Say Anything (band)
| Say Anything | |
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Max Bemis and Garron DuPree of Say Anything
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Equal Vision, Doghouse, J, RCA |
| Associated acts | Two Tongues, Max Bemis and the Painful Splits, Eisley, Perma, XO, JamisonParker, Saves the Day, Carrollhood |
| Website | www.sayanythingmusic.com |
| Members |
Max Bemis (vocals, session guitar, session bass, session keyboards) Garron DuPree (live bass) Parker Case (live guitar, live keyboards) Reed Murray (drums) Kenny Bridges (live guitar) |
| Past members | Evan Span (guitar) Michael Levin (bass) Josh Eichenstein Alex Hedric Kevin Seaton Alex Kent (live bass) Coby Linder (drums) Jake Turner (live guitar) Jeff Turner (live guitar) Kenny Vasoli (live bass) Adam Siska (live bass) Kaspar Adams (bass) Dan DeLauro (bass) Kevin Seaton |
Say Anything is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed in 2000 by Max Bemis and four of his friends. Within two years, they self-released two EPs, Junior Varsity and In Your Dreams, and the full-length Baseball: An Album by Sayanything.
In 2003, the band signed with their first label, Doghouse Records. A year later, they released ...Is a Real Boy. To support the album, they picked up new members and began touring; however, despite rapidly growing critical and fan acclaim, Bemis' health problems, including bipolar disorder and drug addictions, sidelined the band in 2005 as five band members left during the year.
Say Anything signed with J Records in 2005 and, following Bemis' successful rehabilitation, re-released ...Is a Real Boy on J Records. They went on co-headlining tours with Saves the Day in 2006 and Hellogoodbye in 2007. On October 23, 2007, the band released their third full-length album, In Defense of the Genre. In 2008, Say Anything went on a headlining tour across the US and UK and appeared on every date of Warped Tour. Their fourth album, entitled Say Anything, was released on November 3, 2009.
Sometime around 2002, Sayanything added a space to their name to become Say Anything. In late 2002, Bemis and Linder recorded the Menorah/Majora EP and released the album online. By this point, Say Anything's releases had generated "a major bidding war." Drive-Thru Records pursued the band and called Max Bemis "the next Bob Dylan."Brett Gurewitz of Epitaph Records recorded "A Boston Peace," one of the dorm-room demos, with the band. In early 2003, Say Anything signed with Doghouse Records stating sarcastically that Doghouse "put out such obscure, borderline D.I.Y. records as The All-American Rejects."
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