Elaine Bradley
Elaine Bradley is an American musician and songwriter. She is the drummer for the American rock band Neon Trees since 2007 and the host BYUtv's unscripted series Grace Notes since 2020.
Early life
Elaine Bradley was the youngest of seven children. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and volunteered full-time as a missionary in Frankfurt, Germany for eighteen months. She later earned a B.S. in Public Health and a minor in German from Brigham Young University at the top of her class.Career
She began her musical career with the Chicago emo band Nymb which was formed in 1994. She was one of the founding members and her role was that of vocalist and drummer during the first three years of the band but later, in 1997, she switched to the role of rhythm guitarist after the departure of their original rhythm guitarist. She remained as vocalist and guitarist until the band broke up on August 3rd, 2001. At the time, before the break up, she began working on a solo project called Big Thick Skin which lasted until 2002. In 2004, Elaine formed the band Noble Bodies with Bryce Taylor, who she met on her missionary in Germany. They started making music, and stopped around the time Elaine joined Neon Trees. They reunited officially in 2017, and have released two EPs since. Neon Trees formed in 2005 and Elaine Bradley joined in 2007. Neon Trees gained nationwide exposure in 2008 when their premier single "Animal" topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, later winning a Billboard Music Award for Top Alternative Song. They have since released four albums, earned two RIAA double-platinum singles, and toured extensively with other groups including Thirty Seconds to Mars, Angels & Airwaves, My Chemical Romance, Duran Duran, The Offspring, and Maroon 5. In 2015, she, Bryce Taylor, and Eric Robertson formed a band calledBradley has filled in as a drummer for The 8G Band for two weeks on Late Night with Seth Meyers in 2016 and 2017.