Hartamophone Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 From Billboard.comAt first the thought of this really pissed me off, but after reading the article, it seems less of a "greatest hits with a Shannon Hoon replacement" kind of thing and more of the remaining members wanting to play together again. Blind Melon was excellent instrumentally (meaning it was more than just The Shannon Hoon show), so why deny these guys the right to continue something that was cut short?Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I don't know. It could be great and they could just pick up where they left off. More likly though it will be a disappointing shame of the old band. At least they didn't have a crappy tv show about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 At least they didn't have a crappy tv show about it. I was about to say: I hope that they don't become the next Rockstar band. That would be horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I would throw up. Twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 woah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 anyone see the Blind Melon dvd? something about a porcupine? I thought it was excellent, wrapped in foil with his baby... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 anyone see the Blind Melon dvd? something about a porcupine? I thought it was excellent, wrapped in foil with his baby..."Letters from a Porcupine." I found a VHS copy a few years ago - completely by fluke - on the floor of a used record shop in Moncton. Great video, for sure, though sad to see all that footage of the late Shannon Hoon shot so shortly before he died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I dont like it at all and I hate the fact that I am being this judgemental without hearing a note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 brutal. i hope they don't do it. at least not in the name of Blind Melon...if the guys wanna form a new band and call it somehting else, cool , I'll give it a shot but not called Blind Melon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 I'm skeptical...very skeptical...but only because Shannon's voice was incredibly unique and intense. I really hope that this band can be as melting as it once was, but in its' own way. On a positive note, let's look at Velvet Revolver...how great did that become? I feel positive about this, and perhaps mostly because it doesn't seem to me that they forced it. It has been more than a decade, so there must be some sort of respect and understanding involved for the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Well they played in another band together shortly after Shannon's death (Dave-O always remembers the band name, unlike me), so the return to Blind Melon is mostly a PR move.Yes, Velvet Revolver does rock.But look at INXS v.2........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretman Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 The band was Unified Theory....I have a few mp3s somewhere, I can't remember, if they were good or not....I'll have to give them another listen and I'll let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 not to good.I believe they played with pearl jam's old drummer.again, not to good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Thing is Douglas, Roller has a point with the PR move. Blind Melon is back in people's minds because of the recent releases. Still, I want to hold out hope. I loved Shannon Hoons backing band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 what releases, and why are you talking to her through us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 wait a second... since when did Velvet Revolver rock?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Velvet Revolver rocks.Slash is in the band Fuckwad!As for BM releases, the Chicago one and the LA one. 95 shows, I think. BradM will post the links when he reads this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Velvet Revolver is exactly the type of abomination that I would hate to see Blind Melon become, then again I never liked GnR.Also, that Letters from a Porcipine movie came out at least 5 years ago. Is that the recent release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 ummm just becasuse slash is in the band soesn't make it decent.now if fat axel was in the band maaaaybe it wouldn't suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 they'll have to call the new band "The Melon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 "The Melon"... HA!Velvet Revolver is great, but then there is Audioslave... an alamgamation of two of the more popular hard rock bands of the 90's- Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden. It should rock, but it doesn't.Another band that came back recently is Alice in Chains. They have a new singer to replace Layne Stanley (Heroin OD, sound familiar?), who apparently sounds exactly like him. Good? Bad?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 If Phil and Ringo can do it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 i don't think phil is the best example. every time i saw them do one of jerry's tunes i felt let down when i saw him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Believe me - I'm with you there. I guess I should've put it in purple.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 The band was Unified Theory....I have a few mp3s somewhere, I can't remember, if they were good or not....I'll have to give them another listen and I'll let you knowI have their albumn. It didn't do anything for me at the time but it was a long time ago.Biography by Greg Prato (from allmusic.com)Comprised of two ex-Blind Melon members, (bassist Brad Smith and guitarist Christopher Thorn), one ex-Pearl Jam member (drummer Dave Krusen), and newcomer Chris Shinn on vocals/guitar, Unified Theory began to take shape in 1998. After a plan to carry on Blind Melon with a new singer and a different name didn't pan out, Smith and Thorn began forming a new band. Thorn came across Shinn after moving to L.A. to scout vocalists, while Krusen proved to be a logical choice since he was already friends with the others. The band was first called Luma (issuing a 4-track CD through their website in 1999), but by the time they signed to the Universal subsidiary 3:33 later in the year, the quartet's name was changed to Unified Theory named after a theory Einstein was working on when he died. The band managed to issue their self-titled debut in August 2000, but unfortunately broke up the following year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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