Blind Melon

Blind Melon is an American rock band who are best remembered for their 1993 single "No Rain". The group enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock.

The band debuted with a four-song demo, The Goodfoot Workshop, in 1991. Hoon provided backing vocals on several Guns N' Roses tracks on 1991's Use Your Illusion I and II albums, including the single "Don't Cry". The group embarked upon a tour supporting Soundgarden late that year.

Their self-titled debut album was released in September 1992, with its lead singles, "Tones of Home" and "No Rain". The music video for "No Rain" featured Heather DeLoach playing the "Bee Girl" and helped launch commercial success for the band, eventually leading the album to quadruple-platinum status, debuting in the Billboard top 40 on October 9, 1993 and peaking at No. 11 on the Hot 100.

The group toured extensively in support of their debut, performing dates in Europe and Mexico, supporting such acts as Neil Young and Lenny Kravitz late in 1993. They performed at Woodstock '94 and a supporting slot on the Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour.

Their second album, Soup, was released in 1995, and featured the song "St. Andrew's Fall", "New Life", "Mouthful of Cavities", and the lead single, "Galaxie". Blind Melon contributed a version of the song "Out on the Tiles" to the Encomium tribute album to Led Zeppelin, as well as a promotional CD with a cover of the Schoolhouse Rock! song "Three Is a Magic Number". Their version of "Three Is a Magic Number", was featured in the films Never Been Kissed, Slackers, and You, Me and Dupree.

After several weeks on the road while touring in support of Soup, Hoon was found dead on the band's tour bus of a heart attack caused by a cocaine overdose, on October 21, 1995 in New Orleans. The surviving members opted to continue their collaboration and try to recruit a new vocalist.

In 1996, they released Nico, an album of outtakes and demos named for Hoon's daughter, who was only 13 weeks old when her father died. Nico contained unreleased songs from the Soup recording sessions, as well as several songs recorded with only partial instrumentation. The closing track, "Letters from a Porcupine", was recorded as a telephone message left by Hoon on Thorn's answering machine. The album also included covers of Steppenwolf and John Lennon songs. Its profits went to a program that helps musicians with drug and alcohol addiction.

After failing to find a replacement for Hoon, Blind Melon officially dissolved their partnership in March 1999 and the various members went on to other projects.

In 2002, Capitol Records released a Classic Masters CD showcasing twelve Blind Melon songs. The band released The Best of Blind Melon in 2005, a CD–DVD package that features Blind Melon performing live from a September 1995 concert in Chicago. A tribute album to Blind Melon was released featuring bands from all over the world in 2006 along with the Live at the Palace CD.

Blind Melon reformed in September 2006, with new lead singer Travis Warren and they released three new Blind Melon songs: "Make a Difference", "For My Friends" and "Harmful Belly".

For My Friends and its lead single "Wishing Well" was released in 2008 and followed by a U.S. tour. Warren would leave the band midway thru the tour and the band had to cancel the tour.

Capitol Records released the four-track EP "Deep Cuts" in April 2009 as a digital download.

In November 2010, Blind Melon announced its reformation and Warren's return. They continued sporadic performances over the coming months. In 2012, they toured South America and Western Europe.