After releasing two albums on Capitol Records and touring extensively, the band came to an abrupt halt in 1995 by the fatal overdose of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon on the band\'s tour bus in New Orleans, going on hiatus until officially disbanding four years later. In 2006, the remaining members reunited and recruited new vocalist Travis Warren (from the band Rain Fur Rent), producing a third album, For My Friends (2008). Warren departed shortly after the release of For My Friends, but rejoined in 2010, when the band returned to performing occasional gigs. As of 2018, they are working on a new album.\n', '

Blind Melon formed in Los Angeles in March 1990 after West Point, Mississippi transplants Rogers Stevens and Brad Smith, a guitarist and bassist respectively, met vocalist Shannon Hoon, a native of Lafayette, Indiana. Guitarist Christopher Thorn, originally from Pennsylvania, was added shortly thereafter; the four eventually convinced drummer Glen Graham to relocate from Mississippi to complete the group after failing to find a drummer in Los Angeles. Their moniker derived from a nickname Smith had observed among Mississippi hippies, a name with precedent in the 1920s blues artist Blind Lemon Jefferson and the Cheech & Chong character Blind Melon Chitlin\'.\n', '

The band debuted with a four-song demo, The Goodfoot Workshop, in 1991. Capitol Records A&R executive Tim Devine signed Blind Melon later that year and oversaw sessions with famed producer David Briggs for an unreleased EP to be titled The Sippin\' Time Sessions. The recordings were abandoned due to the band\'s dissatisfaction with the production quality, which they felt resulted in "slick and doctored" results. Hoon\'s friendship and association with Guns N\' Roses frontman Axl Rose accrued additional industry attention for the group, as he 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". Blind Melon embarked upon a tour supporting Soundgarden late that year.\n', '

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