Shannon Hoon -- A Danny Clinch Documentary ! ! ! FUCK YES ! ! ! (Blind Melon)

DriftingByTheStorm
DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
edited October 2015 in Other Music
SO THIS IS HAPPENING: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/53195090/shannon-hoon-film-a-danny-clinch-documentary
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/see-blind-melons-shannon-hoon-get-naked-and-bring-pizza-to-guns-n-roses-20150428

I have been eating, breathing, and shitting Blind Melon lately for some reason.
My friend always said he wanted to see the private footage Shannon filmed of himself and intended to release.
I googled to see what's up with that. Danny Clinch is making it happen!
FUCK YES!

If you need a reason to get excited about this:
Shannon Hoon's Opinion on Pearl Jam (in late '91)
Blind Melon - I Wonder (Woodstock)
"Change" and "Walk" on John Stewart Show
Afterhours \ Time
Candy Says (amazing Velvet Underground version)
The Pusher
Sleepyhouse (live)
Vernie (live)
Lemonade (live)
, also, this month and last, celebrate his life and death 20 years ago (oct 21 95), but
DON'T CRY
Pretty sure he and Andy are Spirit Brothers in heaven.
:)
If I was to smile and I held out my hand
If I opened it now would you not understand?
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,331
    I love music documentaries. watched a couple last night.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,331
    Is this a for sure thing? I've been interested in a couple of music kickstarter things only to read horror stories from those who contributed.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    imalive said:

    Is this a for sure thing? I've been interested in a couple of music kickstarter things only to read horror stories from those who contributed.

    It's been fully funded and Danny Clinch is behind it and he will make it happen. I'm sure of it, especially because of Danny's ties to Shannon and Blind Melon.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,331
    Suziemay said:

    imalive said:

    Is this a for sure thing? I've been interested in a couple of music kickstarter things only to read horror stories from those who contributed.

    It's been fully funded and Danny Clinch is behind it and he will make it happen. I'm sure of it, especially because of Danny's ties to Shannon and Blind Melon.
    Hi Su - one of the "shaky" kickstarters I saw was the Bob Mould (with Dave Grohl and maybe others) thing. Everyone was waiting and waiting for their promised incentive item. There is some great footage on youtube (I posted one below). I do wonder, though, why Dave and even Bob need to beg for money. Is it more to guage interest?

    the other was after I saw a PHENOMENAL Ed Kowalcyzk solo show and wanted to see if he had been DVDd for posterity. More disgruntled contributors.

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Yes, please.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,715
    Really looking forward to this.
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    +1
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Suziemay said:

    imalive said:

    Is this a for sure thing? I've been interested in a couple of music kickstarter things only to read horror stories from those who contributed.

    It's been fully funded and Danny Clinch is behind it and he will make it happen. I'm sure of it, especially because of Danny's ties to Shannon and Blind Melon.
    Yeah just watch the harmonica solo here and you will understand, imalive.

    http://youtu.be/R5mjntMAfbU

    Definitely happening.
    Definitely gonna be amazing, beautiful, (and sad).
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    I hope it does not focus too much on his decent into addiction.
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    edited October 2015
    Poor guy was high everyday tough not to at least touch on it.Really looking forward to this!
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    RobbyD462 said:

    Poor guy was high everyday tough not to at least touch on it.Really looking forward to this!

    Which is why I said "too much". I heard how the Cobain movie went and I have no interest in ever seeing it, ever. There will be some similarities asthetically speaking (i.e. the home movie format, self-shot footage) and maybe even some comparisons to the Cobain movie. Maybe. I don't know. How personal will Clinch go? How will he tie together all this footage into a cohesive piece? I'm excited for sure. Blind Melon is in my top 3 favorite bands, always has been. Clinch is a talented man and I look forward to seeing what he does with it all.
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  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    It's cool that Clinch is making this- but Letters from a Porcupine was already a pretty terrific doc that focused a lot on just Shannon as well as the whole band. Not sure we need another.
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,715
    RobbyD462 said:

    Poor guy was high everyday tough not to at least touch on it.Really looking forward to this!

