In early 1980, A young Johnette Napolitano met Jim Mankey at Leon Russell's Los Angeles studio. The two began writing and recording music together at Jim's brother Earl's recording studio. The two released a song called "Heart Attack" as the Dreamers 1982 which was released on D.I.Y magazine's compilation CD that year. After that Drummer Michael Murphy joined the band and they changed the name to Dream 6. The band released a CD on their own label Happy Hermit Records. 

The Dream 6 Cd brought several recording offers to the band. The band finally decided to record with I.R.S. Records. Drummer Michael Murphy left the band and Harry Rushakoff joined. Fellow label mate Michael Stipe of R.E.M. suggested they change their name to Concrete Blonde. The band did this and released their first album, "Concrete Blonde" was a strong first album that included the songs "True","Dance along the edge",  "Cold Part Of Town"  and a tribute to life in Hollywood "Still in Hollywood". The album was a success in La. but not nationally. The band released another album in 1989. "Free" featured strong songs such as "God is a Bullet", "Roses Grow", Scene of a perfect Crime", and "Happy Birthday" It wasn't until 1990's "Bloodletting" that the band saw national success. "Bloodletting" featured several hits for the band and video exposure on Mtv. "Joey" and "Caroline" were just a few. On "Bloodletting" Harry Rushakoff left for personal reasons and the Wall Of Voodoo's Paul Thompson joined the band as Drummer. Harry came back for 1992's "Walking In London" CD which featured the songs "Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man" and "Someday". Cheap Trick's Tom Petersson played bass and appeared in the video for "Someday" In 1993 Concrete Blonde released their final full length studio album until 2002. "Mexican Moon" featured the songs "Jones town" and "Heal it Up" This album was a pleasant change for the group and allowed them to bring in some different sounds to Concrete Blonde.

After "Mexican Moon" the band split up. Johnette did several projects including Maria Vidal, Vowel Movement and Pretty and Twisted. Johnette also spent time working on her artwork. 

In the summer of 2001, Johnette, Jim and Harry reunited in the studio again to Record their newest album "Group Therapy". Concrete Blonde had continued success with the album and toured the United States, Australia and Brazil. 

In 2003, The band released Live from Brazil which is a compilation of their live performances. 

In May of 2004, Concrete Blonde will release Mojave.  I can't wait.