Neatly Real

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Neatly Real
Origin	Austin, Texas, USA
Genre(s)	Pop/Rock Indie rock
Years active	2001-present
Label(s)	unsigned
Website	Official website
Members
Gary Vandelay Tom Buell Jason Toll Nick Kruger

Neatly Real is an American Pop/Rock / Indie Rock band formed in Austin, Texas by Gary Vandelay. The band consists of Gary Vandelay (vocals, keyboards, guitar, primary composer), Tom Buell (guitar, backing vocals), Jason Toll (drums, percussion, backing vocals), and Nick Kruger (bass guitar, backing vocals).

Vandelay's first effort was a home-studio recorded four-song EP, Hard Rock Candy Sandwich under the band name, GWA, independently-released in February 2003.

Vandelay completed an EP with different musicians in early 2007, entitled Chapped Laps, recorded by Robin Hood Brians (ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan) with Grammy Award-winning producer Ken Lewis (Fall Out Boy, Soul Asylum, Beastie Boys, Lenny Kravitz) creating the final mix. Chapped Laps features artwork from Josh Clancy (Panic at the Disco, Hawthorne Heights).

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 EPs
3 External links

[edit] History

Gary Vandelay played in various bands in the Houston, Texas area. Upon moving to Athens, Texas, Vandelay started the band, GWA in 2001, which turned out to be a recording project with Vandelay playing all the instruments. In 2003, GWA debuted with the self-released EP, Hard Rock Candy Sandwich. Neatly Real's name was coined in 2007 by Vandelay. Jason Toll also plays drums in the band, Beautiful Mistakes in Austin and has previously played and/or recorded with Reckless Kelly, After 909, Lucky Tubb and the Modern Day Troubadours, and The Biscuits. Toll hails from Salem, Oregon. Tom Buell has an engineering degree and teaches when he isn't playing guitar with Neatly Real. Nick Kruger transplanted to Austin from Michigan where he played bass in several funk and metal cover bands.