    I agree. Him being completely fucked up was one of the biggest things in his life. There is no way not to focus on it.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,715
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    Poor guy was high everyday tough not to at least touch on it.Really looking forward to this!

    Which is why I said "too much". I heard how the Cobain movie went and I have no interest in ever seeing it, ever. There will be some similarities asthetically speaking (i.e. the home movie format, self-shot footage) and maybe even some comparisons to the Cobain movie. Maybe. I don't know. How personal will Clinch go? How will he tie together all this footage into a cohesive piece? I'm excited for sure. Blind Melon is in my top 3 favorite bands, always has been. Clinch is a talented man and I look forward to seeing what he does with it all.
    I'm not sure you can really use the Cobain movie as some kind of comparison or whatever if you're not even willing to watch it.
    There is no way not to focus on Hoon's drug use and still be honest IMO. I just want the thing to be true to reality.... and I think that reality for Shannon Hoon was an almost total haze of drugs for those few years when his band was killing it.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    This movie is using all the private footage that Shannon obsessively took of himself. So it will be whatever he filmed. From what has surfaced previously, he is defnitely "stoned" a lot. But that was Shannon.

    http://youtu.be/9AUCtqA8feQ
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
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    reedrothchild said:

    It's cool that Clinch is making this- but Letters from a Porcupine was already a pretty terrific doc that focused a lot on just Shannon as well as the whole band. Not sure we need another.

    I think it's great. Probably great closure for clinch. Great tribute to Shannon to finish and release what he started. And a great treat for fans.
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    Poor guy was high everyday tough not to at least touch on it.Really looking forward to this!

    Which is why I said "too much". I heard how the Cobain movie went and I have no interest in ever seeing it, ever. There will be some similarities asthetically speaking (i.e. the home movie format, self-shot footage) and maybe even some comparisons to the Cobain movie. Maybe. I don't know. How personal will Clinch go? How will he tie together all this footage into a cohesive piece? I'm excited for sure. Blind Melon is in my top 3 favorite bands, always has been. Clinch is a talented man and I look forward to seeing what he does with it all.
    I feel the same way,I thought the Cobain movie was too much about the drugs too.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Fwiw, though haunting, I thought Montage of Heck was very well done. For anyone who has given up on the mythology of a murdered Kurt and who may be looking to better understand what lead a funny little Pisces to declare that his biggest fear is his daughter growing up to be like him, and then kill himself, that movie is priceless.
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    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    20 years ago today. RIP Shannon. Nice shirt....
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    PJ_Soul said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    Poor guy was high everyday tough not to at least touch on it.Really looking forward to this!

    Which is why I said "too much". I heard how the Cobain movie went and I have no interest in ever seeing it, ever. There will be some similarities asthetically speaking (i.e. the home movie format, self-shot footage) and maybe even some comparisons to the Cobain movie. Maybe. I don't know. How personal will Clinch go? How will he tie together all this footage into a cohesive piece? I'm excited for sure. Blind Melon is in my top 3 favorite bands, always has been. Clinch is a talented man and I look forward to seeing what he does with it all.
    I'm not sure you can really use the Cobain movie as some kind of comparison or whatever if you're not even willing to watch it.
    There is no way not to focus on Hoon's drug use and still be honest IMO. I just want the thing to be true to reality.... and I think that reality for Shannon Hoon was an almost total haze of drugs for those few years when his band was killing it.
    I saw the movie - it's called "Heavier Than Heaven". What did I miss that wasn't documented in that book, or in all the print media that's out there? I clearly stated in my post I wasn't sure about comparisons. More thinking out loud in my response right? Not everything I post here is well crafted. I understand Shannon and drugs were inextricably linked throughout a good deal of his fame in Blind Melon. I understand that Clinch won't be able to get around the 'rawness' of the film Shannon shot. Letters to a Porcupine already focused on his well known drug use and trouble with the law - why do it again? Perhaps my comparison to the Cobain movie is that it's essentially been done before. Cobain's love for Frances is documented in other places - anyone who is curious could read it. I think we might have differing expectations of Clinch when it comes to being "true to reality" where Shannon is concerned. Greg Prato's book on Shannon Hoon is a very well written document about his drug and alcohol problems. No sense in making this new doc focused on that.
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