Here Today... Gone To Hell!

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=19363

Nice. :)

Unreleased stuff instead of a Greatest Hits.  : ok:



/jarmo

 :oWow - very cool and totally unexpected.  :yes: Damn, they can even release new stuff and the singer has been DEAD for 9 years!  :beer:

looks like ill be making a trip to HMV sooner the expected :yes:

I like Blind Melon a lot.  I think Shannon is a very underrated song writer.  The thing that pisses me off is that they were on VH1's one hit wonder countdown.  It wouldn't have been as bad if they were #1, but they were #99.  I personally don't think they were one hit wonders, maybe they had one huge song, but not only one great song.  I like the album that came out after Shannon Hoon died, Nico.  There are some really cool songs on that cd.  I can't wait for rarites and a live cd to come out.  That will be great.

Man this is excellent excellent incredibly kick ass news!!!! :beer:

they released a Greatest Hits thing 2 years ago, Classic Masters, it's even remastered! ;D

this is great news, saw this on a Blind Melon forum a week or two ago, didn't notice the thread about it here though! ;D : ok:

I like Blind Melon.

I wonder if they were high when they thought of that band name! :smoking:

when the bassist, Brad, grew up, his dad used to call their hippie neighbours blind melons....so there you go : ok:

Thank you, Mr. Blind Melon Biographer!  :-*

Actually, I remember that from the last lesson.  ;) ;D

cool !!!!!
Maybe if Axl dies now GNR would release new material... I think we would get like 10 albums with unreleased material !!!
he he...

 :hihi:

raise your hand if you have something to share! :rant: :hihi:

[wave] oh, oh, [wave] I gotta question....over here [wave]   :hihi:

When is it coming out?  In the Fall??

it doesn't have a release date yet, but my guess is the second half of this year yeah : ok:

OMG

A BLESSING  :beer: :beer:

Well, it's an old thread, but who cares :)

Since I know that there are a lot of melonheads here, you should visit the brand new BM-website :)

Forever Blind Melon - http://www.foreverblindmelon.com

Don't forget to register at the forums!

Feedback, suggestions?

Aw, shit. My hopes have been dashed. I read about this on "Tones of a Home" a cool Blind Melon fansite back in Feb 04......and I never heard about it again. I thought this was the update............It's not.
 :'( :'( :'(

Hopefully this album gets out soon, I'm still very excited about it.

Well, it MIGHT not be that far away. I've heard that they are indeed working on this, but I don't know how legit the information is.

What I do know, is that there will be a Blind Melon tribute-album released next year =)

sux ta call em' one hit wonders but thats how it goes unfortunatly, Shannon was a cool mo fo :beer:

Get a new server, the site is slow as shit! :-*

Nah, its nice, great layout, and i will register henceforth!  ;)

My guess is that the release will coincide with the tenth anniversary of Shannon?s death(October 21st).

Do you really think it's slow, or are you just fucking around as always? ;) :P

And you haven't registered yet. I'm so disappointed. But hey, I don't expect much from someone supporting Forest ;)

I'll be registered in a jiffy.
look out for Kiedis, he's gonna tear down the place!

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000979164

naaaaw, Classic Masters was more than enough of a Best Of album, what I wanted now was a rarities/b-side album!
I probably have all the songs on this album, plus all the videos and live versions of No Rain on their previous DVD, Letters from a Porcupine.
Im gonna download that concert for sure though...I'll probably get the other stuff as well! :P ;D

Yeah, this is a bummer.  I thought it was supposed to be rare/unreleased stuff.  I can do with out another copy of No Rain!

I hear ya man!
hope there will be some rarities released sometime in the future though!

hey, if you're looking for some rarities and DVD's, go check out dvd.blindmelon.com
I have bought the Woodstock 94 DVD and it's awesome! lots of extra stuff on it as well.
I ordered the I&I DVD a few days ago, can hardly wait to get it!

BLIND MELON : 10th Anniversary of Shannon Hoon's Passing Commemorated With New Releases


July 11, 2005
To mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of Blind Melon's lead singer Shannon Hoon, age 28, from a drug overdose on October 21, 1995, the surviving band members and EMI Catalog Marketing will release the band's first ever "Best Of" collection and two never before released live concerts to properly anthologize the band's tragically short but influential musical career.


September 27 will see the releases of:

Tones Of Home: The Best Of Blind Melon
The band's first ever hits collection. It includes 19 studio and live tracks, including the band's #1 smash hit, "No Rain" and the Top 10 single "Galaxie" and their endearing version of "Three Is The Magic Number" from Schoolhouse Rock. A limited edition release will contain a bonus DVD with include a 6 videos including both the video and a live concert performance of "No Rain".

