Talk:Blind Melon

Alternative Rock Band?
Now, where did you get that from? did you even listen to Blind Melon? they were the hippiest in the 90's. I know some say they did grunge, but I definately disagree. They don't say so too, and they clame that their roots lay in Classic/Hard Rock. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.139.127.109 (talk) 21:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Rolling Stone cover
I put back the Rolling Stone cover that used to be on the page. Does anyone like the album cover better? daleki 08:31, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Official site
blindmelon.com is still up. Which one is the real official site? -- LGagnon 14:19, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

There is no official site. There is a record label site for their last album but thats it. BlindMelon.com is just a popular fan site. --62.215.3.60 05:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
Can someone clean it up? 65.27.211.52 22:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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Glen Graham
The link to Glen Graham's page is actually a link to the American pole vault athlete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.213.86.30 (talk) 23:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

This is hilarious! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.215.82.54 (talk) 21:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Inaccurate to label as 'grunge band'
It is simply not musically accurate to label Blind Melon as a grunge band. While they are difficult to categorize, they are clearly worlds away from the grunge of Nirvana, early Pearl Jam, Bush, and Alice In Chains.

I vote for the unfalsifiable 'rock band'. 'Alternative rock band', while not completely accurate, would be better.

PendulumSwings (talk) 03:09, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If people would actually post the references to the text both here and on Shannon Hoon's page, they'd find a lot of answers to questions here. Blind Melon may have entered the commercial music scene during the Grunge period, but it did NOT make them grunge anymore than Dire Straits from that same period of time was grunge.  BMelon might be categorized like the Grateful Dead or Allman Brothers Band as a "world-class jam band". Listen to "No Rain" and you'll hear a Grateful Dead (actually, Jerry Garcia sound: . I'd say certainly, they were folk-rock, rock, alternative-rock, and they borrowed from a variety of genres for a unique sound.   PS-- External Links and long lines of "facts" are not a parking lot!  --leahtwosaints (talk) 23:56, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

If stuff like Pearl Jam is considered grunge then so is Blind Melon

Listen to some of their less popular songs like "Galaxie", "Lemonade", "Wilt", or "Swallowed" as I think you'll find some grunge influence in their music. If they are judged by only a handful of songs like "No Rain" I can see why one would say they are not alternative or grunge, but alternative rock band (something along the lines of Collective Soul or Candlebox ) is extremely fitting for Blind Melon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.96.0.220 (talk) 22:40, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

External links to live recordings
Anyone have an issue with me adding a link to Jam Radio - offers free downloads and streaming audio of some blind melon live shows... legal and sanctioned. It is a site I am somewhat affiliated with, so I have to ask first, but it is listed for other bands such as Phil Lesh and Friends, Donna Jean and the Tricksters and The Grapes. Addionne (talk) 15:24, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect Date of Birth of Richard Shannon Hoon
In the article, former member Shannon Hoon is said to have lived from (1989-1995), which would mean that he only lived to be 6 years old. On Hoon's page, his DOB is listed as 1967, so I edited the Blind Melon page to fix the error, but it was changed back to the original, incorrect date. Final revision would be appreciated. --71.129.59.54 (talk) 06:23, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The dates in the members' section show the time frame in which the member was in the band, not their birth/death dates. ×××BrightBlackHeaven(talk)××× 09:04, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

References to Blind Lemon Jefferson should be referenced or removed
Statements such as "most likely" and "almost certainly"  are not appropriate for encyclopedic content as they are mere conjecture. The author should support the statements with appropriate citations or evidence of fact or remove the statements. It may sound likely and 'feel' like a natural conclusion; but it also may be completely wrong. Even if it is correct, it does not belong in the article without supporting evidence. Either that, or rewrite it more honestly: "The band's name may derive from the blues artist Blind Lemon Jefferson, however there is no real evidence supporting this notion."64.162.229.144 (talk) 22:13, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I changed the almost certainly line to say "The possibility that the father took the reference [...] still exists." While not much of an improvement, admittedly, it is an improvement. Edit: Oh dear, I just saw the "most likely" part. Changed to "possible". If (more like when) someone has a better way of fixing it, I'd much appreciate it. lavacano201014 (yell at me here) 17:36, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I reworded this sentence, splitting it into two, stating both as independent facts without stating in words that they are connected. I also found an interview with Shannon Hoon while working on his page where the interviewer states point-blank in a question the name came from Smith's dad, and Hoon doesn't correct him but rather said they picked the name because they saw themselves as a group of stoners. I know it's just shy of a direct confirmation, but it seems to be the best we got UnnamedTransGirl (talk) 14:30, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Dead external links to Allmusic website – January 2011
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Hoon's death isn't mentioned
really? that is just sloppy. gmip Talk 07:19, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * His death is mentioned in fourth paragraph of the Rise to Fame section. I won't say that the article isn't a sloppy mess, but give it a closer read.  CCS81 (talk) 14:59, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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