Major Parkinson was started in 2003 by Jon Ivar Kollbotn, Eivind Gammersvik, André Lund and Jan Are Rønhovde.

In the same year, they won the Eggstock festival in Bergen, as well as the local band competition finals in Zoom.

In the summer of 2006, Major Parkinson was invited[1] to record a debut album in the Radio Star Studios by producer Sylvia Massy, who also has worked with artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Johnny Cash, System Of A Down, Seigmen and Animal Alpha.

In January 2019, in an interview with Proglodytes, Lars Christian Bjørknes revealed that their upcoming material would include a double album.

[4] In July 2022, the band posted on their Facebook page that their next album, "Valesa: Chapter 1: Velvet Prison", would be released on October 7, 2022.