Blind Melon

This article is about the band. For the album by the same band, see Blind Melon (album).
Not to be confused with Blind Lemon.

Blind Melon
Blind Melon in 1993
Blind Melon in 1993
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresAlternative rock
Years active
  • 1990–1999
  • 2006–present
Labels
Members
  • Rogers Stevens
  • Christopher Thorn
  • Glen Graham
  • Travis Warren
  • Nathan Towne
Past members
Websiteblindmelon.com

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Caulfield, Keith (July 18, 2008). "Ask Billboard: Beck, Blind Melon, Danity Kane". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Blind Melon Official Website". blindmelon.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Shannon Hoon". Grammy.com. November 23, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2021.