4 Non Blondes成立于1989年，美国的San Francisco市，当时Christa Hillhouse（贝司手）和Shaunna Hall（吉他手）同为室友，他们当时和Wanda Day（鼓手）想组一个临时性的乐队，但缺一个主唱，Christa在一个名为Nightbreak的俱乐部的舞台上发现了Linda Perry，他立刻被Linda那充满力量和梦幻般的嗓音迷住了，于是他邀请Linda担当他们乐队的主唱，Linda当时并未当回事，直到她亲眼看到了他们三位的现场演出后，才决定加入乐队，这支乐队的首场演出是在1989年10月17日Nightbreak俱乐部里一个每周固定节目“Female Trouble”里，这个节目推出的乐队都是以女性为核心的乐队，如：She Devils, Spokepoker, Stone Fox, Mermaid Tattoo, Lovedog……这些乐队都很不错，音乐也很猛烈。这个俱乐部也是整个SF市最好的，里面都是有着摇滚激情的人。4NB在这里度过愉快的时期，并开始在城市里寻找其他的演出机会。
4NB的早期音乐风格基本上都是狂躁的Punk乐，Wanda击打出硬核朋克的鼓声，Linda爆炸般的嗓音，Christa的贝司始终来回于硬核和疯克之间，而Shaunna的3和弦吉他技术构筑了整个4NB早期的主要音乐风格，随着乐队演出机会的增加，他们的名声也越来越响亮。但随之而来的批评也越来越多，乐队似乎要用更大的噪音去抵抗一些刺耳的嘘声和恶意的诋毁。“在当时，并不是有现在这么多的女性活跃在摇滚舞台上，因此我们受到了许多其他乐队或俱乐部里的各类人等的嘲笑和讽刺。这促使我们更努力地投入到音乐中，我们每周都有那么四、五天每天重复听3、4个小时的音乐，当某人想说些屁话来讥笑我们时，我们就会在舞台上愉快地用音乐去还击他。我已经弹了15年琴了，所以我们乐队里每一个人都对自己的音乐技术和水平充满了自信。
在早期的乐队词曲创作中，几乎都是由Shaunna Hall一人包办，也许只有乐队创作的第一首歌《Whole Lotta Love》例外。但在不久后，Linda开始成为乐队词曲创作的核心，Wanda和Christa一般喜欢在排练前弹弹Groove来热身。有时他们这些即兴弹奏的片段就成了乐队的歌曲。然后由Linda配好词，如歌曲《Old Mr Heffer》、《No Place Like Home》就是这样创作出来的。Linda有时也和Shaunna共同创作一些歌曲，但通常她喜欢独自一人冥思苦想。每当创作出一些新的音乐作品时，他们都会把它立刻放在晚上的演出里。但有时4NB会很玩笑地把刚学会的一首歌加入到演出节目中，由于此时4NB乐队并不能靠俱乐部演出来维持生活，他们四人白天都需要工作，而Linda是乐队里第一个辞退餐馆的女招待工作而专心投入到音乐中来的，因为她对每日清晨萦绕在耳边的铃声和嘈杂的工作厌倦透了。不久，Charista也辞去了他的固定工作，他已经在白日会计师夜里音乐家的角色变换中持续了十年了。四人陆续都辞去自己的工作，开始从当初业余心态去玩音乐中转变为以此为职业的专业态度。但他们的音乐之旅并不顺利，录制的小样并未得到唱片公司的垂青，在经济上陷入了窘迫之境，他们不久就负债累累，这几乎也是许多摇滚乐队成立之初的惯例。
在2014年3月11日组合重聚在贝弗利希尔顿酒店在洛杉矶举办的《An Evening For Women》小型演唱会上。
Bassist Christa Hillhouse and guitarist Shaunna Hall had been roommates and met drummer Wanda Day when they joined a band she was playing in. When the three left that band, they started playing as a trio. But after seeing Perry sing at a solo performance, Hillhouse and Hall asked her to join as vocalist. According to Perry, she and Hall were at Nightbreak, a San Francisco club, and when it was mentioned the trio was looking for a vocalist, Perry announced she was a singer to which Hall replied "I know". Their first rehearsal was supposed to be at 6 PM on October 17, 1989, but shortly after 5 PM the Loma Prieta earthquake hit the San Francisco area.
The band was signed to Interscope in July 1991 following a performance at the Gavin Convention where the band opened for Primus on Valentine's Day of the same year. As they began pre-production for their debut album, Day was fired from 4 Non Blondes and was replaced by Richardson. In 1992 while recording Bigger, Better, Faster, More! the album's producer, David Tickle, felt that Hall's guitar playing was "not happening" so she was let go from the band as well. Guitarist Louis Metoyer finished the record. Roger Rocha joined after completion of the album and stayed with the band until 1994. After leaving the Blondes in 1991, Day continued drumming with Malibu Barbi,]and then Bad Dog Play Dead. In late 1992, she had an accident and crushed her legs and broke her back, which made drumming very painful. She moved out of San Francisco in 1995, spent some time in Arizona and eventually went back to Salt Lake City.Day died on July 10, 1997, due to a drug overdose according to Christa Hillhouse and is buried in Tropic, Utah.
