Saves the Day Saves the Day signed to
Equal Vision Records and recorded their first album
''Can't Slow Down'', which was released in 1998 during their first US tour alongside bands
Bane and Countervail. Lyrically the album included idealistic dreams, feeling inadequate, honesty and unhappiness, which reflected Conley's life at the time. The style of music is often considered very similar to that of the band Lifetime. In 1999, the band released their second album
Through Being Cool. With this album, Conley's lyrics started becoming morbid and corporeal, and the style of music changed into a more
pop punk sound. Aged 19 and 20, he started listening to
the Beatles and has cited them as the main influence for
In Reverie. He commented in
Rolling Stone magazine that Saves the Day's release
Sound the Alarm, is "about the black clouds inside my mind; It was these intense fears and paranoia and diluted thoughts that were eating me alive. It was utter insanity." in regards to the failure of
In Reverie and subsequent release from DreamWorks.
Solo touring While there are no plans for any solo recordings, Conley and David Soloway have toured throughout the US, playing acoustic versions of Saves the Day songs. Conley, and an army of committed fans recently have posted performances via the band's website, the band's official
YouTube account and elsewhere on the YouTube site. Conley also finished up a solo three week acoustic tour with Matt Pryor of
The Get Up Kids. Beginning in 2009, Conley joined fellow front men Dustin Kensrue of
Thrice, Matt Pryor and Anthony Raneri from the band
Bayside to form the Where's The Band? tour, where each play acoustic renditions of fan favorites. On December 1, 2010, Conley announced he would be opening as a solo act for
Dashboard Confessional, on the West Coast end of the "swiss army romance tour" In January. This is Following his East Coast touring on the "Where's the band? Tour" in December.
Razia's Shadow In 2008, Conley lent his voice to
Forgive Durden's musical project ''
Razia's Shadow: A Musical'' as the character "Toba The Tura".
Two Tongues Two Tongues is a collaborative project between Conley, former Saves the Day guitarist David Soloway,
Max Bemis and
Coby Linder of
Say Anything. Their
debut album hit shelves February 3, 2009. In Fall of 2010, Two Tongues made their first performances as a surprise in the middle of Say Anything's set each night of the
Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, and Saves the Day tour. They performed the song "Crawl". Arun bali (current guitarist of
Saves the Day) played guitar,
Kenny Vasoli (of
The Starting Line, and
Person L) played bass, Jake Turner (of Say Anything) played guitar as well, Coby Linder played drums, while Chris Conley, and Max Bemis sang.
Work as a producer Conley worked with
The Promise Hero to record a demo at his home studio "The Electric Ladybug". Conley has also co-produced albums such as
Dr Manhattan's album
Jam Dreams.
Sexual misconduct allegations In May 2021, Conley was accused of
sexual misconduct and
grooming by a young male fan of his. Among the allegations included claims that Conley sent unsolicited nude photographs and manipulated his fandom to lure him into a relationship. Conley admitted to "making an unacceptable number of inappropriate missteps causing irreversible harm" and said "I am truly ashamed and embarrassed by my abhorrent behavior."
Equal Vision Records, which released the band's first two and latter two albums, stated "We are working diligently to uncover the truth behind what happened and our actions moving forward will reflect what we are able to find." ==Select discography (Conley as primary composer)==