Blind Melon: Live At the Metro 9.27.95
The band's first-ever concert DVD features a full 19-song concert filmed on September 27, 1995 during the band's final tour. It also contains 3 bonus songs from an acoustic performance on Canada's Much Music TV.

Blind Melon: Live At the Palace 10.11.95
12 songs from their 3rd to their last concert and last professionally recorded concert will be made available only as a digital download.

Since Blind Melon's self-titled debut was released in 1992 with its now iconic "bee girl" cover art, the band has sold more than three million albums. Blind Melon personified the Modern Rock format of the early '90s, scoring genre-defining chart hits alongside their contemporaries, Soul Asylum and the Gin Blossoms. The chart-topping single "No Rain" became a phenomenon when coupled with the brilliant music video that launched a thousand Halloween "bee girl" costumes. To this day, the song receives recurrent radio spins, and was an integral music piece on the music-forward TV series, "The OC."

When Kurt Cobain died in 1994, Hoon recognized his own troubles and entered drug rehab, but upon his return to his rock star life, he fell back into his familiar drug use patterns. The follow up, Soup, was released in 1995. After a concert in Houston, TX on October 20, 1995 the band boarded the tour bus for an overnight drive to New Orleans, LA. Upon arriving, the rest of the band checked into their rooms and caught up on sleep, while Hoon opted to wander the city, later returning to his bunk on the bus. There he overdosed and died.

Without Shannon Hoon, the remaining members of Blind Melon decided it would be best to end the band, and all went on to pursue their own interests. In 1996, Capitol issued a CD of Blind Melon studio outtakes and rarities, Nico, and the Grammy?-nominated Letters From a Porcupine home video with live performances, interviews and the band's own home movies (an expanded DVD was issued in 2001).

Ten years later, the surviving members have all found successful lives doing what they love. Brad Smith and Christopher Thorn co-own and operate a recording studio in Los Angeles, Studio Wishbone (www.studiowishbone.com), where they record their own solo music and produce other artists' recordings, including Anna Nalick's Top 20 debut, Wreck Of The Day. Rogers Stevens is the guitarist for the Tender Trio, a new band with former Spacehog frontman Royston Langston, and Glen Graham has retired to North Carolina, where he has immersed himself in painting.

Very cool, I shall pick these up........I have all the other albums, what's one more? Plus, the DVD sounds cool.

Releases!!!!!

http://www.capitolrecords.com/news/detail.aspx?newsId=6634

yeah I know, cool stuff.
it annoys me when the people who write the articles write stuff like "the band has sold more than three million albums"...it just sounds so inaccurate and wrong when they have sold at least 5 million copies in USA alone...hell, their first album alone sold well over 4 million, and the following releases has sold a few hundred thousands each, and that's just in America.
they've probably sold 12 million worldwide.
just annoyed me cos it makes them sound smaller than what they are/were, and this sorta stuff happens all the time. with GN'R too.

Very cool indeed!  :yes:

I don't know how many they sold - I feel like I'm the only person who liked them around me, unfortunately.  :-\

see, those figures gives you a totally wrong perception.
that's whay I always try to correct them, but it would be a lot easier if the journalists would spend a few minutes and get the facts right themselves!

I really liked Blind Mellon. They're always gonna be an also-ran, which is sad.

Blind Melon to me sound a lot like The La's.  Each had a huge hit ("No Rain" by Blind Melon, "There She Goes" by The La's) where they had a lot of good, original elements, and a great personality as a band, but you only know the one song in each case.  I don't know of any other good Blind Melon songs, but if you guys could list your faves that would be really cool.

how about just picking up the Best Of album when it's released, Mattman.
(or if you're gonna be a bitch and download them, just look at the tracklisting for either that one or the Classic Masters album, hehe)

I recommend the first 2 albums, they are both fantastic front to back

specifically my favorite tunes from each are

Blind Melon:
1. Soak the Sin
2. Tones of Home
6. Change
7. No Rain
9. Sleepyhouse 
13. Time 

Soup:
1. Galaxie
4. Skinned 
8. Car Seat (God's Presents)  Listen Listen     
11. St. Andrew's Fall
13. Mouthful Of Cavities 
14. Lemonade

Nico is ok, but it's all rough cuz it's incomplete tracks that Shannon was working on before he died. It contains a really cool, trippy version of "No Rain".  that, the cover of "The Pusher" (orig by Steppenwolf) and "Life ain't so shitty" are my fav's from it.

Seriously though, Blinfd Melon kicks alot of ass. When they first came out i bought The self titled album and didn't really care for it, but 2 years ago My buddy turned me back on to them and I love them now!!!