4 Non Blondes成立于1989年，美国的San Francisco市，当时Christa Hillhouse（贝司手）和Shaunna Hall（吉他手）同为室友，他们当时和Wanda Day（鼓手）想组一个临时性的乐队，但缺一个主唱，Christa在一个名为Nightbreak的俱乐部的舞台上发现了Linda Perry，他立刻被Linda那充满力量和梦幻般的嗓音迷住了，于是他邀请Linda担当他们乐队的主唱，Linda当时并未当回事，直到她亲眼看到了他们三位的现场演出后，才决定加入乐队，这支乐队的首场演出是在1989年10月17日Nightbreak俱乐部里一个每周固定节目“Female Trouble”里，这个节目推出的乐队都是以女性为核心的乐队，如：She Devils, Spokepoker, Stone Fox, Mermaid Tattoo, Lovedog……这些乐队都很不错，音乐也很猛烈。这个俱乐部也是整个SF市最好的，里面都是有着摇滚激情的人。4NB在这里度过愉快的时期，并开始在城市里寻找其他的演出机会。
4NB的早期音乐风格基本上都是狂躁的Punk乐，Wanda击打出硬核朋克的鼓声，Linda爆炸般的嗓音，Christa的贝司始终来回于硬核和疯克之间，而Shaunna的3和弦吉他技术构筑了整个4NB早期的主要音乐风格，随着乐队演出机会的增加，他们的名声也越来越响亮。但随之而来的批评也越来越多，乐队似乎要用更大的噪音去抵抗一些刺耳的嘘声和恶意的诋毁。“在当时，并不是有现在这么多的女性活跃在摇滚舞台上，因此我们受到了许多其他乐队或俱乐部里的各类人等的嘲笑和讽刺。这促使我们更努力地投入到音乐中，我们每周都有那么四、五天每天重复听3、4个小时的音乐，当某人想说些屁话来讥笑我们时，我们就会在舞台上愉快地用音乐去还击他。我已经弹了15年琴了，所以我们乐队里每一个人都对自己的音乐技术和水平充满了自信。
在早期的乐队词曲创作中，几乎都是由Shaunna Hall一人包办，也许只有乐队创作的第一首歌《Whole Lotta Love》例外。但在不久后，Linda开始成为乐队词曲创作的核心，Wanda和Christa一般喜欢在排练前弹弹Groove来热身。有时他们这些即兴弹奏的片段就成了乐队的歌曲。然后由Linda配好词，如歌曲《Old Mr Heffer》、《No Place Like Home》就是这样创作出来的。Linda有时也和Shaunna共同创作一些歌曲，但通常她喜欢独自一人冥思苦想。每当创作出一些新的音乐作品时，他们都会把它立刻放在晚上的演出里。但有时4NB会很玩笑地把刚学会的一首歌加入到演出节目中，由于此时4NB乐队并不能靠俱乐部演出来维持生活，他们四人白天都需要工作，而Linda是乐队里第一个辞退餐馆的女招待工作而专心投入到音乐中来的，因为她对每日清晨萦绕在耳边的铃声和嘈杂的工作厌倦透了。不久，Charista也辞去了他的固定工作，他已经在白日会计师夜里音乐家的角色变换中持续了十年了。四人陆续都辞去自己的工作，开始从当初业余心态去玩音乐中转变为以此为职业的专业态度。但他们的音乐之旅并不顺利，录制的小样并未得到唱片公司的垂青，在经济上陷入了窘迫之境，他们不久就负债累累，这几乎也是许多摇滚乐队成立之初的惯例。
在2014年3月11日组合重聚在贝弗利希尔顿酒店在洛杉矶举办的《An Evening For Women》小型演唱会上。
Bassist Christa Hillhouse and guitarist Shaunna Hall had been roommates and met drummer Wanda Day when they joined a band she was playing in. When the three left that band, they started playing as a trio. But after seeing Perry sing at a solo performance, Hillhouse and Hall asked her to join as vocalist. According to Perry, she and Hall were at Nightbreak, a San Francisco club, and when it was mentioned the trio was looking for a vocalist, Perry announced she was a singer to which Hall replied "I know". Their first rehearsal was supposed to be at 6 PM on October 17, 1989, but shortly after 5 PM the Loma Prieta earthquake hit the San Francisco area.
The band was signed to Interscope in July 1991 following a performance at the Gavin Convention where the band opened for Primus on Valentine's Day of the same year. As they began pre-production for their debut album, Day was fired from 4 Non Blondes and was replaced by Richardson. In 1992 while recording Bigger, Better, Faster, More! the album's producer, David Tickle, felt that Hall's guitar playing was "not happening" so she was let go from the band as well. Guitarist Louis Metoyer finished the record. Roger Rocha joined after completion of the album and stayed with the band until 1994. After leaving the Blondes in 1991, Day continued drumming with Malibu Barbi,]and then Bad Dog Play Dead. In late 1992, she had an accident and crushed her legs and broke her back, which made drumming very painful. She moved out of San Francisco in 1995, spent some time in Arizona and eventually went back to Salt Lake City.Day died on July 10, 1997, due to a drug overdose according to Christa Hillhouse and is buried in Tropic, Utah.
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