New Blind Melon video!!!
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I am very happy right now.
From Billboard:
Blind Melon Recording Album With New Singer
October 20, 2006, 2:45 PM ET
Greg Prato, N.Y.
It's been exactly 11 years since the death of singer Shannon Hoon effectively put an end to Blind Melon. But now, the group's surviving members -- guitarists Christopher Thorn and Rogers Stevens, bassist Brad Smith and drummer Glen Graham -- are back together again under the Blind Melon banner, with a new singer, 25-year-old Amarillo, Texas, native Travis Warren.
Warren met Smith and Thorn through a mutual friend and was initially interested in having the pair help produce his own music. Then, a joke email from Smith to Stevens got the ball rolling towards getting back together last summer. "Brad wrote a fake press release and sent it to me -- it was saying how we were back together and how Travis had brought us together," Stevens says. "It was the first I'd heard of it. I called Brad and I was like, 'What do you mean? You got the band back together without me?'"
Soon after, Warren and the four Melons congregated in the studio. "We decided to get into a room and play -- we thought it would be fun," Stevens says. "I was really skeptical in the beginning about doing anything, and none of us are into doing any kind of 'nostalgia trip.' We started playing, and I knew within the first half of a song that [Warren] was nailing it. It was something about the way he did it that it immediately disarmed my skepticism."
The group then took a break to collaborate on songs via e-mail, and recently got back together for another round of jamming, which confirmed that Blind Melon was back in business. "We started writing and recording, and we've got three new songs that we're excited about," says Stevens, revealing their titles as "Make a Difference," "Harmful Belly" and "For My Friends."
"His voice is in that sort of higher register that Shannon's voice was in, but he doesn't sound like him," Stevens promises. "There are certain similarities, just because he's in that range, but on the stuff that we're doing, his phrasing and whatnot is different than Shannon's. On the old songs, he can sing them really well. They are different, but he definitely was influenced by Shannon."
The group plans to have a new record finished early next year and hit the road afterward. Currently, a label is not in place. "I don't know what's going to happen -- we don't have anything right now," Stevens says. "We haven't talked to anybody about it. People are calling, but we don't know what's going to happen. These days, it's wide open."
Despite such a long layoff (their last all-new studio recording was 1995's "Soup"), Stevens says that the group is picking up right where it left off musically. "I feel like I'm back where I belong with these guys," he enthuses.
(Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
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"There's a bond between us after all this, we still write well together...We're gonna change the name & do new songs. We want to try to, I guess, step away. It would be insulting to Shannon and all the people who are into the band for us to tour around as Blind Melon."
...Just because time has passed, it doesn't change that fact. The whole thing is making me sick.
considering that almost all of blind melon's music was written by chris and co., i dont see how they could be considered a cover band. the songs are THEIR original works. is ed playing a cover when he sings no way with the band?
Far moon in a continuing dream
Steam of roasting tea
--Basho
they're going with blind melon.
i like his voice but he can't hold a candle to Shannon's words from what i've heard.
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Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
Someone posted a fair response over at the Blind Melon board:
"I also think that Blind Melon has indeed "stepped away" - for eleven years. In my mind, that is more than enough time to respect Shannon's memory before continuing on. So I think they did indeed take themselves out of the equation as to have some perspective on the whole situation. I can't imagine that anyone would think that the band has made these decisions half-heartedly or without thinking about it all.
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I didn't know there was a time limit in honoring someone's memory. :rolleyes:
Band Members
Shannon Hoon - Vocals > R.I.P. 1967-1995
Glen Graham - Drums
Rogers Stevens - Guitar
Christopher Thorn - Guitar
Brad Smith - Bass, Vocals
Travis Warren - Vocals
...I am almost in tears. There will never be Blind Melon without Shannon, this is breaking my heart.
I think they honored it by waiting and they continue to honor his abilities with their new venture.
Shannon chose drug use over his family, his band and his music. With all due respect, I can't comprehend why you are so against the remaining members continuing on.
Why is it ok for Shannon to disrespect the things in his life, but it's not ok for Brad, Rogers, Chris and Glen to carry on?
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Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"