The Okays are a group of local Walnut Creek dads brought together by the common interest of music, tapping into the sounds of The Oh Sees, The Stooges, and Tom Petty. Member Neel Bhatia explained the name behind the group. He said,“Not too long after our first garage jam, we found that we all had different musical interests, but secretly loved the idea of figuring out a way of putting our influences into something that we can say we created and would want to listen to ourselves.  We were all rusty and out practice when we first met, so our goal was to at least sound ‘Okay.’(hence the name)” The band in its entirety is comprised of Neel Bhatia, Chris Chenault, Mike Schnier, and Doug Home. “If you see us play,” concluded Bhatia, “hopefully you’ll think we’re okay.”