Seriously you could probably find all 3 albums used for like $5 each, you won't be dissappointed.

hope that helps dude.

the only rough parts in 'Nico' is Shannon's vocals, and I think they sound fantastic!
the band re-recorded the music after he died, so there's nothing rough about it.

i once saw them at 2 meter sessies (also have a cdr of it...still looking for the dvd *hint*hint*), is a tv program here in Holland, and that was just great...since then i only bought Soup which i think is a great album.

well , i listened to them but i dont see what was so good bout them.

i like them really much and loves shannons voice.. first song i've heard with them was of course "no rain".. the second was prolly 2x4 on the woodstock 94 or whenever it was.. so cool song IMO.. then there's deserted, change, tones of home, also great songs.. a while ago i listened to them now have forgotten most songs.. fuck gotta play a couple of songs now : ok:

"Dear 'ol Dad" and "Galaxy" were two of my favorites.

They are a really good band.   Atleast to me.  "soul one" is my favorite song by them

I have the Classic Masters and the self-titled. I like them very well. They are from Lafayette, where Axl and Izzy are from. I grew up about 3 hours southeast of where he did. His daughter Nico goes to school there.

I visited his grave on 11-07-04. It was really a great thing to see. His tombstone is beautiful. He also has these words eched on the stone. "So I'll write the words on the face of today, and then they'll paint it."

Great man, troubled man amazing singer.

Really is a shame that he died.  I heard that there is more music that they recorded also, I believe the guitar player was talking about possibly releasing more of it sometime in the future.  Does anyone else remember hearing this?

I had the self-titled and Nico for ages before I got round to buying Soup. All I'll tell you is,

buy it now! Before hearing that album I thought that they were just a great band, but now they're one of my favourites. As much as I loved the self-titled, I have to be in the right mood to listen to the majority of it, there are only a couple of songs, like Holy Man, that transcend mood. But with Soup, I feel like I can put it on any time and, as I've said here before, I think that it's one of the best vocally recorded albums of all time. The last three songs are just like, seriously... wow.

I just have their self titled album and it's one of my favorite cd's. I love soak the sin, dear ol' dad and change. They have a really good sound and they are really unique. I'm planning on buying Soup next!

I recommend the album 'Nico'.

... I recommend listening the song Soup from Nico and then wondering, if they can bump that song from the album then what must have stayed on it...  :drool:

one of the best bands ever

yeah he was so talented and unique.. and yeah i think i'v heard that too : ok:

I heard it. And there's a thread to be found on the subject! It dates back a fair while though.

What album was this? I forgot since I posted. I have recently got their new greatest hits/DVD deal and their live album.......

Been listening to them and nothing else all last week  : ok:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/ShinnsTheory/melon.jpg)

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=95911507&blogID=168317089&MyToken=57fb876c-f84c-4b6b-b507-c58c3013b88d

Whos on vocals brother? I recognise the face but cant put my hand on who it is.

This is his myspace page: www.myspace.com/starvingtravis

todays super unexpected day. first ending of darkness, now blind melon randomly come back with new singer. mad, next it will be crashdiet have found there new singer (please please please)

thats radiculous its like having alice in chains without layne and guns n roses without slash,its not gonna be the same or half as good.

should be interesting, i'd check it out.

but to replace a lead singer is pretty much impossible, especially shannon.

i bet it could be pretty sweet though, it has potential but of course it won't even be close to what it was.

Never will be what it once was...

but never discount the Van Halen phenomenon   :beer:

An excellent point.  I'll let the music speak for itself when the time comes...

oh yeah, i mean i won't make the final call till i see what happens....

This is despicable. Truly Horrible, have some respect for Shannon Hoon!

Aouch ... replacing the late Shannon Hoon ? Not an easy thing to do, specially in that case ...

Some of you guys have no idea what you're talking about. Blind Melon wasn't Shannon Hoon's band. Different voice? Well done. Best vocalist ever? Well, no, but certainly one of them. It's their fucking band. Respect? Respect for what? Shannon Hoon? Shannon Hoon in what way? Pissing over his legacy? Hardly.

Cool, the year of the rehash. Just what we need.

Look out for Beatles reunion with Macca, Head Welch, Dave Ellefson, and a drum machine.

Why cant people ever come up with new ideas?!

New ideas? What are you talking about? Rehash? Ooh. It's the same musicians!, with the same name! You're on a Guns N' Roses board buddy, and they can't even claim to have the former.

Go get a clue.

i guess they figure if INXS and AIC can do it so can they? :-\

is it the same singer from "Unified Theory" (A band formed with the BM guys after shannon died) or is it a new guy? :-\

It's a new guy neemo... I dont think this is disrespectful to Shannon at all. It's been 11 years; it's okay to move on.

more news on this today! looks pretty cool!!!

