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In part 2 of the interview, Johnette Napolitano talks about life after Concrete Blonde with Vowel Movement, Pretty & Twisted, and The Heads, her unreleased solo album, the response to Concrete Blonde's website, and more.
Johnette Napolitano: Holly (Vincent) had opened our very last tour. Holly and I had known each other since we were waitresses in the late 70s. When we reconnected it was pretty cool, because Holly had gone on to be quite the legend, and then she said she was reading an interview one day, and she got a creepy feeling when she realized she was reading about Concrete Blonde and it was me. We hooked up, and basically made Vowel Movement on the spot. We made up lyrics on the spot, we kinda jammed it out, and it was the opposite of what we had been doing. After that album, you then were in the band Pretty & Twisted. How did that come about? I had met Marc Moreland in Australia the first time we toured. That was the first country we toured outside of America. We were opening for Wall of Voodoo in Australia and we just became tighter than anything in a very short time. There was a lot of mutual worship there. We waited eight years to make a record together. I knew that Marc and I would always make a record together. It took us a while to do it, but that's one of the greatest accomplishments of my life just having worked with Marc. He's gone now. (Moreland passed away on March 13, 2002 at the age of 44 of complications following a liver transplant). I think of him all the time. There's not a day that goes by where I don't think of him, and I'm really grateful that we made that record together because there has never been anybody like him. I was just thinking yesterday that there's nobody that ever met Marc that didn't absolutely love him. He really had a sense about life that was very pure, and I have a lot of respect for his artistry, because it definitely was off the planet. How did you hook up with the Heads? Jerry Harrison had come to see us a couple of times, and that's how we knew him initially. He really liked us, and he really liked me I guess. The Heads had done this record with all these different singers, and when Pretty & Twisted fell apart I didn't want to be queen anymore. I didn't want to be in charge, I didn't want to have to think about anything, I really wanted to go and work for somebody else. They had this offer on the table for me, and so after Pretty & Twisted folded I called them up and I said I'm yours if you want me. I just want to get out of here. I don't want to be in charge of strategy and business and things like that. I just jumped right on in there and worked extremely hard and stayed with Chris and Tina for a while out there. It was an incredible experience to play with them. |
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