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Title: Blind Melon – Blind Melon

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1992, Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedelia/Roots Rock, Los Angeles, California 5/26

Matrix #: CDP 596585

Condition: Used CD, condition not provided VZ | Members: Shannon H (67' - 95'), Rogers S (64' - ), Christopher T (68' - ), Brad S (68' - ), Glen G (68' - )

Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle Shannon Hoon struggled with cocaine and heroin use during the band’s rise; he died of a cocaine overdose in 1995 while Blind Melon was on tour.
2. Media Narrative “No Rain” and the Bee Girl video made the band look like a quirky 90s one-hit wonder, even though the group’s roots were closer to Southern jam culture and psychedelic guitar music.
3. Scene Ecology Blind Melon formed in Los Angeles, but most members came from outside California, giving them a loose, road-worn identity that stood apart from the heavier grunge wave around them.