Led by Linda Perry, who releases her stunning new album Let It Die Here on May 8th, 4 Non Blonde’s debut album, Bigger, Better, Faster, More!, spent more than a year on the Billboard200 after its release in 1992, going platinum and spawning the anthem, ‘What’s Up?,’ ubiquitous on MTV at the time and still a rallying cry against those forces of quasi-political control in the name of personal freedom. Despite their meteoric rise, 4 Non Blondes disbanded in1994, with lead vocalist Linda Perry going from her auspicious start in 4 Non Blondes to a wildly successful career as a songwriter, producer, label owner and, including such platinum records as Christina Aguilera’s ‘Beautiful,’ Gwen Stefani’s ‘What You Waiting For?’ and P!nk’s ‘Get the Party Started.’
In 2025, multi-hyphenate songwriter/producer/performer/label owner/mentor/provocateur Linda Perry reunited with her original band 4 Non Blondes, which she first formed in the Bay Area in 1989 in the middle of an earthquake with co-founding bassist Christa Hillhouse. The two have now joined with drummer Dawn Richardson and guitarist Roger Rocha, both members of the original touring band, for the first time in more than 33 years. “I put my feelers out into the universe,” said Perry about the reunion. “Playing some songs with 4 Non Blondes just seemed like a fun thing to do, in a way it hadn’t before now. I’ve been behind the scenes for far too long. I want to step out to be the artist I am. I’m just open to all the possibilities that I’ve created around me. I manifest things all the time.”
Perry set up a rehearsal in San Francisco, which she deemed “awkward at first,” but after getting together and playing, it proved promising enough for Linda to write “a bunch of new songs, revisit some old ones, and bam, we have an album. It’s really that simple. They’re all phenomenal players and now they get a chance to show that. I couldn’t ask for a better band to play these songs.”
4 Non Blondes have confirmed that they will release a new studio album in 2026, their first new material since their acclaimed debut Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
