Blind Melon

j_rockr91 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:14 am

well the only song i used to know was, of course, 'no rain'. but i started listening to their first album today, i realized: i was born in '91, how the heck did i miss them!?! there isnt a single bad song on that album! blind melon was definitely one of the last good bands, before music died in the late 90s. they seem incredibly underrated.

-Jake

DHD · **Joined:** Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:40 am **Posts:** 195

Hoon overdosed and died when you were 4 years old.

yodacaster · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:19 am

I have been a longtime fan of Blind Melon. I love the guitar work of Christopher Thorne and Roger Stevens. They weave their parts together so well. Its too bad Shannon Hoon had to OD (like many of the greats). Unfortunately I never got to see them. They came through my town before I got into them, and they came back a couple of years ago with a new singer and I thought it wouldn't be the same. I have the album with the new singer and it is good but not as good as they used to be. There is definately something missing. I guess that singer is no longer with them and they called it quits.
I'd have to say my favorite Blind Melon song is Change. I am going to have that song played at my funeral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFqvIUcfBcw

gar1013 · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:33 pm **Posts:** 199

Can't say I ever cared for them. At the time I was one of those people who was still pissed off that alternative music killed off metal.

Screamin' Armadillo · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:11 pm

gar1013 wrote:

Can't say I ever cared for them. At the time I was one of those people who was still pissed off that alternative music killed off metal.

I was one of the people that was glad it did... :mrgreen:

I was so sick of the spandex-wearing big-haired dudes playing pointy-headed heavy metal guitars with no tone at 200 bpm, that a little anti-virtuosity was a welcome respite.

Andybighair · **Joined:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:22 am **Posts:** 2175

Blind Melon = Awesome band!

Good to see a post for one of my all time favourites. Love pretty much everything they did, including "For My Friends" with Travis warren on vocals. Great straty tones all the way through.

Screamin' Armadillo wrote:

I was so sick of the spandex-wearing big-haired dudes.....

Oi! I'm not a Metal-er but.... There's absolutely nothing wrong with wearing spandex or Big Hairy dudes.

Its a fact, wearing skin tight spandex doesn't just enhance the size of one's hair.... :wink:

Andy

Screamin' Armadillo · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:23 pm

Andybighair wrote:

Oi! I'm not a Metal-er but.... There's absolutely nothing wrong with wearing spandex or Big Hairy dudes.

Its a fact, wearing skin tight spandex doesn't just enhance the size of one's hair.... :wink:

Andy

I'm going to go poke my brain with a Q-tip until that image is pushed out of my mind forever.

:lol:

Big Hair--maybe
Spandex--err..no
Pointy-headed heavy metal guitar--definitely not.

j_rockr91 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:46 pm

DHD wrote:

Hoon overdosed and died when you were 4 years old.

ooohh okay. well that must have been why. that sure is a shame, he was such a unique singer.

-Jake

Andybighair · **Joined:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:22 am **Posts:** 2175

Screamin' Armadillo wrote:

Andybighair wrote:

Oi! I'm not a Metal-er but.... There's absolutely nothing wrong with wearing spandex or Big Hairy dudes.

Its a fact, wearing skin tight spandex doesn't just enhance the size of one's hair.... :wink:

Andy

I'm going to go poke my brain with a Q-tip until that image is pushed out of my mind forever.

:lol:

What!?!... Oh I see...

Well if your crude mind will conjure such things... Its pretty clear I was referring to how spandex makes my Epic Socks look even more fabulous than they already are. :lol:

Andy

TTSC · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:13 am **Posts:** 1174

SmokeythaBear · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:14 pm

I like "toes across the floor" thats a good one

gar1013 · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:33 pm **Posts:** 199

Screamin' Armadillo wrote:

gar1013 wrote:

Can't say I ever cared for them. At the time I was one of those people who was still pissed off that alternative music killed off metal.

I was one of the people that was glad it did... :mrgreen:

I was so sick of the spandex-wearing big-haired dudes playing pointy-headed heavy metal guitars with no tone at 200 bpm, that a little anti-virtuosity was a welcome respite.

It's funny... I went off metal on my own accord sometime in the mid 2000s. These days, I tend to have a strong preference for music from before I was born. I still dislike Alternative.

dano3183 · **Joined:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:07 pm **Posts:** 8

I totally dig blind melon, especially dear old dad off that album. Great guitar work and vocals.

dano

Celtic Cyclonus · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:42 am

I liked the work Shannon did with Guns N' Roses. His vocal is on Don't Cry, November Rain, Live and Let Die, You Aint The First and The Garden.

Was never much a fan of his own band though.

CC

stryder1017 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:05 am

glad to see someone else besides me still listens to em lol

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