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003286179

Definately sounds cool. My music excitement at th emoment is confined to GN'R, but this should be great when it happens too.

I'm glad they guys are getting back together, they were a great band. can't wait to see what kind of music they make. wish they would change the name but that's not my call, and the name will help with album sales.

Looking forward to see what 10 years of life experience brings to their music...best of luck on the latest chapter!

I'm interested in this definately. those guys were gooood musicians.  blind melon's first album reminds me of a very particular time in my life, shannon was a wicked lyricist and performer. much missed.

check out 3 new songs here!! :)

http://www.blindmelonmach2.com/mp3s/wimpy.php

Very Impressive! : ok:

Lol, nice one...

My point was why is it that every band has now decided to reform or whatever minus a vital ingredient of their band. AIC, Blind Melon....to name but two anyway.... Its only 2006 and everyone seems to be on a 90s nostalgia trip. I guess its just a sad indication of the music scene today in the fact that we 're seeing a lot of bands trying to recreate former glories in a time when music, in general, is shit.

For your info, I dont class Axl's band as GNR, for me its an Axl solo project. No way is it GNR. Its just called that cos someone is scared of only selling 10 albums.

I hope so, that dude could pull Shannon off.........I liked his singing.......

it's a new guy, but he's got a similar voice to Chris Shinn (Unified Theory).
the new song is great and the video is cool, amazing to see the guys back together!

btw, neither Shinn or Travis can "pull Shannon off", they're not really similar to him except for the voices being in the higher registers.

I'm not sure if it's because of Travis or just because the songs seem better, but I'm liking this WAY more than Unified Theory.

so glad there back  :love:

it's not the same band you know. UT only had Smith and Thorn from Melon in it : ok:

^ Yea, but I'm not as huge a Glen fan as some people are.

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OMG! It's a dolphin!

You know there's someone on this board named Dolphin.

Coinsidence that there's someone on a GNR board named Dolphin and then someone else releases an album with the same name as GNR and there's a Dolphin on the front cover?

I think not.  :rant:

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This error has been forwarded to MySpace's technical group.

I dont even know what is what, cover art I guess?
But it was the most unprofessional thing I've ever seen, so dont be too bothered.

It was a dolphin, in a uterus, with the words Chinese Democracy Blind Melon in blue and yellow plain boring font.

A drunk 4 year old can do something better than that.  :hihi:

its a beautiful picture. if blind melon do what there fans want and call there album chinese democracy it will be insane !!!



(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7408/a3ev4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Glen is great IMO. But the main difference in the instrumental sound of the bands were the lack of Stevens on guitar in UT. that's what made the bands soun very different I think. Rog really puts the Blind in Melon : ok:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZt-v5pVdJc

Two words: fucking brilliant.

That picture is from the promtion for a new C4 documentary called "Animals in the Womb". Someone stole the picture then put that writing on it.

I recently got back into these guys, they fuckin rock  :peace: :peace: :peace: :peace: :peace:
Amazing songs, great vocal melodies, good guitar rhythms and solos. Amazing band.  :yes:

Does anyone know of any good live DVDs I can get?

Letters From a Porcupine is more or less a collection of live footage with little interview clips together. I'm sure you can find all of the muchmusic show too.

Any word on when the new album is going to be out? Those 3 new songs are now like 6 months old right?

no idea, the band has like no official site. Just a myspace and a proboards forum

Also contains all their videos and about 3 audio tracks. One song from each album.

The Blind Melon guys are running this, so they can decide where to tour. I got the link from their myspace page.

can someone demand the Houston area for me? it needs more votes

http://eventful.com/performers/P0-001-000018446-2/demand

sorry for being kinda ignorant maybe, but who's gonna sing?


(noone can fill shannons shoes)

Travis Warren. His voice can be heard on the new songs: http://www.blindmelonmach2.com/mp3s/wimpy.php

He's the closest I've ever heard to Shannon, but I don't think that's the point. He's got a good voice, and I think he even wrote Harmful Belly. Listen to all 3, because Make a Difference doesn't hit me like the other 2 do.

thanks for the link :beer:



man they are grand, i love 'em

Yeah they took them down and I don't have them. You could try youtube but I don't know what you could find.

is that a question? link us up : ok:

yeah link please coz i only know a song called that by Dizzy Mizz Lizzy.

nevermind already found it:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=95911507

Tourdates!!!


