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Say Anything is...
Max Bemis - Singer, Guitar
Coby Linder - Drummer, Vocals
Alex Kent - Bass
Jake Turner - Guitar, Vocals
Jeff Turner - Guitar, Vocals
Parker Case - Keyboards, Vocals

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. We were stoked at this point, but how we looked (goofy) and sounded (annoying) had us lumped in with a certain genre that was begging, begging for a backlash. I got really disillusioned and weird and went to college for a semester. Thus, I decided we needed to make "respectable" music.

During the lonely, depressing period of time when I dropped out of college to prepare for writing and recording our first record for Doghouse, I thought often about what the point of my life was. Was I doomed to remain yet another earnest, upper-middle class bred whine-rocker? After all, hidden deep in the recesses of my mind, I had hidden the notion that I could do something incredible and different, that I could be somebody like Warhol, or Jesus. I had to write an album that was revolutionary in its content and presentation. Finally, one night, it hit me. THAT was what my record had to be about: the artistic struggle, the fact that every creative person has this sick ambition to affect some sort of change in society with their art, to be more than just a guy in a band or a poet or a sculptor. I couldn’t decide if this ambition was a good or bad thing but I decided to parody that overzealous drive in human beings by crafting a truly over the top musical about...myself. The songs were jam packed with fairly blatant nods to bands I dig (Queen, Saves the Day, Pavement, Faith No More, Fugazi, etc).

Together, the songs formed a narrative arc that we wrote an entire script around. The plot centered around a neurotic collegiate punk rocker (based on myself) who is imbued with a strange power that causes his inner thoughts to burst out of his mouth uncontrollably, backed by full instrumentation. He becomes the unwilling superhero of all things rock.. However, the process of playing all the instruments except for drums and singing all day turned into such an intense, draining process that I ended up wandering the streets of Brooklyn in a psychotic daze and getting thrown into the looney bin for two weeks. Needless to say, that sucked, so we parted with the idea of the "plot" portion of the record and decided we could make a much more concise record if we focused on just the music; after all, the songs told the story themselves. So Tim O'Heir (produced Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., Superdrag) and Stephen Trask (wrote the songs for\produced Hedwig and the Angry Inch) helped me create a debut record (entitled Say Anything… is a Real Boy) that I am truly proud of.

It had been out for a while, slathered in scene hype (not so ironically the very thing the album parodies) and was doing quite fine on its own but we and J records decided to partner up to see just how many kids we could turn on to this self deprecating mess of an album. My main motivation was to further my idea that no mainstream music fan is worth less then somebody who reads about our band on buddyhead or some livejournal. I am prepared for the chants of "sell out sell out sell out" and more than willing to literally spit back in the face of anyone who would desert me because I signed to a major label. My music is not something to be owned by a core audience. It’s made to be appreciated universally. So now it’s us and J records, one of the biggest music companies ever, but I don’t mind. After all, indies these days aren’t much different except you can’t afford to go on tour.

With money and support from our parents, we were able to go out on tour for the past two years, sharing the stage with bands I have loved for a long time, from Cave In to Dashboard Confessional, from the Bronx to Straylight Run. I know now that tour is so rewarding yet draining that it was worth all those bands writing three albums each about how hard it is. Our live performance is sweaty, silly, bloody, chaotic and when I sing, I sing both with and at the audience. I try to both embrace and rage against the ridiculous barrier between "the rock star" and "the kid." I try to show them we are one. With ease any one of them could be me because I rip off every artist I’ve ever seen perform and brew it all up in a big stew of rock.

So here I am, at "so far so good." It’s a hard place to be but it is a blessing. There’s so much hope for my future yet so much potential for me to become a) a coked up diva b) a bitter, penniless hack c) a cab driver. I don’t really care either way because there is that small chance I’ll get what I want; to be someone to relate to for anyone who is as alienated, awkward, spastic and passionate as me.

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Life Changing... | Reviewer: Neb | 10/27/09

Before I heard the first Say Anything song (and believe me, I was hooked after the first guitar stroke and drum beat), it was hard for me to find music that related to things that go on in my life. Whatever emotion is running through my body at the moment, I can find at least three Say Anything songs to go with it and cheer me up.
Max- Amazing lead singer. I've never heard another voice like him before in my life, and it's beautiful. The first time I saw him in person, which was just last night, I was in shock. All six of these men are my heros.. Max was the first one I saw.. I cried at the sight of him. I was so happy that I was actually looking at one of my heros. And he does try to show the audience that "we are one".. I made eye contact with him more than once.

Parker-Amazing keyboardist and vocalist. I've said for a long time that this kid could do great things with his voice. Every song that he sings in it almost makes me want to cry. He's such a cutie, too.

Jeff and Jacob-They're adorable for starters... They are amazing guitar players.. If anything happened to Say Anything (Moses, Jesus, Allah lets hope nothing does..) they will go far. They're other project is amazing as well.

