|
|
Blind Melon
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 video which featured the equally popular Bee Girl. Subsequently, Blind Melon went platinum four times. After opening for Neil Young and Lenny Kravitz, 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, Soup, was released in 1995 (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.
Members
- Shannon Hoon - vocals
- Christopher Thorn - guitar
- Rogers Stevens - guitar
- Brad Smith - bass
- Glen Graham - drums
Discography
See also
External links
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license.
You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Melon
|
©
2005 Music
Entertainment Network. A Cyprus
Roussos Music Entertainment Company. All Rights Reserved.
Articles
from
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may copy and
modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under
this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
All trademarks and service marks including Napster,
Rio
MP3 Player, iRock,
Creative
MP3 Player, iRiver,
Apple iPod
Portable
MP3 Players + iTunes,
eMusic,
Guitar
Center Musicians
Friend, Zzounds
Musical Instrument Equipment Store, BMG
Music Service, Columbia
House DVD Club, eBay,
Amazon,
Netflix,
Jamster,
Gamefly,
Friendster,
Music123
Musical Instruments, Billboard,
MTV,
Yahoo
Launch, Overture
Yahoo Search Marketing, MusicMatch,
Kazaa,
Kazaa
Lite, Morpheus
software, Real
Rhapsody, Bose,
Sheet
Music Plus, Billboard
Magazine, Rolling
Stone Magazine, Walmart
Downloads, Barnes
and Noble book store, CDUniverse,
Tower
Records, MSN
Music, MySpace,
Limewire,
WinMX,
Google
Adsense, Alibris,
TicketsNow,
MusicSpace,
uBid
are property of their respective owners. Music.us has no affiliation with
MySpace
or Friendster,
but offers alternative services. Disclaimer: Uploading or downloading
of copyrighted works without permission or authorization of copyright
holders may be illegal and subject to civil or criminal liability and
penalties. Please buy
music and refrain from any illegal downloading activity. User
submitted free content, including Wikipedia encyclopedia or modification
thereof by end users, do not reflect the views and opinions of Music.us
and are for educational and research development purposes. Our website
offers advanced search for bands and artists bio and albums and browse
options for artist band biographies resources and information. We offer
blogs and community building tools for authors, bands and users. The Music.us
Entertainment Network is web's most comprehensive one-stop shopping, community
networking and education site. Find song lyrics, guitar tablature, posters,
ring tones, free MP3 downloads and hourly updating news feeds on musicians
and any genre style including rock,
pop,
hip
hop, country,
christian,
rap,
classical,
folk,
dance,
latin,
R
and B, blues,
punk,
heavy
metal, alternative,
guitar,
bass,
drums,
gospel,
wedding,
arabic,
jazz,
soundtrack,
world,
reggae,
soul
and more. Privacy Policy
- Site Map
- MP3 - Music Downloads
- Song Lyrics
| |