 Oct 7 8:00P Decibel at Club Hell Providence, Rhode Island
Oct 9 8:00P Canal Room New York, New York
Oct 11 8:00P The Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 13 8:00P The Basement Columbus, Ohio
Oct 14 8:00P Howard?s Club H Bowling Green, Ohio
Oct 16 8:00P Double Door Chicago, Illinois
Oct 18 8:00P The Canopy Urbana, Illinois
Oct 19 8:00P Frankie?s Inner-City Toledo, Ohio
Oct 20 8:00P Diesel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Oct 22 8:00P Harper?s Ferry Allston, MA


"We're going to do another 2-3 weeks at the end of November into December, either out west or in the southeast. There may be some shows added to this run to, we're just waiting to find out."

Yeah, they should tour Europe as soon as possible : ok:

anyone think they should open for GNR?

don't think they can without shannon i know they still exist and have a new singer but naah

im a huge bm fan. have been since 94' and i thought you were right, but travis really is good. he will be true to shannon, but also has his own style. this is very exciting for bm fans. ive been waiting for this for 12 years....there have been several starts and stops for this project. They guys had several solo acts and other bands, but this is the real deal. it has taken a long time, but it will be well worth it....they will do old and new songs....

And I don't see why any Gn'R fan could bitch about the lineup changes. No seriously, Travis is a good singer and I really think he has done a brilliant job so far, I hope it just keeps getting better and better. I'm really excited about this.

I didn't say anything about line-up changes (and certainly did not bitch :hihi:), just don't think axl can see someone fillin' shannons shoes, since they were pretty good friends..

when there's a new BM record out i will check it out and probably like it.. but to me shannon has one of the maybe 5 greatest voices ever, that's hard to beat

That's true, he had amazing voice and he was a fuckin' great on stage (judging by bootlegs), but this new guy is great too. Not filling Shannon's shoes but doing amazing job anyway. Don't know how Axl feels about it though. But the comment about bitchin' was just a joke : ok:

Btw. they added couple of new songs yesterday on their MySpace.

damn! Travis is doing a flat out incredible job! all the new songs Ive heard sound great, great!
get your asses to Europe, guys!!

Yeah, club shows all over Europe would be great. But I'm looking forward to see what their setlists look now.. wonder which "old" songs they're going to play and if there's any from Nico.

hearing some Nico tunes would be amazing.......

Indeed, but I'm not sure if the band would feel comfortable playing them, as it was released after Shannon's death and all.

^ yeah, it would be great to hear something from Nico, but I wouldn't expect it.

They added new songs again on their MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/blindmelon

Sounds pretty good, I like Travis's vocals more and more day by day and the guitar melodies are pure Stevens/Thorn. The album is going to be great, hope they'll tour Europe too after the release.

 Some very cool early Blind Melon video clips - 3 versions of "Soul One," recorded live for the Sippin' Time Sessions EP.

Part 1 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nemr0w59l5I

Part 2 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=O1Nujm8HMQM

Part 3 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=bx7419uut2A

wow! i thought i had all the bm stuff. this is incredible....thanks a lot..

you're welcome man!  i had never seen that before either!

apparently they are going to be releasing some more footage from the archives...    :beer:

that is just awesome Chief! as a looooong time BM fan, I really apprecciate it!

you're welcome!

Oh, and for anyone who's interested, Brad did an interview with one of the admins at blindmelonforum.com. Some really cool and insightful stuff regarding the 'old days,' the new tour, Unified Theory and Abandon Jalopy, why they chose Travis, and more.

Here's the link, the interview is about 45 minutes.
http://www.12daze.com/Downloads/EIBSMT.mp3

There was a VERY special guest onstage with Blind Melon last night.


Nico Hoon singing Change:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3MpKBpoA1Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q5_TnAxTDM&NR=1

Jesus, those videos makes me wanna come to the States so I could just see the band :o Nico's cool!

that's so fucking cool :o

If that isn't the coolest performnace I've ever seen, I don't know what is...   That just puts a big fuckin' smile on my face every time I watch it...

Glad you enjoyed it guys!

here's another one:

Nico came out and did 'No Rain' during the encore, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_e4dVnxiaw

tears in my eyes and goose bums man :)

That was really cool. She's got a great voice. Kinda sounds like her dad actually.

wow. thanks for those links. that's really special for those of us who have loved and followed BM since the early/mid 90's....cant believe Nico has grown up already. i remember an mtv interview with shannon where he holds up a picture of nico still in her mom's belly....crazy....nico was the basis for the song "new life." very powerful song if you know the history of bm/shannon....

I've been watching their I&I performance on DVD, it's just so amazing :drool: If anyone's interested in it, let me know!

