Elaine Gabrielle Bradley is an American musician and songwriter, and the drummer for the American rock band Neon Trees. She has also hosted BYUtv's unscripted series Grace Notes since 2020.^[1][2]

Elaine Gabrielle Doty, the youngest of seven children, was born to Robert and Carolyn Doty.^[3] 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.^[3][4]

Neon Trees formed in 2005 and Elaine Bradley joined in 2006.^[5] 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 (2011). They have since released four albums, earned two RIAA double-platinum singles, and toured extensively with other groups including Thirty Seconds to Mars,^[6] Angels & Airwaves,^[7] My Chemical Romance,^[6] Duran Duran,^[8] The Offspring,^[9] and Maroon 5.^[10]

Bradley has filled in as a drummer for The 8G Band for two weeks on Late Night with Seth Meyers in 2016 and 2017.^[11][12]

Bradley plays Gretsch USA Custom drums in Neon Trees and Gretsch Renown in Noble Bodies.^[13] She uses a Gretsch chrome over brass Brooklyn snare^[14] and Zildjian cymbals.^[13] Her drum heads are Evans.^[13] She uses Vic Firth 5A drumsticks.^[13] She plays two floor toms in Neon Trees and one in Noble Bodies.^[13]

Elaine married Sebastian Bradley, a dual German/American citizen, in January 2011 in the Draper Utah Temple.^[3] They have four children.^[15][16] She and her family are featured in a video campaign for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[17][18]