Big Blue Monkey

Story of the Year
Story of the Year in 2009
Background information
Also known as	SOTY, Story
Origin	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Genres	Post-hardcore, alternative rock
Years active	2000–2011; 2013–present
Labels	Epitaph, Maverick
Associated acts	Greek Fire, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, Saosin, The Fuck Off And Dies
Website	www.storyoftheyear.net
Members	Dan Marsala Ryan Phillips Philip Sneed Josh Wills
Past members	John Taylor Perry West Greg Haupt Adam Russell

Story of the Year is an American rock band formed in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2000. The band was originally formed under the name Big Blue Monkey. They changed their name to Story of the Year in 2002 after the release of their EP titled Story of the Year on the indie label Criterion Records, after they realized a blues group of the name Big Blue Monkey had already existed.

It would not be until three years after forming that Story of the Year saw its first piece of commercial success in its major label debut, Page Avenue, containing the popular singles "Until the Day I Die" and "Anthem of Our Dying Day". A second album, In the Wake of Determination, followed in 2005, but did not achieve the commercial success of its predecessor. The band released their third album, The Black Swan, on April 22, 2008, which was their first release on Epitaph Records, followed by 2010's The Constant.

After spending many years as a local band with different line-ups, recording three EPs and multiple demos, Story of the Year signed a deal with Maverick Records in 2002, then recorded and released their first album, Page Avenue, in September 2003. The first single from that album was "Until The Day I Die". It first received radio airplay around July–August 2003 on stations like KROQ-FM. The second single, "Anthem of Our Dying Day", featured a music video directed by Joe Hahn of Linkin Park.

MTV News reported on their website that during a radio show in May 2004, the band members of Story of the Year got into a fight with the roadies of metal band Godsmack. Pictures of the band members' bruised faces were posted on their homepage. The members of Godsmack were not involved in the fight.