Group

Blind Melon

From: Los Angeles, United States
Since: 1989–present
Rating: ★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases: 55

alternative rock
blues rock
grunge
folk rock
neo-psychedelia
psychedelic rock
southern rock
hard rock

About

Blind Melon is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn, drummer Glen Graham, vocalist Travis Warren and bassist Nathan Towne. They are best known for their 1993 hit "No Rain", and enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock. The band has sold over 3.2 million albums in the United States as of 2008.

Blind Melon released two albums on Capitol Records – Blind Melon (1992) and Soup (1995) – before their original lead vocalist Shannon Hoon died of a drug overdose on the band's tour bus in New Orleans on October 21, 1995. After four years of unsuccessfully searching for a replacement for Hoon, Blind Melon dissolved in 1999. The remaining members reformed the band in 2006 with Travis Warren and recorded one album with him, For My Friends (2008). Shortly after its release, Warren left Blind Melon but returned in 2010, when the band returned to performing occasional gigs. The group has been nominated for four Grammy Awards.

From Blind Melon on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Glen Graham 1990–1999, 2006–now · original member drums (drum set), percussion
Brad Smith 1990–1999, 2006–now · original member background vocals, bass guitar, flute
Rogers Stevens 1990–1999, 2006–now · original member guitar, keyboard, piano
Christopher Thorn 1990–1999, 2006–now · original member guitar family, harmonica, mandolin
Travis T. Warren 2006–2008, 2010–now acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Shannon Hoon 1988–1995 · original member · former acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead vocals