[3] While at Liberty University, he met fellow dc Talk bandmates Toby McKeehan ("tobyMac") and Michael Tait.

They formed DC Talk in 1988 and went on to achieve great success in both Christian and mainstream music, winning numerous Dove Awards and Grammys.

Max's first solo album, Stereotype Be, released on August 28, 2001, was praised by Allmusic for "[combining] pop, rock, and world music to create a versatile and intriguing project.".

[4] Artists Adrian Belew and Tony Levin of King Crimson, Larry Norman and drummer Matt Chamberlain contributed to the album along with Max's collaborator Erick Cole.

He released independent albums via his website, including Between the Fence & the Universe and a spoken-word collaboration with Adrian Belew, Raven Songs 101, both in 2004.

He played the title role in the Visalia Theatre Company / Hutson-Cavale Productions revival of the classic Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

[5] According to Max, "The Blood is not a classic hymns cover project or a white/homogenized version of black gospel or soul music.

[7] In the film, Kevin plays a character named "Johnny C", a singer who becomes addicted to OxyContin and loses his family and job as a Christian music star.

[9] In February 2011, Max formed a supergroup with Broadway singer Tony Vincent and longtime collaborator David Larring.

The three were writing songs when Vincent decided to drop out to pursue theater interests, leaving the new band in a state of pause.

Ology Magazine describes the work as "a new wave mix-tape played at full volume through the Sistine Chapel".

[14] Max has also contributed vocally to other artists projects including Mark Heard, Jonathan Thulin, Marc Martel, Michael McDonald, 3kStatic, and many others.

In a statement made on his Facebook page, Max announced that he would be creating an album with Father John Misty Bassist, Eli Thomson in the spring of 2023.

In April 2005, he married Amanda Lynn MacDonald,[17] but stated in an interview that earlier the two had "a secret wedding and marriage vows were spoken and we had binding agreement together in front of a spiritual leader, but we decided to go with the public ceremony a little bit later.