Sunshine, look at us now

Intro

Leo Valdez (Drummer, Demigod): [leans down to the mic] Is this thing on?

Piper McLean (Bassist, Demigod): Wow. We're really doing this.

Annabeth Chase (Stage designer, stadium manager, Demigod): Hello.

Leo: testing testing.
[lowers voice an octave] testing.

Hazel Levesque (Keyboardist, Demigod): I'm not sure how much help I will be for this.

Frank Zhang (Security manager, Demigod): [scratching back of his neck] There's not a lot for me to tell.

Percy Jackson (Lead guitarist, Demigod): Dam it's crazy to be back.
I feel like I'm twenty two again.

Leo: [voice still lowered] Let's get this party started.

. . .

On June 26 1979 Demigod performed to a sold out crowd at Solider Field in Chicago, Illinois.

They were one of the biggest bands in the world at the time, fresh off their award winning multi-platinum selling album "Ugly."

It would be their final performance.

In the decade since, the band and members of their inner circle have refused to speak on the record about what happened.

Until now.

. . .

Piper: So if your conducting these interviews with everyone involved...

Jason Grace (Rhythm Guitar, Demigod): By everyone, you mean everyone?

Hazel: She deserves a say in this as much as we do. More even.

Annabeth: It was her album as much as theirs. Don't let them tell you otherwise.

Percy: She and I still keep in touch. I mean we were friends even before it all went down. Things are different now, I mean it's a touchy subject.
I'm not even sure how long it's been.

Leo: It's been ten years, three months and six days.
...
Ten years since I've seen her face. Or heard her voice.
[clears throat] So yeah the mic is working.

Piper: It was harder on Leo than the rest of us.
Her leaving, then all of us leaving.
We all moved on made lives for ourselves. I still visit him, and I don't think he was ever able to do that. Move on I mean.
He's still stuck in the music.

Percy: They always sang, and wrote to each-other more than anyone else. It makes sense that he's still so...
It was his life. More so for him than the rest of us. For us it was just Rock and Roll you know? Not real life.
The story is the album. The songs are letters adressed to eachother.

Jason: We had an odd dynamic compared to other bands. More of a democracy, an involved system. But it worked for us.
She worked for us.
Until it didn't.

Hazel: She always seemed to forget the whole world was watching her.
He always seemed to forget that too.
I think that's why things ended the way they did.

Reyna Ramirez-Arellano (Journalist, Rolling stone): We dont have the whole story. We never really will. But between the band, her, the songs, the covers, the photos, word of mouth.
That's as close as we can get.
It's captivating, all aspects of it.
Her chemistry with band, the chemistry within the band.
You would go to a show, and if you could take your eyes off of Calypso long enough you would see glances thrown around, heights of tension.
Lots of people like to say the Calypso ruined that band.
I disagree.
It self destructed.

Leo: How honest do we really need to get here?
I mean I'm not trying to back out of this.
Somethings just feel like they should stay buried. You know?
I'm just the drummer man. [laughs]
And you say...[hesitates] well it's just...
Calypso agreed to this?

Calypso (lead vocalist, Demigod): [smiling, fixing her hair] What would you like to know?