What’s the story behind Storyline?
Ton: Boy and I studied together at Mahidol College of Music and that’s where we had a chance to dabble professionally in the music industry. We composed scores for shows. One day while working in the studio, I just said to Boy, “We make so much music together. Why don’t we make our own songs?”
Jeep: I joined the band when my brother quit. He’s the former bassist of Storyline.
Kazz: I met Ton at a studio where I was playing drums for some singers. I showed him the Boys Like Girls MySpace page then bam! We really connected.
Boy: Actually all of us share a common musical style. That’s why we get along really well and getting along well is the key to holding the members together.

Why did you name yourselves Storyline?
Jeep: We chose the name Piglet at first, but we later realized we wanted a name that reflected our concept of keeping memories in our songs. Then Jeeb came up with the name Storyline, a screenwriting term for the plot. It reflects how we tell a story in our songs.

What’s the story behind your first hit single “Chun Bok Ter Laew
[I Told You]”?
Boy: It’s inspired by Ton’s past love. He was with this girl who always put him through a come-here-go-away trip. Then one day she actually left him for another guy, who Ton knew and warned her many times that he wasn’t good for her, but she never listened. Eventually the girl came back to Ton with tears in her eyes.
You say you’re power pop. Can you explain what that means?
Jeep: Power pop comes from pop punk and a little touch of electronic. It’s the combination of powerful, high-pitch vocals and popish melodies. An example of such style of singing is Toh from Silly Fools. Now we’re releasing our new single “Pen Arai” which we covered from Indonesia’s Mahkota as a swap project with them. They covered our “Chun Bok Ter Laew” song.

If you weren’t in Storyline, what would you be doing right now?
Ton: I would be making my way into the national table tennis team. That’s what I loved before music.
Jeep: Own a business involving musical instruments or a studio or something music related.
Kazz: Everyone in my family is or was a soldier. I would have been one too if music hadn’t wowed me first.
Boy: I’d be doing the same thing I am doing, which is playing piano but in a classical style. I’ve been taking classical piano lessons since I was five.

What is your biggest dream?
Jeep: We want to tour around the world like Simple Plan. I think they are a fun rock band and we want to be like them. We want to be an inspiration for the young generation like Simple Plan was for us. Interview by Nat Tantisukrit and Ubonwan Kerdtongtawee

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