Chris Conley

Chris Conley
Conley in Philadelphia, 2006
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Lane Conley
Born	(1980-02-29) February 29, 1980 (age 37)
Origin	Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Emo Indie rock Power pop Punk rock
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Equal Vision DreamWorks Vagrant
Associated acts	Saves the Day Two Tongues Razia's Shadow: A Musical

Christopher Lane "Chris" Conley (born February 29, 1980) is an American musician, songwriter, and composer. He is also the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day. He is the only remaining original member as well as major artistic contributor.

Conley formed a band with a group of classmates at Princeton Day School. The band was originally titled Indifference, but later renamed the band Sefler. Conley has cited some of his early influences as the Smiths, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, Superchunk, the Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Archers of Loaf, Screeching Weasel, Jawbreaker, Gorilla Biscuits and Lifetime.

Sefler was originally composed of Conley, Bryan Newman, Chris Zampella and Justin Gaylord. They recorded a 3-track 7" entitled "13 Hours of Everything" one afternoon in a friend's basement. They then recorded a nine-track demo at Trax East Studio in New Jersey. While recording, a friend of the band (and later bassist), Sean McGrath, suggested that they change their name to Saves the Day, which they did.

Saves the Day signed to Equal Vision Records and recorded their first album Can't Slow Down, which was released in 1998 during their first US tour alongside bands Bane and Countervail. Lyrically the album included idealistic dreams, feeling inadequate, honesty and unhappiness, which reflected Conley's life at the time. The style of music is often considered very similar to that of the band Lifetime.