Story of the Year is a platinum-selling American band whose mix of hard rock,
punk, post-hardcore helped turn screamo into a mainstream genre during the early
2000s. The group's members initially banded together as "67 North," a
short-lived band that formed in 1995 in St. Louis, Missouri. After regrouping as
"Big Blue Monkey" and releasing three EPs during that moniker, the band
relocated to Orange County, California, and changed its name Story of the Year.
Released in 2003, Story of the Year's platinum-certified debut album Page Avenue
reached Number 51 on the Billboard 200 and ...