Say Anything Band • Page 62

Did anyone get to watch the livestream?

 

I'm good.

 

Just start here without any context

 

"hi i'm max, i used to play in a band called say anything, which was arguably just me, so it doesn't matter that we broke up"

man i fuckin hate this guy so much lol

 

Holy fuck. I skipped the intro and that's fucking gold.

 

yeah after like a full minute and a half of him vaping into the camera he blurts out that gem

 

Yeah, sorry guys, but I'm writing him off. I just can't deal with his douchebaggery anymore.

 

It's just so sad. I saw him play solo acoustic in 2004 (I think? Straylight/Hot Rod/Northstar tour). Those earlier days were so much fun...

Thennnnnn years later I saw the full band play in their stupid white tshirt costumes with Angels and Airwaves and goddamn was it pretty bad.

 

Honestly, at least that live stream sounds good and not like he’s in a garage.

 

You guys really just look for anything to shit on him Damn

 

Every time I saw them, and his solo they were great. Esp the s/t tour with MM, and Eisley. Where they were wearing all white.

 

Tho I assumed this would at least have drums. Seems strange he’s just charging for acoustic. A lot of bands been doing full band performances through zoom as of late.

 

It's really not our fault that he constantly says and does dumb shit

 

Oof I couldn't even finish Belt. I was just listening while I worked, and it felt like he couldn't even keep tempo. Was that him, or was the recording of the stream lagging and jumping?

 

Feel like it's both? You can hear his vocals speed up in parts

 

not really, but saying douchey things and then playing very poorly are worthy of criticisms IMHO.

 

Yeah he’s just been saying so many idiotic things as of late, but the break up line is funny imo

 

There's plenty of worthy criticisms to be made, but hanging out itt just to be annoyed seems weird to me. Idk.

 

Yeah seemed like he was taking the piss out of himself, not sure what the issue is.

 

Max has always had a self-deprecating humor. He's been pretty blunt since that letter that he feels kind of dumb "breaking up" SA and essentially admitting he knows he'll end up rebooting it one day anyway.

 

Has any former member of SA (like from the 05-13) lineup said anything negative about Max? I think I saw them 6-7 times during that era and they band was always really great. Max had better nights than some, but really seemed to be into it for the most part and the band was tight.

 

I was a huge Say Anything fan, well the first handful of albums. Max just irks me these days, I honestly can't pinpoint it. I just feel like i've read a bunch of arrogant statements by him the past 5 or so years. I guess it's possible they are tongue in cheek but he just comes off as a douchebag. I absolutely adore Sherri though.

 

To me they peaked with the self-titled album - not musically per se, but trajectory-wise. IARB and IDOTG were both great, Max seemed to finally have his shit together, and they were exploring their poppier sound, reaching a wider audience, popular musicians loved the guy and joined in on the fun at every opportunity...

And then Anarchy, My Dear hit the floor with a resounding thud, and its been mostly hit-or-miss nonsense since then. It's a serious shame, guy is a great writer but can't seem to get out of his own way.

 

S/T is definitely the last album I genuinely liked by them