Artist of the Week: Say Anything

Say Anything is a rock band from Los Angeles, California, fronted by singer-songwriter Max Bemis. The band formed in 2000 with 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. They signed with J Records in 2005 and, rereleased ...Is a Real Boy which came with a bonus disc called ...Was a Real Boy. On October 23, 2007, the band released their third full-length album, In Defense of the Genre.

Currently, Say Anything consists of Max Bemis (vocals), Coby Linder (drums), Alex Kent (bass), Jake Turner (guitar, vocals), Jeff Turner (guitar, vocals), and Parker Case (keyboard, vocals).

I was not a huge fan of Say Anything when I first heard them a few years ago, but I decided to get In Defense of the Genre just to give them a second chance and after listen to it a couple times I finally got it and fell in love with Bemis’s voice. After listening to that CD probably 20 times Say Anything is one of my favorite bands and I cannot wait for their next album.

Now to the music, as always I want to leave you with a few of my favorite songs to sample. Most of the songs come from Say Anything’s third full-length studio album which was a two disc release and probably one of my favorite CDs of all time. And I also wanted to share their take on I Got Your Money originally by O.D.B. which comes from Punk Goes Crunk, and is pretty interesting.



I also decided to leave you with the video for “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too” one of my favorite Say Anything songs, and an enjoyable music video.
Say Anything - Wow I Can Get Sexual Too