ALL I CAN SAY
IS THAT MY LIFE
IS PRETTY PLAIN
I LIKE WATCHING
THE PUDDLES GATHER RAIN
Blind Melon
is the debut
studio album
by American
rock band
released on
September 22, 1992,
through Capitol Records
. "No Rain"
became
Blind Melon's
breakthrough single.
Background
In 1990,
lead singer
Shannon Hoon
moved from Indiana
to Los Angeles.
Soon he met
guitarist
Rogers Stevens
and bassist
Brad Smith,
both Mississippi natives
who had come to
Los Angeles
a year earlier.
They began playing together
and then recruited
a second guitarist,
Christopher Thorn.
The foursome
then looked for a
drummer
in the local area,
but months passed
and their search was
unsuccessful.
Stevens and Smith
eventually persuaded
Glen Graham
to come to
Los Angeles
and join the band.
After Blind Melon
recorded a
four-song demo
called
The Goodfoot Workshop,
Capitol Records
became interested
and signed them in 1991
although they
never released
the band's demo
as an EP.
Blind Melon
then collaborated
with producer
David Briggs
to put together
their first EP
titled
The Sippin' Time Sessions.
However,
the record was
not released due to
"slick and doctored"
results
that were
unanticipated.
In late 1991,
Blind Melon
decided to leave
Los Angeles
to record
its debut album
since they felt
the city did not reflect
their music style.
The band retreated to
Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
because of its
"good music scene",
however they could not
find an affordable house
big enough there for them
and their equipment.
The band eventually
rented a house at
926 West Trinity Avenue
in Durham,
North Carolina.
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