And for those who are looking for the new shows:
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47427&highlight=blind+melon
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47444&highlight=blind+melon
Thanks to the recorders and sharers :beer:

EDIT. Travis seems to be doing fucking amazing job on the old songs too :drool: And it also seems like he has been accepted by the old Melonheads also. That's so cool!

is there any really great DVD's with shannon?

maybe pro-shot or SBD? at least great bootleg versions?

please post some and i'll check em out :D

Yes, from 1995 there's this one released officially (and it has a fuckin' killer version of Galaxie! You can see it on Youtube too):
http://www.amazon.ca/Blind-Melon-Live-Metro-September/dp/B000B19E8W

Other than that, there is a proshot bootleg from Woodstock 1994 and the I&I performance 1995. Maybe someone knows better..? But these are all great, I can upload the I&I tomorrow if you like : ok:

thanks for the reply man,

yeah please upload it, if it's not too much to ask for? :beer: (or whatever, you know what i mean? : ok:)

Btw. it's 21st October today, so all I wanna say is rest in peace Shannon.

yeah today it's 12 years ago he passed away

RIP Shannon

RIP Shannon, forever the best singer in rock!

http://rs145.rapidshare.com/files/60209192/Blind_Melon_-_New_Record.zip

i found a zip file with the new blind melon songs

Thank you very much!

Here's the I&I performance I promised. Hope Dime won't delete it for some reason :P
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=167533

EDIT. ok forget the fuckin' Dime, it's impossible to satisfy the mods there. So it got deleted as I don't know the exact dates and venues for all the bonus material on the dvd (you see, the year is not enough). This shit is fucking annoying.

CheapJon, say another tracker and I'll upload it there..?

Try tradersden.org. Dime really is a bitch about details about the torrents.

I don't know any other big places, the only places i download shit from is piratebay and dime..


listening to the new record.. listening to wishing well right now, it sounds good.. Shannon would have ownd these songs

Here it is people: http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3855222

thanks a lot man :beer: it's gonna take weeks to download but who cares :)

this is the myspace of the new lead singer i think
http://www.myspace.com/starvingtravis

i had never seen this pic with shannon and slash before so i figured i'd post it:
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o26/cheapjonday/shannonhoonoslash.jpg)

does any of you guys have any good wallpapers with shannon?

From the Chicago and Urbana boots Travis is really tearing up the old stuff. The new songs sound better live than on myspace too.

i finally gave in and bought the st and soup today

Soup is actually my favourite, definately one of the most underrated albums that I can think of!

hmmm - I'll have to check out the new band although Blind Melon has always been Shannon to me.

I took so much shit for fighting my way to the front at Woodstock '94.  Everyone that I was with gave me crap for fighting so hard for a dude with a white dress and barrettes in his hair.  >:(  Oh, well, I'm damn glad that I did now!

that probably was the best set they ever did....it was insane...

hell yeah, 99.9% downloaded, i'll see it later tonight, thanks kaasu

nah, I don't agree. the whole band was drunk as shit and did played wrong a lot.

But so were we so we didn't notice!  :P

no, but people watching the recording does ;)

that was the beauty of the set..it was totally unpredicatable, insane......

I've listened to the new songs and I'm totally in love with Hypnotized and With The Right Set Of Eyes.

Great songs  8) I keep rotating them!

They just added a bunch of dates, here is a list of all of them ...



Feb 28 2008     8:00P
   Dexter?s    Riverdale, New Jersey
Feb 29 2008    8:00P
   Webster Theatre    Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 1 2008    8:00P
   Hiro Ballroom    New York, New York
Mar 3 2008    8:00P
   9:30 Club    Washington DC, Washington DC
Mar 4 2008    8:00P
   Norva    Norfolk, Virginia
Mar 5 2008    8:00P
   The National    Richmond, Virginia
Mar 7 2008    8:00P
   Tremont Music Hall    Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 8 2008    8:00P
   Backbooth    Orlando, Florida
Mar 9 2008    1:00P
   Langerado Festival    Big Cypress, Florida
Mar 11 2008    8:00P
   Jupiter Bar and Grill    Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mar 12 2008    8:00P
   Rhythm and Brews    Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mar 14 2008    8:00P
   The Cannery Ballroom    Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 15 2008    8:00P
   Vogue    Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 16 2008    8:00P
   St. Andrew?s Hall    Detroit, Michigan
Mar 18 2008    8:00P
   Rave    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 20 2008    8:00P
   Redstone Room    Davenport, Iowa
Mar 21 2008    8:00P
   Station 4    St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 22 2008    8:00P
   Slowdown    Omaha, Nebraska
Mar 24 2008    8:00P
   Pops    St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 25 2008    8:00P
   Beaumont Club    Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 27 2008    8:00P
   Belly Up    Aspen, Colorado
Mar 28 2008    8:00P
   Fox Theatre    Boulder, Colorado
Mar 31 2008    8:00P
   The Big Easy    Boise, Idaho
Apr 1 2008    8:00P
   El Corazon    Seattle, Washington
Apr 3 2008    8:00P
   The Boardwalk    Orangevale, California
Apr 4 2008    8:00P
   Independent    San Francisco, California
Apr 18 2008    8:00P
   House of Blues    Dallas, Texas
Apr 19 2008    8:00P
   Antones    Austin, Texas
Apr 20 2008    8:00P
   Meridian    Houston, Texas
Apr 22 2008    8:00P
   Varsity Theatre    Baton Rouge
May 2 2008    8:00P
   El Rey Theatre    Los Angeles, California
Aug 30 2008    8:00P
   Summerfest Grounds/ Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Blind Melon Preps First Studio Set Since '95


http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003699714

I've heard this album and it sounds really good.

