Blind melon

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Blind melon
General information
Genre (s) Alternative rock
founding 1989, 2006
resolution 1999
Website www.blindmelonmusic.com
Founding members
Shannon Hoon († 1995)
Christopher Thorn
guitar
 Rogers Stevens
Brad Smith
Glen Graham
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Travis Warren
guitar
 Christopher Thorn
guitar
 Rogers Stevens
Bass, vocals
 Brad Smith
Drums
 Glen Graham

Blind Melon is an alternative rock - band from Mississippi ( United States ). The band borrowed their name from Brad Smith's father, who referred to the local hippies as Blind Melons .

Band history

Blind Melon was founded in 1989 by Shannon Hoon (vocals), Christopher Thorn (guitar), Rogers Stevens (guitar), Brad Smith (bass) and Glen Graham (drums). In 1991 the band signed their first recording deal with Capitol Records and shortly afterwards went into the studio to record a previously unreleased demo. Axl Rose , lead singer of Guns N 'Roses and known through his sister with Shannon Hoon, then invited him to take over the background vocals on some tracks of the double album Use Your Illusion and to appear in the video for Don't Cry .

In 1992, Blind Melon's first album, Blind Melon , produced by Rick Parashar ( Temple of the Dog / Pearl Jam ) was released . The album went platinum four times and contained the band's biggest hit with the song No Rain, which was later released as a single . After various appearances in 1993 as an opening act for artists like Neil Young and Lenny Kravitz , the band went on tour for the first time as a headliner in 1994, which had to be ended after a few appearances due to Shannon Hoon's escalating drug problem. Instead, the band with producer Andy Wallace began work on their second album in November 1994, which was released in the summer of 1995 under the title Soup , a record that sounded comparatively darker than its sunny predecessor. Hoon later admitted that he had no memories of the recordings, as his drug problem escalated again at that point. The hope that the birth of his daughter Nico Blue on July 11, 1995 would lead to recovery, was not fulfilled: Despite all the warnings from Hoon's drug advisor, the band went on tour on September 19, 1995 under massive pressure from their record company to deal with the promote new material. After a disastrous concert in Houston / Texas with a completely drunk Shannon Hoon, the band reached New Orleans on the morning of October 21, 1995. The rest of the band went to their hotel rooms, while Shannon Hoon decided to make the town unsafe under the influence of drugs. A little later he climbed into the bunk of the tour bus and fell asleep. He died in his sleep of an acute cocaine overdose. The band was completely in shock when a crew member tried unsuccessfully to wake the 28-year-old for a sound check around 1 p.m.

Hoon was buried in his native Indiana in November 1995. In 1996, the remaining members of the band released the album Nico , for which previously unused vocal parts from Hoon were used. The band donated the proceeds of the album to an aid organization for drug and alcoholic musicians. After previously unsuccessfully looking for a new singer, bassist Brad Smith finally took over the vocal parts. A new album was not released, however, as the band decided shortly thereafter to go their separate ways in the future. In 1999, the end of Blind Melon was officially announced.

In 2006 the band re-formed with a new singer, Travis Warren. On April 22, 2008, For My Friends was the fourth studio album by the band.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1992 Blind melon DE62 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT35 (3 weeks)
AT 		- UK53
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US3
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(44 weeks)US
First published: September 22, 1992
1995 Soup - AT44 (1 week)
AT 		- UK48 (2 weeks)
UK 		US28 (9 weeks)
US
First published: August 15, 1995
1996 Nico - - - - US161 (1 week)
US
First published: November 12, 1996
2008 For my friends - - - - US133 (1 week)
US
First published: April 22, 2008

More albums

  • 2002: Classic Masters
  • 2005: The Best of
  • 2005: Live at the Metro
  • 2006: Live at the Palace
  • 2009: Deep Cuts

Singles (chart successes)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1993 Tones of Home
Blind Melon 		- - - UK62 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: June 1993
No Rain
Blind Melon 		DE76 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT29 (1 week)
AT 		- UK17 (6 weeks)
UK 		US20 (23 weeks)
US
First published: August 1993
1994 Change
blind melon 		- - - UK35 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: June 1994
1995 Galaxy
soup 		- - - UK37 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 1995

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

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