CONCRETE BLONDE

After eight years, LA underground rock band Concrete Blonde reunites for their new album, Group Therapy. Singer/songwriter/bassist, Johnette Napolitano, heads the trio with guitarist Jim Mankey and drummer Harry Rushakoff. Their album, Bloodletting (released back in 1993), was their last before their breakup the following year. Bloodletting contains the group’s only top 20 hit, the ballad "Joey". Concrete Blonde first appeared in Los Angeles in the early ‘80s and have had a strong career since then, even though they never truly reached rock stardom. The band's sound is a mix between gothic ballads and soulful rock. Napolitano's lyrics are poetic and mysterious, and also very honest. Concrete Blonde’s music can go from soft, haunting ballads to heavier rock songs about vampires and stuff. Hear Concrete Blonde's dark edgy lyrics at the Promowest Pavilion.