Member Since: 9/11/2005
Band Website: concreteblondeofficialwebsite.com
Band Members: Johnette Napolitano: all vocals and additional guitars, bass, keys: Will Crewdson, guitars, production, keys, bass, programming, synths. Sultan: programming, synths, production. 'Scarred' was recorded in London England, Hollywood, Ca., and The Mojave Desert, Ca.
Short film for the track Scarred. Written and directed by Craig Griffith and starring Fran Smyth and Shaheena Dax:
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Influences: Red wine, Spanish: (Sangre de Toro, now the official wine of the Vatican)Flamenco (Carmen Amaya, Cameron, the Farrucos, Jose Merce, Manitas de Plata, La Paquera de Jerez, Martires de Compas, Ojos de Brujos, and the gypsies in the streets of Seville at 3:00 a.m.)Good writing: Russian literature, Dorothy Parker, Bukowski, John Fante, Einstein, Lorca, Manley P. Hall, Henry Miller, Hunter S. Thompson and Dr. Suess, all the major Latin writers: Octavio Paz,Foreign films: Anything by Pedro Almodovar, Fellini, vintage British film, British comedy (Blackadder, Father Ted, French & Saunders), vintage Hollywood (Gary Cooper, Bette Davis, Susan Hayward, Yul Brynner, Monte Clift, Anna Magnani, Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Liz & Dick, etc.Great art: Frida & Diego, Beatrice Wood, Picasso, Andy Goldsworthy, the great Mexican muralists, Scottish artists, 14th century Religious art, all religious art for all religions; Juan Quezada, Noah Purifoy, Native American
art, Diane Arbus, Cristo and environmental art; Jose Guadalupe Posada,
William Hogarth and David Bowie for discovering 70’s Flamenco/prog/glam:
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Sounds Like: Currently: I don’t know: you decide. Johnette Napolitano ’Scarred’ to be released April/May 2007.Booking Contact:[email protected]
Type of Label: Indie