THey got the right guy in Shannon's place. I'm also seeing them in Nashville in March. I can't wait.

They have some good tunes and stuck to their roots on this new record..

You guys won't be dissapointed.

Yeah it's great. I've heard the entire album. It's definatley their best yet.... well besides Soup...

probably thanks to downloading, I have 12 new songs myself

Yeah someone here uploaded it. I'm going to see them live, and getting the new Blind Melon book when it comes out as well as the new cd.

I'm glad these guys are back, makes my heart warm.

http://www.myspace.com/blindmelon


This is "Wishing Well" - damn good stuff

Awesome song. THis is different from the one I have. It's much better.

Love it.

AWESOME!

I usually don't post here, but I thought I'd get you guys updated.

Album will be out on April 22nd. It is titled 'For My Friends'.

Tracklist- according to Rogers...

1. for my friends
2. right set of eyes
3. wishing well
4. sometimes
5. tumblin down
6. down on the pharmacy
7. make a difference
8. harmful belly
9. last laugh
10. hypnotized
11. father time
12. so high
13. cheetum street (featuring a duet with Travis' mom, the fabulous Tennessee Tuckness...what a voice!)

Album cover released--
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/792/newalbumcoverbmcm9.jpg)



And something to think about. Put that picture next to this one from Shannon on Nico, I think it is.

(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/dojoklo/cover.jpg)


Could it be meant as a young Travis in the same backseat as Shannon? I don't know, but it's pretty interesting, in my mind.

One of my friends directed me to the videos where Nico sang Change and No Rain, and god damn!  That girl can sing, especially for her age.  I know she'd make her daddy proud.

I am really looking forward to seeing them!!!

fyi, here's the current posting of tourdates:


Feb 28 2008     8:00P
   Dexter?s    Riverdale, New Jersey
Feb 29 2008    8:00P
   Webster Theatre    Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 1 2008    8:00P
   Hiro Ballroom    New York, New York
Mar 1 2008    8:00P
   WHTG 106.3 Interview    Jersey Shore, New Jersey
Mar 3 2008    8:00P
   9:30 Club    Washington DC, Washington DC
Mar 4 2008    8:00P
   Norva    Norfolk, Virginia
Mar 5 2008    8:00P
   The National    Richmond, Virginia
Mar 7 2008    8:00P
   Tremont Music Hall    Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 8 2008    8:00P
   Backbooth    Orlando, Florida
Mar 9 2008    1:00P
   Langerado Festival    Big Cypress, Florida
Mar 11 2008    8:00P
   Jupiter Bar and Grill    Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mar 12 2008    8:00P
   Rhythm and Brews    Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mar 14 2008    8:00P
   The Cannery Ballroom    Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 15 2008    8:00P
   Vogue    Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 16 2008    8:00P
   St. Andrew?s Hall    Detroit, Michigan
Mar 18 2008    8:00P
   Rave    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 20 2008    8:00P
   Redstone Room    Davenport, Iowa
Mar 21 2008    8:00P
   Station 4    St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 22 2008    8:00P
   Slowdown    Omaha, Nebraska
Mar 24 2008    8:00P
   Pops    St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 25 2008    8:00P
   Beaumont Club    Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 27 2008    8:00P
   Belly Up    Aspen, Colorado
Mar 28 2008    8:00P
   Fox Theatre    Boulder, Colorado
Mar 29 2008    8:00P
   Mesa Theatre and Club    Grand Junction, Colorado
Mar 31 2008    8:00P
   The Big Easy    Boise, Idaho
Apr 1 2008    8:00P
   El Corazon    Seattle, Washington
Apr 3 2008    8:00P
   The Boardwalk    Orangevale, California
Apr 4 2008    8:00P
   Independent    San Francisco, California
Apr 18 2008    8:00P
   House of Blues    Dallas, Texas
Apr 19 2008    8:00P
   Antones    Austin, Texas
Apr 20 2008    8:00P
   Meridian    Houston, Texas
Apr 22 2008    8:00P
   Varsity Theatre    Baton Rouge
Apr 23 2008    8:00P
   Soul Kitchen    Mobile, Alabama
Apr 29 2008    8:00P
   Club Red    Tempe, Arizona
Apr 30 2008    8:00P
   Jillian?s    Las Vegas, Nevada
May 2 2008    8:00P
   El Rey Theatre    Los Angeles, California
May 3 2008    8:00P
   The Coach House    San Juan Capistrano, California
May 4 2008    8:00P
   Canes Bar & Grill    San Diego, California
Aug 30 2008    8:00P
   Summerfest Grounds/ Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

i have their cd as well, it's so good! so inspiring!

