On September 17, 2008, the book A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon by Greg Prato was published. After years of refusing to perform together out of respect for Hoon, the surviving members reformed Blind Melon in 2006, with Travis Warren taking his place. The remaining members had planned to continue the band in memory of him and held auditions for a singer however, they never managed to find a permanent replacement, and Blind Melon officially disbanded in 1999. īlind Melon remained active for the next four years following Hoon's death. The band also released a video called " Letters from a Porcupine" that was nominated for Best Long Form Music Video at the Grammy Awards on February 25, 1997. On November 12, 1996, Blind Melon released their final album featuring Hoon, Nico, as a tribute to him with all proceeds going to his daughter and to programs helping musicians deal with drug problems. So I want to write my words on the face of today and they'll paint it Aftermath and legacy His grave is inscribed with a line from Blind Melon's song "Change", the first song he wrote: Hoon was buried at Dayton Cemetery in Dayton, Indiana. His death was attributed to a cocaine overdose. An ambulance arrived, and Hoon was pronounced dead at the scene, at the age of 28. The band's sound engineer, Lyle Eaves, went to the tour bus to awaken Hoon for a sound check, but Hoon was unresponsive. The next day, Blind Melon was scheduled to play a show in New Orleans at Tipitina's. Īfter a disappointing performance at Numbers club in Houston on October 20, Hoon undertook an all-night drug binge. In August, Blind Melon planned to tour to support their album Soup, so Hoon allowed a drug counselor to accompany him on the road. Before the birth of his daughter, Hoon entered rehab. On July 11, 1995, Hoon and his girlfriend, Lisa Crouse, had a daughter named Nico Blue. Īfter taking a hiatus from touring, Blind Melon returned to the studio to record the album Soup in New Orleans. In 1994, Blind Melon appeared at Woodstock '94 where Hoon, allegedly high on LSD, went onstage wearing his girlfriend's white dress. In 1993, Hoon was arrested for indecent exposure after he undressed onstage and urinated on a fan at a show in Vancouver. Hoon and Blind Melon spent the next two years touring. In the summer of 1993, the video for the album track " No Rain" was released as a single and featured a young girl, played by Heather DeLoach, in a bee costume, tap dancing to unappreciative audiences. Blind Melon began touring to promote the album, supporting and opening for acts like BAD II, PIL, Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N' Roses, and Soundgarden over the course of 1992–1993. In 1992, Blind Melon released their self-titled debut album produced by Pearl Jam producer Rick Parashar. Rose also invited Hoon to appear in the video for "Don't Cry". Hoon sang backing vocals on several tracks, including " The Garden" and " Don't Cry". Rose invited Hoon to join him in the studio where his band Guns N' Roses were recording their albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II (both released in 1991). In Los Angeles, Hoon befriended his sister Anna's high school friend Axl Rose. In 1990, the new bandmates produced a four-song demo tape and subsequently signed a $500,000 recording contract with Capitol Records. The band was possibly named for a term Smith's father used to describe the neighborhood stoners or for Blind Melon Chitlin, a character from a Cheech & Chong album. Christopher Thorn and Glen Graham were then brought into the fold, and by 1990 the five musicians decided to form Blind Melon. Smith and Stevens saw Hoon perform his song "Change" acoustically and invited Hoon to play with them. In Los Angeles, he met musicians Brad Smith and Rogers Stevens at a party. In 1985, Hoon, 18, left Indiana for Los Angeles. It was around this time that he wrote his first song and called it "Change". He took on the role of frontman and lead singer of the band. After graduating from McCutcheon High School in 1985, Hoon joined a local glam metal band named Styff Kytten, which also featured guitarist Michael Kelsey. Shannon's musical influences included the Grateful Dead, The Beatles, John Lennon, and Bob Dylan. In high school, he played football, wrestled, and was a pole vaulter. His father, Dick Hoon, was a bricklayer and his mother, Nel Hoon, was a manager of a bar in Dayton. He was raised in the nearby town of Dayton, Indiana with his older half-sister, Anna and older half-brother, Tim. Richard Shannon Hoon was born on Septemin Lafayette, Indiana. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995. Richard Shannon Hoon (Septem– October 21, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.
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