Max Bemis

Maxim Adam Bemis (born April 6, 1984) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of the rock band Say Anything.

He sang alongside Chris Conley in the supergroup Two Tongues (which featured band members from Say Anything and Saves the Day).

He plays alongside his wife Sherri DuPree-Bemis under the name Perma, and is a comic book writer, chiefly for Marvel Comics.

Bemis was born in New York City in 1984.

His family moved to Hollywood, California when he was a child.

Bemis took piano lessons which he credits for the realization that he wanted to make music.

In addition, Bemis was raised "in a strong Jewish environment," which has influenced his music.

His maternal grandparents were survivors of the Holocaust, which was the inspiration for the song, "Alive with the Glory of Love."

Bemis attended high school at Windward School, a private school in Los Angeles.

He had also attended Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, where he met future band-mate Coby Linder.

In 2000, Bemis, Linder, and friends from Windward and Beverly Hills High School formed Say Anything.

The band was described as a high school band, but they released a full-length LP and an EP.

In 2000, Say Anything released Junior Varsity.

The band released its debut full-length album, Baseball, in 2001.

Despite attending Sarah Lawrence College for a short time, Bemis kept the band alive, performing much if not all of the music that went into Menorah/Majora and the band's dormroom demos.

In 2002, Bemis attended Sarah Lawrence College.

However, he spent much of his time recording his own music and left the school after only a few months.

Bemis has mentioned Tom DeLonge of Blink 182 as an influence from a very young age, and was excited to work with him on Hebrews.

Bemis is the lead singer, guitarist and primary lyricist of Say Anything as well as a founding member of the band.

After the resignation of the original band members, he is the only original member remaining.

Say Anything released ...Is a Real Boy in 2004.

Bemis performed the vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboard parts for the album.

After the album's release, the band went through a rocky period lasting over a year due to Bemis's mental health.

The band canceled at least two tours and lost several members.

Bemis, Conley, and Linder had previously collaborated on a cover song of Bob Dylan's "The Man In Me" for the compilation album Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan released by Doghouse Records in 2006.

By 2007 however, after going through rehab, Say Anything and Bemis got back on track with co-headlining tours with Saves the Day and Hellogoodbye.

In 2007, the band released In Defense of the Genre, on which Bemis sang lead vocals and played guitar and keyboard.

On November 7, 2008, a release date of February 3, 2009, was announced for the self-produced, self-titled, thirteen-track collaboration on Vagrant Records.

Say Anything's self-titled album was released November 3, 2009.

On November 5, 2010, at The Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey, Bemis announced a forthcoming Say Anything album.

The album, called Anarchy, My Dear, was released March 13, 2012, which was followed up with their headlining spring tour.

Their first single from that album is "Burn a Miracle".

They released a music video for this single.

On January 22, 2013, Say Anything released a collection of older songs and b-sides called All My Friends Are Enemies: Early Rarities consisting of all of the material recorded by Say Anything prior to the release of ...Is a Real Boy.

The band did a summer tour to promote the album.

On June 10, 2014, Say Anything released the album Hebrews through Equal Vision Records.

On February 5, 2016, Say Anything released their new album I Don't Think It Is without any prior announcement besides several teaser posts the day before.

After recording In Defense of the Genre, Say Anything band members Max Bemis and Coby Linder worked with Saves the Day's Chris Conley and David Soloway on a side project named Two Tongues.

The group consisted of Bemis and Conley sharing the lead vocals and guitar duties, Soloway on bass and Linder on drums.

Thirteen songs were recorded in Electric Ladybug Studio, Conley's home studio in Chico, California.