Alex-Love that kid... The bass is the heart of a song.. The bassist is the one who needs to give it the heartbeat... He does just that. I love their bass lines.

Coby- Dawww. Drummer! With the exception of a few songs, what song is a song without a drumbeat? It makes every song better.. And he's just so darn cute.

After the sweet, sweet music of Say Anything entered my ear canal, my life changed... I started waking up to a brighter day, feeling better about myself, speaking up for things I beleive in, and I became less judgemental...
Thank you Max, Parker, Jeff, Alex, Jacob, and Coby. I hope you guys enjoyed the dinosaurs that I bought for you in Covington.

Love you guys, keep doing what you're doing and please, please please keep the crew that you have right now, because you guys are great! In the end, you're all each other will have. :)

-Neb

Say Anything | Reviewer: Thom | 7/12/08

They're the shiz.
I spent all my money trying to find all their albums and EPs, they're one of the few bands I would go out and find their cds instead of doing the usual download.
100000000000000000000/10

love it | Reviewer: dani | 5/21/08

i love this band and i would never stop listening to it just because of one bad song or so. i can relate to the songs, they make me love music more and more. sure i like some songs better than others, but i mostly love them all. the first concert i ever went to was a Say Anything concert, and it was truly memorable. i will never forget my first concert and who played. i also love how i can relate to max. he is a truly awesome person and i respect him so much for doing what he's done and for telling people about him being bi-polar. when i listen to Say Anything i just get the feeling like max knows me cause of what he sings. and i'm sure i'm not the only one. i just wish your baseball album was still for sale. anways, thank you for the great music and the great times i have listeing to and singing your great music.

sayy anythingg ! | Reviewer: lolzbrutality. | 4/2/08

ive beeen listening to the band for about 4 years now. you guys are beyond amazing. im a big fan of the older stufff, dont get me wrong i bought defense of the genrethe first day it was released, i just tend to cling to the old work. there isnt one song i dont know the words too& not one song i hate. and max is beyond amazing. you allll are great. love you ! cant wait for warped tour <3

dude... | Reviewer: ashley | 1/8/08

say anything is an awesome band. i started listening to them last year and i was totally mesmorized. yalls band rocks. before you i hadn't heard anything quite so... unique i guess. but it's pretty sweet. my favorite song is alive with the glory of love. that song is awesome and it also happened to be the first song that i listened to. but yeah. yall are awesome. peace.

Awesome Possum. | Reviewer: Mella | 12/28/07

You are truely talented Max. No matter what anyone says. Kids out there can relate to you, and will listen to you, since you know what you're talking about and will tell it like it is. Keep feeding us awesome songs.

maddy | Reviewer: pikadili | 10/18/07

you are awsum,

your songs are funny and passionate and i can say that i kno all the lyrics to almost evry1 of ur songs.

your lyrics inspire so much,

if u read this richard then id like to say that you have made 1 more person in the world happy and that u shud b proud.

im only 15 so i hav a lot of the world yet to see but so far... youve helped.

you rock dont stop.

I`ll remember yoooou~ | Reviewer: Nijihime | 10/15/07

Till I die,till I rot..

Anywho,I love you guys.Your songs are either:

a)Funny beyond belief(i.e. I CALLED HER ON THE PHONE AND SHE TOUCHED HERSELF [which gets me into lolerfits everytime.])

b)The greatest love songs that hath graced my ears (You`re what keeps me believing this world`s not gone dead,strength in my bones,put the words in my head,they pour out to paper,it`s all for you..)

c)Songs that`ll speak out to you (I have in faith in you, child.From his nightmares I've plucked a plan,where that prick, to the world, is revealed as a wicked man.This is a prayer from your biggest fan.)

So,listen to these bastards.It makes me sad that the world is too distracted by the horrid rap VH1 plays 24/7.

IF YOUR GOING TO LISTEN TO RAP,GET SOME FUCKING TASTE IN THE GENRE.

Say Anything | Reviewer: Brittanee | 10/8/07

Say Anything is the type of band that you can put in your CD player for 6 months, and never get tired of their lyrics and tunes.
And when you get distracted because you get the urge to listen to a mixtape, they somehow squeeze their way back into your mind.
And you listen to them for another 6 months.
You basically can't live without them, they're like oxygen.

<3 | Reviewer: kayla | 10/6/07

i'm going to sound like every other person on here saying this, but you really are my favorite band. I've been listening to say anything for years. at first i just liked the tunes and i knew the words, but didn't really understand them. as i matured and starting facing some real challenges in life i began to understand what you're saying. alot of people also wrote on this saying how they 'own all of your cd's' i don't. i don't need all your merchandise to prove myself to the band or anyone else for that matter. i'm not loaded with money to get everything you've ever made. you truly inspire me to be so much more than i really am. that i don't need all these fake friends and bullshit drama, only myself.

say anything you're amazing. i love every single one in the band. and max, you're great, i wish to someday meet you, the person that changed my life around.

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