i couldn't even believe they'd be able to replace shannon, but this is such an homage to shannon in the first place, they're doing it with such grace and the songs just sound exactly how'd i'd like 'em to be, even better.

Def one of the best touring bands out there. there's a lot of emotion relating Blind Melon cuz Shannon touched so many of us, and he was such an unique soul, but it's great to see they're out there, doing justice to the past and achieving new ground.

Congrats to the new singer, it must've been hell to deal with the pressure of replacing shannon, but he did it! he's got something goin that actually works very well. i love his voice and he's got soul.

congrats to blind melon, i'll be def buying this record and i hope they get to tour europe.

Shannon would be proud i'm sure.

Wishing Well is starting to get some radio play. Call your local stations and annoy them until they play it!

they started a preorder with bonuses:

http://ymamusicgroup.com/BM/splash.html

Make sure you guys buy the Wishing Well Digital Single from iTunes or Amazon or another digital music retailer. Great song.

has anyone heard their last cd? i have it and i think it's amazing!

anyways, i was goin through youtube and came accross a video of Blind Melon playing Changes with Shannon's daughter Nico on lead vocals. i thought it was amazing and very touching. check that out!

and another one of Guns N Roses with Shannon playing don't cry in 1991 on madison square garden, pure freakin magic!!

and on another note, does anyone have their behind the musical special? it was on youtube some time ago, but it got removed and i can't find anywhere... if anyone knows where to get it, please let me know!

RIP Shannon! thank you for the music and inspiration :)

already a thread for this band. It has alot of fans due to shannons work with guns in the 90s!

sorry! should've searched before posting a new thread, and yeah i figured there should be other threads about the band.

Sorry again :|

Been awhile since I posted.

I saw Blind Melon in March in Nashville @ the Cannery Ballroom.

It was a awesome awesome show. I was seriously impressed. Of course it's the originals with a new singer obviously.

I don't know the whole set list but they played at least 16 songs maybe 18... not sure.

I got to meet all of the band, and got 2 guitar picks. "Change" was amazing. They did play 4-5 new tunes but the old ones were so much better...

Rock on, and their were about 300-400 people there. Not bad for being out of the light for 12 years.

well their cd came out today, I estimate it's going to debut around 65 on the charts!! go get it guys!

I had high hopes for this one but the magic just isn't there.  It as a few good songs.  The new singer sounds like a cross between Vince Neil and Shannon.  Maybe they pull it off better live.

Just thought I would say that Blind Melon played at the benefit where Slash was.

They played some new songs. Their album debuted at #168 on the charts. A little low I thought, considering the album is better than 1/4 of the trash in the top 100.

Check out this album guys! Saw them live in NAshville, and they will unbelieveable!

Shannon Hoon was the best

I miss this band.  I absolutely loved SOUP and don't think it got the proper respect at the time

From the brief clips I'd heard of them before, I'd not really liked Shannon Hoon's voice, but listening to the samples of their first album that iTunes gives you, my opinion has improved suddenly. I might check it out properly at some point....

Been listening a lot lately. I can't get over how good Shannon's voice sounds on Soup, the song.

It's sad really, I think he could have developed to be one of the really big ones. I know these things are impossible to speculate on, but he had a gift that's for sure.

Your voice doesn't get better when you get older. So I figure what he had was the best you were going to get.

I didn't mean that his voice necessarily would develop any more. More in terms of him as an artist, he could have been more known to the world.

There's a Kickstarter campaign out now to raise funds to complete a Shannon Hoon documentary. They will be using material from the 200+ hours of footage shot by Shannon himself between 1990 and 1995. He basically documented the creation and rise of Blind Melon.

Maybe there will be some footage from the Use Your Illusion recording. I know he had his camera with him, there's that video where Axl wishes Shannon's mom a merry christmas.

Here's the Kickstarter page if you want to donate:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/53195090/shannon-hoon-film-a-danny-clinch-documentary

THanks for the link

The Kickstarter made its goal. Looking forward to seeing this.

 : ok:

Soup is simply one of the most underrated albums of all time.

Probably the most underrated of the 90s I would think.