Johnette Napolitano
Johnette Napolitano (born September 22, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde. Early life. Johnette Napolitano was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the eldest of five children in an Italian American family. Though raised irreligious, Napolatino converted to Roman Catholicism as an adult. Her parents recognized their daughter possessed musical talent when, as a child, she was able to transpose "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on piano by ear. Her mother loved show tunes. The family also listened to  Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, and the Rat Pack. At age five she enrolled in a gifted kids art program at UCLA. Solo career. She has also recorded as a solo artist, with the albums "Sketchbook" (2002), "Sketchbook 2" (2006), "Scarred" (2007), and "Sketchbook 3" (2010), and as a member of: Napolitano is 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, Napolitano 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 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". 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 Napolitano and released on Warner Brother Records, Inc. The track listing for the album was: Section::::"Scarred". Napolitano's solo album "Scarred" was released on May 28, 2007, on the label Hybrid Recordings. "Scarred" track list