BLIND MELON Profile Ep81pt3 KASR VIDEO
BLIND MELON Profile Ep81pt3 KASR VIDEO – This is an artist EPK profile of Blind Melon which is an alternative rock band, whose most notable work dates from 1992 to 1995, and ceased with the death of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon. The band reformed with the new lead vocalist Travis Warren in 2006. Blind Melon assembled in California, with members hailing from Indiana, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania. The band signed to Capitol Records in 1991 and recorded an unreleased demo. The band gained buzz from vocalist Hoon’s association with Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose, and Hoon’s back-up vocals on several Guns N’ Roses tracks on 1991’s Use Your Illusion albums, most notably “Don’t Cry.” The band’s self-titled debut album, produced by Rick Parashar (Pearl Jam), contained 13 songs spanning a wide sonic palate. The aggressive dual-lead guitars and shouted vocals of “Soak The Sin” and “Tones of Home” evoked heavy metal and classic rock; “Time’s” spacious bridge and ambient, winding outro shared commonalities with Grateful Dead-style improvisational music; while heavily acoustic songs “Change” and “No Rain” hinted at pop and folk influences. The album sold poorly until the No Rain single became a smash success, along with a popular video which featured the “Bee Girl” (played by Heather DeLoach). Thematically, the video suggested a social outcast eventually finding a supportive community through trial and error. Subsequently, Blind Melon went platinum four times. After opening for Neil Young, Lenny Kravitz, Soundgarden and The …
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