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Blind Melon was an American rock and roll band from the 1990s, composed of Shannon Hoon, Brad Smith , Glen Graham , Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn . The name Blind Melon describes some hippies from Mississippi, as used (or coined) by Brad Smith's father. Also 'Blind Melon Chitlin' was the name of a fictional bluesman appearing in a routine on the self titled Cheech and Chong LP.Blind Melon signed to Capitol Records in 1991 (see 1991 in music) and recorded an unreleased demo. Hoon and old friend Axl Rose re-met, and Hoon sang back-up on several Guns n' Roses tracks, including "Don't Cry". Their debut album, Blind Melon, produced by Rick Parashar ( Pearl Jam) sold poorly until the single and music video for "No Rain" hit the airwaves and became a smash success, along with the popular videoVideo is the technology of processing electronic signals representing moving pictures. A major application of video technology is television, but it is also widely used in engineering, scientific, manufacturing, and security applications. Other uses of vi which featured the equally popular Bee GirlBee Girl is a fictional character from a Blind Melon music video called No Rain released in 1992. The song was a track from their debut self-titled compact disc which became wildly popular with the help of the Bee Girl . The Bee Girl was portrayed by Heat. Subsequently, Blind Melon went platinum four times. After opening for Neil YoungNeil Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer and guitarist. Coming to prominence with pop band Buffalo Springfield, and reaching his commercial peak during the singer songwriter boom of the early 1970s, his career is marked by experimentation and Lenny KravitzLeonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964 in New York) is a musician whose retro-style amalgam of Rock, Pop, Funk, and even Techno is inspired by such music icons as Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. Early Life The son of Hollywood producer Sy Kravitz and Bah, Blind Melon's own tour was cut short due to Hoon's escalating drug abuse.
Hoon and the rest of the band began recording their sophomore album in New Orleans with producer Andy Wallace . Hoon would later admit that he had no memory of the recording session. While Hoon checked into rehab, the album, SoupSoup is the second album by the band Blind Melon. Though considered by some to be one of the band's best albums, it was poorly received due to poor exposure, bad critical reviews, and Shannon Hoon's death at around the same time as the album's release., was released in 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja (see 1995 in music), but sold poorly. In 1995, Blind Melon also contributed the song "Out on the Tiles" to the Encomium tribute album to Led Zeppelin.
Against the advice of Hoon's drug counselor, Blind Melon went on tour. Hoon was found dead of an overdose on October 21, 1995. With some unreleased vocals in the vaults, the remaining members released Nico in 1996 (see 1996 in music) with the profits going to a program that helps musicians with drug and alcohol addiction. After briefly attempting to continue, Blind Melon soon broke up and the various members went on to other projects.
1 Members
- Shannon Hoon - vocals
- Christopher Thorn - guitar
- Rogers Stevens - guitar
- Brad Smith - bass
- Glen Graham - drums
