No Singer? No Problem! Blind Melon

I fell VERY fortunate to have seen them (and met them) on this tour, since obviously Travis Warren will probably never sing with Blind Melon again. I closed my eyes at both of the shows I went to and could have sworn I felt Shannon Hoon's presence there. Truly, truly awesome!!

dude blind melon was awesome before hoon died and there awesome now that he is dead and replaced who cares whos up there singing the songs atleast there getting sang and it doesnt sound bad at all i mean to be honest hoon didnt really have much talent but his music was amazing

Wow, who knew Blind Melon had so many passionate fans this long later? It's interesting that some long-time fans support the new stuff and some do not. I do have to agree with the guy that said "Blind Melon" is dead. In my opinion, they are and have been since Shannon died. It's great the guys want to keep playing and keep their old name; after all, they ARE a band. It wasn't JUST Shannon Hoon. I also wonder though... if it hadn't been for Shannon dying the way that he had, would anyone (outside of die-hard fans) remember who these guys are? That isn't meant to be ignorant. It's an honest question.

The person who wrote this article has accomplished his goal of getting traffic to this site by including Blind Melon in this article... that's all folks.

This guys is as bad as Faux Noise, let people make up their own minds. Blind Melon was wonderful when they were together, with Hoon, but the music is still alive and can be continued with a new singer, I think the new guys sings to compliment Hoon, not take his place. Blind Melon is a band, it was not the Shannon Hoon band.

Stupid article.

It seems like someone wasted his money in college ...
or maybe you got your diploma in a contest

anyway, but you definitely have no idea of what it means to be a serious journalist...

If you had just a bit of a brain you'd check the band's work and you'd be absolutely amazed by their new album.

I think it is a very brave thing that Travis has done considering the touchiness that obviously comes with taking Shannon's 'place'. To the reporter who wrote this article, what a shitty way to handle your words. This is just another sad case of the media trying to stir up petty bullshit so that people will have something to talk about. It's easy to be so 'hard' and opinionated when your name is left anonymous, isn't it?

I loved blind melon with shannon hoon, and to hear these guys movin on as blind melon irks me a bit....i guess they have every right to do it, but i feel that they should have at least changed the name...They have always been good musicians, but it was shannon that made them great....this new guy sounds like he is trying too hard to maintain the magic that shannon brought..nothing good and real ever comes out of a copy..i don't know if i would like these guys if they were just some new band with no history, hard to tell, but they sound kind of ordinary and far from the blind melon i loved

Matt, my comment wasn't directed towards you but towards the so called journalist who wrote the article. One of the very basics of journalism is to collect the facts (which is obvious he didn't) and not write only from a personal perspective.
After I read your first comment I knew you are too closed minded for me to even bother and waste my time discussing with you.
I enjoy the old and the new Blind Melon. And I'm extremly happy I do. You can stay bitter because the band kept the name. It's a free world.

I didn't say it died I said it ended.

I find it incredibly ridicules to be so hung up on this.
I am a huge Hoon fan. But completely disagree with the statement "when hoon died the music died". I originally felt the same way you did. it took me to see it, to not only approve but also realize that travis is the best man for the job. I think the band waited long enough to heal from the death of hoon to do this.
this is not the only project travis is doing. he is and even before melon has always been a musician.
you should take a look at some interviews the guys have done. they explain it better. then any one of us can.

hell there is a huge community of fans. that still support and love the band. one person. one article isn't going to change that.