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Say Anything



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Hometown: Los Angeles, CA (USA)

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Hello, my name is Max and this is the bio I had to write for my band. We are called Say Anything. We have existed since Coby started playing drums over the horrible songs I wrote about girls while attending high school in Los Angeles, California. Being the egomaniacal singer type, I proceeded to kick out and\or drive away pretty much anyone else who joined the band, so there were a ton of lineup changes, yet somehow Coby and I ended up selling a lot of our self released\recorded cd. Soon, all these strange children started to repeatedly attend our live shows and tell their friends until we garnered a motley crew of a fan base.

Being fresh faced teenagers, as well as the fact that we were playing with bands like the Promise Ring (and, like, Rooney) it wasn't a surprise that all these big scary labels saw us as a safe bet and tried to get us to sell our souls to them. They also told us we could be the next Blink182 if we gave them our first-born children and agreed to do whatever the wanted. That didn't sound so hot so we chose to be totally "underground" and sign to Doghouse Records. They've put out such obscure, borderline D.I.Y records as The All American Rejects.

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Reviews

Say Anything Anarchy, My Dear

Say Anything

Anarchy, My Dear (2012)

Equal Vision

Say Anything Fingertips [Max Bemis Song Shop]

Say Anything

Fingertips [Max Bemis Song Shop] (2011)

RCA

Say Anything In Defense of the Genre

Say Anything

In Defense of the Genre (2007)

J

Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy [reissue]

Say Anything

...Is a Real Boy [reissue] (2006)

J / Doghouse

Say Anything ...Is A Real Boy

Say Anything

...Is A Real Boy (2004)

Doghouse

Interviews

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Say Anything

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 3:00 PM (EST)

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Max Bemis (Say Anything)

Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 8:00 PM (EDT)

Tours: Say Anything / Eisley / HRVRD / Northern Faces
Say Anything has announced the Rarities and More Tour. As the name implies, the tour is inspired by the band's recent released three disc collection of remastered B-sides and rarities and the jaunt will be supported by…
April 03, 2013
Tours: Max Bemis (Say Anything) release comic about bi-polar superhero
Max Bemis of Say Anything has announced plans to release his first comic series through Boom! Studios. The series, titled Polarity, which features protagonist Timothy Woods suffering from a bi-polar disorder, but for whom medication is repressing his…
January 18, 2013
Best of The Year: Benny Horowitz (Gaslight Anthem), Jon Loudon (Restorations), Max Bemis (Say Anything)
It's Positive Tuesday! Celebrate by reading Best of 2012 lists by Benny Horowitz (Gaslight Anthem), Jon Loudon (Restorations), and Max Bemis (Say…
December 18, 2012
Best of The Year: XO (Say Anything) signs to Rory Records
Say Anything's Max Bemis has signed his labelmates' side project XO to his label Rory Records. The band features Say Anything guitarists Jake and Jeff Turner. Max said this: Though it seems obvious for us to finally be working with Jake and Jeff because…
December 13, 2012
Best of The Year: Say Anything announce 'All My Friends Are Enemies: Early Rarities'
Just before the weekend, Say Anything announced that they will be compiling three albums worth of early material into All My Friends Are Enemies: Early Rarities. It's due out January 22, 2013 via…
November 12, 2012
Best of The Year: Max Bemis, Sherri DuPree unveil Perma
Max Bemis of Say Anything has teamed up with his wife - Sherri DuPree of Eisley for a new indie-folk project they're called Perma. They've posted the first recording from the project. You can…
September 12, 2012
Tours: Sidekicks (North America)
Along with their upcoming tour supporting Say Anything and their trip to The Fest, The Sidekicks have announced a number of…
August 30, 2012
Tours: Murder By Death raises $187,048 via Kickstarter
Murder By Death is now officially the third biggest musical project to fundraise through Kickstarter. The Indiana band raised $187,048 through the service when they used it to fund the deluxe vinyl edition production of upcoming album, Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon which is due out…
August 14, 2012
Tours: Say Anything / Murder By Death / The Sidekicks / Tallhart
Say Anything has just announced the dates for their upcoming fall tour in support of their most recent album Anarchy, My Dear which was released earlier this year…
August 03, 2012
Tours: Tallhart / Belle Histoire (East Coast, Midwest)
Tampa, FL's Tallhart (formerly known as Marksmen), the first band signed to Max Bemis of Say Anything's Rory Records (an imprint of Equal Vision Records), will be hitting the road in late August with Belle Histoire. They…
July 02, 2012

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