Johnette Napolitano

Solo career

She has also recorded as a solo artist, with the albums Sketchbook (2002), Sketchbook 2 (2006), Scarred (2007), Sketchbook 3 (2010) and as a member of:

Johnette is currently a resident of Joshua Tree, California. She composes music for films and works as a gallery artist, specializing in working with discarded and reclaimed materials. She also takes care of rescue horses.

Other projects

She has contributed music to many films, including the 2006 Australian film Candy, and "Suicide Note" from Underworld. The following films and TV programmes also feature songs performed by Concrete Blonde:

Soundtrack:

Composer:

Actress:

In 1996, Johnette produced an album by Australian group In Vivo.

Napolitano collaborated with Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Black Light Burns) on the horror film Dead Silence. The pair had successfully collaborated previously for the films Underworld and Wicker Park.

Napolitano contributed vocals to an album by John Trudell, and performs backing vocals in "Struck a Nerve" by Bad Religion on the Recipe For Hate album.

Napolitano also performed the main vocals on the score of the Australian film West, written and directed by Daniel Krige. She also sang the title song, "Falling in Love".

Napolitano also performed the duet "My Little Problem" with Paul Westerberg on The Replacements "All Shook Down" release.

Napolitano provided vocals on the track "I Am Where it Takes Me" by metal band Black Light Burns.

Napolitano is credited as co-writer of the Ashes Divide song "Too Late".

Johnette Napolitano wrote and sang, with Steve Wynn, the song "Conspiracy of the Heart" included in the Steve Wynn's album "Kerosene Man" (1990).

Pretty and Twisted

Johnette Napolitano joined Marc Moreland and Danny Montgomery to form Pretty & Twisted in 1995. Their self-titled debut, Pretty & Twisted, was produced by Johnette Napolitano and released on Warner Brother Records, Inc..

The tracklisting for the album was:

1. The Highs Are Too High – 6:10
2. Mother of Pearl – 5:05 (written by Bryan Ferry)
3. Souvenir – 5:09
4. No Daddy No – 4:34
5. iRide! – 3:40
6. Train Song (Edge of Desperation) – 6:30
7. Stranger – 2:59 (written by Paul Westerberg & Johnette Napolitano)
8. Singing is Fire – 3:11 (Lyrics by Charles Bukowski)
9. Don't Take Me Down – 4:37
10. Come Away With Me – 5:55 (words: Janis Joplin, music: Johnette Napolitano)
11. Dear Marlon Brando – 3:30
12. Billy – 3:39
13. Watching the Water – 4:17

Scarred

Napolitano's solo album, Scarred, was released May 28, 2007 on the label Hybrid Recordings.

'Scarred' track list

1. Amazing – 4:08
2. The Scientist – (Coldplay cover, with Danny Lohner) – 5:07
3. Scarred – 4:09
4. Poem for the Native – 5:19
5. My Diane – 5:01
6. Just Like Time – 4:41
7. Save Me – 3:19
8. Like A Wave – 4:41
9. Crazy Tonight – 5:26
10. Everything For Everyone – 4:56
11. All Tomorrow's Parties – (The Velvet Underground cover) – 3:40
12. I'm Up Here – 4:27