Editing Max Bemis (section)

==Early life==
Bemis was born in New York City in 1984.<ref name="thetabworld">{{cite web | url=http://muzikum.eu/en/120-6515/say-anything/biography.html| title=Say Anything Biography | publisher= Muzikum.eu| access-date= July 26, 2016| archive-date= March 5, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011454/http://muzikum.eu/en/120-6515/say-anything/biography.html| url-status=live}}</ref> His family moved to Hollywood, California when he was a child.<ref name="thetabworld" /> Bemis took piano lessons which he credits for the realization that he wanted to make music.<ref name=TabWorldBio>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetabworld.com/Say_Anything_biography.html|title=Say Anything biography|work=The Tab World|access-date=July 21, 2008}}</ref><ref name=PunkSiteBemisInterview>{{cite web|last=Meyle |first=Alli |url=http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=sayanything |title=Interview with Max Bemis |work=ThePunkSite.com |date=July 22, 2006 |access-date=August 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019061055/http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=sayanything |archive-date=October 19, 2008 }}</ref>
In addition, Bemis was raised "in a strong Jewish environment," which has influenced his music.<ref name="Jewish">{{cite web|last=Garrett |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.worldjewishdigest.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=C3F5897C3EEA479699E7D815297A9AE4 |title=A Jewish Kind of Pop Song |work=World Jewish Digest |date=February 25, 2008 |access-date=November 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306123815/http://www.worldjewishdigest.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=C3F5897C3EEA479699E7D815297A9AE4 |archive-date=March 6, 2008 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="thetabworld" /> He had also attended [[Camp Ramah]] in [[Ojai, California]], where he met future band-mate [[Coby Linder]].<ref name="thetabworld" /> In 2000, Bemis, Linder, and friends from Windward and [[Beverly Hills High School]] formed [[Say Anything (band)|Say Anything]]. The band was described as a high school band, but they released [[Baseball: An Album By Sayanything|a full-length LP]] and [[Junior Varsity (album)|an EP]]. 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.<ref name="thetabworld" /> 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 (album)|Hebrews]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6069749/say-anything-six-six-six-song-premiere-max-bemis-talks-ambitious-new-hebrews|title=Say Anything 'Six Six Six' Song Premiere: Max Bemis Talks Ambitious New 'Hebrews' Album|magazine=Billboard|date=April 24, 2014}}</ref>