Blind Melon

He definitely used it to it's full potential.

Just looked at tickets and it's at a theatre, which means assigned seating, which means if I decide last minute, no good seats will be left. Oh, first world problems...

disilluzion said:

Just looked at tickets and it's at a theatre, which means assigned seating, which means if I decide last minute, no good seats will be left. Oh, first world problems...

sometimes, depending on the band, the floor is still GA, even though there are seats. I would imagine BM would most likely be assigned though. 

it is assigned seating. I got row 4 after finally acquiring the presale code 30 minutes in. i could have had front row. grrr.....

RobbyD462 said:

They shouldn’t call it Blind Melon just like they shouldn’t call it Alice in Chains.
You could call it the Jerry Cantrell Project and people would still listen but to call it the same thing in disrespectful in my opinion but hey that’s my opinion.

My counter argument to that one.  At least moreso with AIC (as I know less about BM) is that it took a band (or most of a band) to create the reputation the band name holds.   I feel it's amazingly difficult to find that level of success twice.  It's easy to say make a new name, and a new rep for yourself, but it's insanely hard for lightning to strike twice.  In this case I saw Jerry Cantrell do 3 solo performances.  One was an opening opening slot for Days of the New and Metallica.  The 2nd two were club shows in Vancouver.   One was Richards on Richards which held maybe 500ish people (700 if they oversell).  The 2nd was at the commodore which holds about 1100.   William Duvall was going vocals at those bar shows (but not at the Metallica show).   The last few times they played Vancouver they played the Queen E. Theatre which holds 3000.  That's about triple the attendees from a Jerry Cantrell solo show.   Plus they can probably charge more for the tickets.

While I mixed on the new AIC.  I enjoy the live shows, but I'm mixed on the new albums.   I think the other guys (mainly Cantrell) should be able to use the name.  It seems unfair to me that they lose a big chunk of their livelihood because their singer had problems.    I understand the other argument, because I'm getting less and less enthralled with the replace the lead singer thing that's going on.  I've had no desire to see reformed Queen, Journey, STP etc.. with singers.  AIC might be the only band I've made the effort to see after they've lost a singer.   Well there's AC/DC but that's it's unique thing.  That's best case scenario.   Maybe the only band that had just as much success with studio albums before and after they lost a singer.  

Actually, I think it might be all the Canadian dates...

They’ve answered some fan questions on their latest Instagram post with:

“The shows were never confirmed with the band. But we are planning to come back up to Canada in 2020”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWNbIckifJ4

new music release party. starts at 2pm winnipeg time (central)

From a new interview with Guitar World:

Rather than releasing a full album, Blind Melon has been issuing songs. What was the thinking behind that?

Stevens: “I think the concept of an album, maybe it’s not necessary in the same way. Because it used to be that the record company would put an album out, and over the course of the next two years, they would selectively present you with one of the tracks you already heard. But now, the distribution model has completely changed.

“We’re going to release singles every couple of months, and then when there are 10-12 of them, we’re going to press vinyl and sell it to whoever wants it. But what else is there to do? 

“And my thinking is you’re better off reminding people you still exist every couple of months than reminding them once every two years with a media blitz and they get sick of you, and then it goes away. It’s consistency…and punctuality…virtue!”

So the plan is to compile all the songs and release a full-length later this year? 

Thorn: “I hope so. I’m not sure just because of the timing of everything. But we’re staying the course and we have a bunch of songs. We’re knocking them away, finishing them up. We’ve got to get a record out this year. For sure.”

https://youtu.be/rJN1-sR73Nw

https://youtu.be/AI26AiyUAqU

https://youtu.be/lrJ8j8p_G4g

goldrush said:

From a new interview with Guitar World:

Rather than releasing a full album, Blind Melon has been issuing songs. What was the thinking behind that?

Stevens: “I think the concept of an album, maybe it’s not necessary in the same way. Because it used to be that the record company would put an album out, and over the course of the next two years, they would selectively present you with one of the tracks you already heard. But now, the distribution model has completely changed.

“We’re going to release singles every couple of months, and then when there are 10-12 of them, we’re going to press vinyl and sell it to whoever wants it. But what else is there to do? 

“And my thinking is you’re better off reminding people you still exist every couple of months than reminding them once every two years with a media blitz and they get sick of you, and then it goes away. It’s consistency…and punctuality…virtue!”

So the plan is to compile all the songs and release a full-length later this year? 

Thorn: “I hope so. I’m not sure just because of the timing of everything. But we’re staying the course and we have a bunch of songs. We’re knocking them away, finishing them up. We’ve got to get a record out this year. For sure.”

https://youtu.be/rJN1-sR73Nw

https://youtu.be/AI26AiyUAqU

https://youtu.be/lrJ8j8p_G4g

i found this exciting when Billy Corgan did it. Hopefully they don't abandon it like he did.