saw a number of personnel changes with Marsala moving over to vocals, Josh Wills taking on the drumming role, Adam Russell coming in on bass, and Greg Haupt (b. 9 October 1981, USA) joining Phillips on guitar. The quintet began to pursue a more streamlined emo sound and the change in musical direction coincided with a more vigorous approach to self-promotion. They recorded three EPs and built up a strong following in St. Louis, but in 2002 decided to move to Orange County, California to further their music career. An offer to tour with Goldfinger was a timely boost, and coincided with the quintet's decision to change their name to Story Of The Year after discovering a blues outfit was also operating as Big Blue Monkey. The band's new name was taken from the opening track on an earlier EP.

Listen to Story Of The Year at Finetune.

• (2008)  Wake Up
• (2008)  The Black Swan
• (2008)  The Antidote
• (2005)  Live In The Lou
• (2005)  We Don't Care Anymore
• (2005)  In The Wake Of Determination
• (2005)  In The Wake Of Determination
• (2003)  Page Avenue
• (2003)  Until The Day I Die

• Until The Day I Die
• Anthem Of Our Dying Day (Live)
• Sidewalks
• We Don't Care Anymore
• And The Hero Will Drown

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• InsertName on 2008-09-23 20:54:11.220:
  definitely one of my favourite bands!
• three_days_grace_rocker968 on 2007-10-18 20:30:12.357:
  wooo u rock
• KB89 on 2007-07-14 13:49:57.217:
  I agree. They have awesome vocals.
• Chelsee on 2007-06-04 17:30:19.030:
  I love this band!! The music is totally wicked!!