How The Neighbors came to be

For those of you who have never seen our Myspace page, this is a brief biography of how we came together as a band. This will probably be updated soon since we have been playing with a new bass player which saves me the trouble of having to play bass and guitar at the same time. He just needs to be initiated, of course.

About The Neighbors

The Neighbors were formed in the fall of 2007. One night, Jim Stehli was playing a solo performance at a house party concert next door to him. They billed him on the posters as "Jim the Neighbor". He played the piano and sang with Djembe drumming accompaniment courtesy of Erik Summers. The crowd was delighted by his performance.

After all the bands and musicians finished playing, an impromptu fireside jam ensued with Jim playing a mandolin and mutual friend Alex Everett playing an acoustic guitar. Some beautiful girls even started to improvise vocal parts for the jam. Everyone sang, drank, and rocked the night away.

Jim was so astonished by Alex’s guitar playing that he asked him to learn some of his songs. Jim’s roommate Jim is also a drummer who has been jamming with Jim for some years, so with the addition of Alex, the final piece of the triad was in place, and The Neighbors were born.

But wait, there's more!

Recently, we have added a new member to the group, Jake Laramore, who we met when he was filling in on bass for Red Sun. The day we met Jake, as well as the band Red Sun, we were playing a show with them at the Columbus Marathon. People were running by and cheering on the street as we rocked out on the hillside powered by a gas generator. Then, after the marathon, we had some brews and found out we're all big anime nerds. Anyway, now he plays the bass with us and the final piece of the... um square is in place, and The Neighbors are REBORN!

The Neighbors Lineup:

Jim Stehli - Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals, Guitars
Alex Everett - Guitars, Back-up Vocals, Harmonica
Jim Dickson - Drums, Electro-Drums
Jake Laramore - Bass Guitar