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johnette napolitano

Concrete Blonde bassist solos....

About Me


Johnette: lead voice/writer/bass/guitars/keys/drums of L.A. bands Concrete Blonde and Pretty & Twisted (with the late Marc Moreland of Wall of Voodoo) is now a collaborator of UK group Catfish Scar and an indie composer/recordist/director and photographer of indie films as well as an environmental artist having studied in Mexico with Juan Quezada and Flamenco dancing and singing in Spain.Johnette has also worked with The (Talking) Heads, The Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn, (from Australia) The Saints' Chris Bailey, Danny Lohner & Wes Borland (NIN, Limp Bizkit, A Perfect Circle, Black Light Burns and whatever else), The Twinemen (Morphine), Roc en Espanol's Maria Fatal, Bad Religion, Robin & Tom from Cheap Trick, Terri Nunn from Berlin, French artist Bernadette Colomine and many more...as well as co-designing a metal guitar with guitar maker James Trussart and contributing music to The Sopranos and other television shows although she does not own a television herself.

My Interests

Music:

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

My Blog

LINK TO TAKE ACTION: IMPEACHMENT

https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml..a quick one, here's the link to find your representative to voice your support for Dennis K's impeachment bill. It'll just take a minute - send your love to ...
Posted by johnette napolitano on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:35:00 PST

America’s Next Top Doggie


Posted by johnette napolitano on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:24:00 PST

Work In Progress

I never, ever expose works in progress but am so excited about this track Will Crewdson & I decided to go the hell ahead and post it on his site, as we want to get it to Australia and out asap in case...
Posted by johnette napolitano on Sat, 03 May 2008 12:08:00 PST

..sunday in bed...

...now I’m asking permission to stop writing, my mood is not good for writing letters today, but more for composing."-Wolfgang Mozart
Posted by johnette napolitano on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

Inspired.

I am inspired and psyched.You watch Terry Phillips, my dear longtime neighbor and friend and brilliant poet and I'm so into her track right now it's silly...Also Jason Bogart, who I had the honor of m...
Posted by johnette napolitano on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:55:00 PST

GOVERNATOR or TERMINATOR?

http://gov.ca.gov/interactI was going to say terminate the governator but felt like someone may shut me down for that....Just e-mailed Arnold who has decided because he couldn't balance the checkbook ...
Posted by johnette napolitano on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:13:00 PST

SUNDANCE

...heading to Sundance in Utah for a few days to hook up with Sarah and what she's doin'. Waiting for more details from her but meanwhile I'll do a short free set right here:FREE Saturday jan 19th 5pm...
Posted by johnette napolitano on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:39:00 PST

Still in......

Toni Macaroni was what everyone called her, and she was well into her eighties but still kickin', waitressing every day at Miceli's, my favorite restaurant, right off Hollywood Blvd. Since 1949. Black...
Posted by johnette napolitano on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:57:00 PST

LA to NYC

baby -if I were queenI would make sure heaven rained down upon youeverything---..on a plane again, a spanking new Virgin ship fresh out of LAX to NYC. Always have loved flying Virgin, and fondly recal...
Posted by johnette napolitano on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:35:00 PST

milwaukee

...yet another short one well I was very happy to see everyone last night, I hadn't been here in so long and was truly very surprised to see you all come out. Thank you so very much. Sorry I bungled a...
Posted by johnette napolitano on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:16:00 PST