The Story So Far

Now a world-famous pop-punk band, The Story So Far met in middle school in Walnut Creek and began jamming together while most of its members were in high school. Things have worked out well for Levy and The Story So Far, who have spent the past decade touring, recording, and building a devoted international following. You joined the band a few years after it formed.

Were you a fan of The Story So Far from its early days?

Yes, I attended the first show as a fan. I had always been around as their [merchandise] guy.

I am a little older than the other guys, so I was the first one who had a car and could drive them around to gigs. I grew up in the Woodlands area of Walnut Creek, then moved to the Northgate area after that. My musical upbringing was pretty busy. My whole family plays music: My dad plays guitar, mom plays piano and sings. I have an older brother, Charlie, who does Broadway-style numbers on cruise ships. Where did you shoot that? Why did we drive all the way down here? How does their music continue to inspire musicians through the ages?

We love the later stuff— Revolver, Sgt. Pepper , the White Album—and we looked at the way they would experiment with sounds and instruments and textures of recordings.

We are really happy with the result of taking this approach. The album has a flow and layers and textures, and we did not feel pigeonholed into one genre.

It is kind of wild to think about how influential the Beatles are. It is something I can relate to with my parents, or any other music fan anywhere in the world. A series of high-profile incidents — a scuffle with heavy-handed security on Warped Tour , and kicking a fan off stage in for taking a selfie — even attracted tabloid press attention, helping to shape a one-dimensional, caricatured image of a boorish Neanderthal who preferred to speak with his fists. I was kinda flailing, and I felt so low despite being high all the time.

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In reality, The Story So Far vocalist probably just needed to hit pause for a while. Since their debut album Under Soil And Dirt exploded and made them pioneers of a then-burgeoning pop-punk resurgence, Parker, bassist Kelen Capener, guitarists Kevin Geyer and Will Levy, and drummer Ryan Torf played live and trekked across the globe for almost six years non-stop. That serious graft came with enormous success — making The Story So Far the hottest ticket in pop-punk, especially in the U.

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At every step of the way in his life so far, Parker has had it all. But when he finally came home from years on the road with The Story So Far, everything was different. Travelling makes you different, it skews things. I just fell out of love with music.

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This naturally left the future of The Story So Far in limbo. Parker says the others shared his frustrations.