Near Miss (band)

Near Miss
Origin	Austin, Texas
Genres	Punk rock Pop punk Melodic hardcore Post-hardcore
Years active	2001 (2001)–2008 (2008)
Labels	Fearless Records Takeover Records
Members	Max Béchard - drums Jeremy Hernandez - vocals, guitar Mychael Bingham - bass Sean Cockrell - guitar Tony Diaz - guitar Joshua Portman - guitar

NearMiss was an American punk rock band from Austin, Texas.

History

NearMiss was founded in 2001 by two former members of Bigwig, who recorded a 4-song demo that year. After expanding to a four-piece, the group signed to Fearless Records, releasing their debut full-length in the summer of 2002. The album was produced by Cameron Webb. The group toured frequently for the next several years, playing several Warped Tour festivals and going on the road with Sum 41, The Vandals, Gob, Rise Against, and The Lawrence Arms. Guitarist Sean Cockrell left the group in 2002; they worked as a three-piece until 2006, when Tony Diaz joined the group on guitar and later Joshua Portman. The group appeared on a three-way split album with The Matches and Reeve Oliver in 2005, then toured with Killradio before releasing their second album on Takeover Records in 2006. They broke up in 2008, though they are still planning a farewell show. Josh Portman went on to play bass for Yellowcard in Februa2y 2012.

On September 14, 2009, Ryan Key and Sean O'Donnell made a MySpace blog post that Portman will be playing lead guitar in their band, Big If.

Members

• Max Béchard - drums
• Jeremy Hernandez - vocals, guitar
• Mychael Bingham - bass
• Sean Cockrell - guitar (2001-2002)
• Tony Diaz - guitar (2005)
• Joshua Portman - guitar (2006-2008)

Discography

• The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (Fearless Records, 2002)
• Testing the Ends of What They'll Put Up With (Takeover Records, 2006)