Nakuba iningi lamaqembu e-rock ahlukile ekuqaleni kwawo-1990s liboleke isitayela sawo somculo ku-Nirvana, I-Sound Garden kanye ne-Nine Inch Nails, i-Blind Melon yaba yinto ehlukile. Izingoma zeqembu lokudala zisekelwe emibonweni ye-rock yakudala, njengamabhendi uLynyrd Skynyrd, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin nabanye.
Futhi nakuba abaculi babelindele umsebenzi othembisayo, inhlekelele eyenzeka kwelinye lamalungu eqembu yaqeda lonke ikusasa eliqhakazile.
Ukuqala komlando weqembu leBlind Melon
I-Blind Melon yasungulwa ngo-1989 eLos Angeles. Wonke amalungu eqembu esikhathi esizayo ashintsha indawo yawo yokuhlala ngesikhathi esifanayo. Bakhetha elinye lamadolobha amakhulu nelithakazelisa kakhulu e-United States njengendawo yabo yokuhlala unomphela. Uhlu lwangempela lwe-quintet ye-Bling Melon belumi kanje:
- Umculi uShannon Hong.
- Umshayi wesiginci uChristopher Thorne.
- Umdlali wesiginci uRoger Stevens.
- I-Bassist uBrad Smith.
- Umshayi wesigubhu uGlenn Gramm.
Ngokuphambene kakhulu nensimbi ecwebezelayo ecwebezelayo eyayidumile e-Los Angeles ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, i-Blind Melon yathuthukisa indlela entsha, yomuntu ngamunye neyingqayizivele yomculo eyayiwudlala.
Ithimba laxoxa indaba yalo, "lichoboza" izinkambiso "ezamukelwa ngokuvamile" hhayi kuphela mayelana nomculo, isigqi nombhalo, kodwa nokuboniswa okuhambisanayo. Kusukela ekuqaleni kokuba khona kwalo, umculo weqembu uye wacwilisa abalaleli esimweni esinzima nesithakazelisayo se-retro.
Isiqalo somsebenzi
Ngemuva kokuqinisekiswa komugqa wokugcina kanye negama, iqembu elincane, elithembisayo lasayinwa kuCapitol Records. Lesi sigameko senzeka ngo-1991. Ukuqala umsebenzi ku-albhamu yokuqala ye-EP ethi The Sipp in Time Sessions, abaculi abakwazanga ukusungula inqubo yokudala. Ukuqoshwa kwamathrekhi kumile kancane.
Naphezu kwezinkinga "ekuphromothweni" kwephrojekthi yokuqala, umculi ohamba phambili weqembu u-Shannon Hong wahlangana nomngane weqembu likaGun noRose. Wabe esecula nabaculi emikhosini eminingi yamakhonsathi. U-Hoon uphinde wabonisa ithalente lakhe kumathrekhi amaningana ebhendi edumile, waze wavela ne-GNR kusiqeshana sevidiyo esidumile sezingoma ezirekhodiwe ngokubamba iqhaza kwakhe.
Entwasahlobo ka-1992, i-Blind Melon, ngenxa yokuxhumana kukaKhun, yadlalwa ohambweni lwe-MTV. Ngaphakathi kohlaka lwalo, ithimba lidlale ne-Live, Big Audio Dynamite kanye ne-Public Image Ltd. Ngaleso sikhathi, cishe zonke States waqala ukukhuluma mayelana guys Los Angeles. Inkinga nje ukuthi iqembu belingenayo i-albhamu yesitudiyo kuze kube manje.
U-Blind Melon, owayesiqonda isidingo se-albhamu yokuqala, waqala i-albhamu ekuqaleni kuka-1992. I-albhamu, eyakhululwa ngoSepthemba wonyaka ofanayo, yakhululwa ngaphansi kokuqondisa komkhiqizi owaziwayo we-Temple the Dog and Pearl Jam. Kusukela ekupheleni kuka-1992 kuya maphakathi no-1993. iqembu lahambela amakilabhu nezigaba e-United States ngokuqhubekayo.
Iqembu likhiphe izingoma ezimbalwa ezingadumile kakhulu. Ngamunye wabo udayiswe ngaphandle kokuthandwa okuningi endaweni yesikhulumi somculo we-MTV. "Ukuqhuma" kokuduma kweqembu le-Blind Melon kwenzeka ngemva kokukhishwa kwengoma ethi No Rain - ithrekhi yenza i-splash, yafinyelela phezulu kumashadi amaningi ezwe laseMelika. Ekugcineni, iculo elithi No Rain lagunyazwa i-platinum izikhathi ezi-4.
Isikhathi sokuduma kwebhendi ye-Blind Melon
Ngo-1993 iBlind Melon yadlala noNeil Young kanye noLenny Kravitz. Iqembu lazihambela ngokwalo indawo yeshashalazi eMelika ngo-1994. Ngalesi sikhathi, leli qembu laqokwa izikhathi eziningana emiklomelweni ehlukahlukene ye-Grammy, okuhlanganisa nezihloko ze-"Best New Artist" nethi "Best Rock Performance".
Nokho, impumelelo ephawulekayo kwaba "ukuqala kokuphela". Omunye wabaholi bephrojekthi yeqembu, uShannon Hong, akakwazanga ukubhekana nezinkinga zakhe ngokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ezinamandla. Maphakathi no-1994, umculi osemusha wafakwa emtholampilo wokwelapha izidakamizwa. Ibhendi ayikwazanga ukuqeda ingxenye yokugcina yohambo oluqhubekayo.
Ukulutha kwezidakamizwa Shannon Hoon
Ukuqopha i-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo yeSoup kwaqala ekwindla ka-1994. Okungukuthi, ngemva kokuphela kohambo lomhlaba nokukhululwa kukaHong emtholampilo wokwelapha izidakamizwa. Ngaphakathi kweshabhu yokudala kwakukhona isitudiyo saseNew Orleans. Umdidiyeli u-Andy Wales waba ngumphathi oyinhloko womsebenzi.
Ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa kwamathrekhi okugcina erekhodi elisha, u-Hoon waqhubeka nokusebenzisa izidakamizwa. Ngesinye isikhathi, waboshelwa ingxabano edakiwe nephoyisa lendawo. Ngemuva kwalesi sigameko, umculi, ngokugcizelela kwabalingani bakhe, wathuthela esikhungweni sokuvuselela, futhi abafana bahlehlisa usuku lokukhishwa kwe-albhamu.
Kumnyama ngokwedlulele, okuvusa isithakazelo esikhulu kanye nenjabulo yokulalela kwangempela, i-albhamu yeSoup, ngeshwa, yenqatshwe abagxeki abaningi. Lesi simo siholele ekwehleni kwenani lokudayiswa kwerekhodi.
Ngenxa yalokho, wagcina kuphela esikhundleni sama-28 seshadi le-Billboard. Isiphetho sendaba edabukisayo ukuthi ngo-Okthoba 21, 1995, uHong watholakala efile. Imbangela yokushona kwakhe wukuphuzwa yizidakamizwa.
Impilo nomsebenzi ngaphandle "kwenganekwane"
Ngemva kokufa kukaHun, abafana babheka indawo yakhe isikhathi eside, baze bakhipha i-albhamu enentuthuko endala ngemva konyaka. Njengoba kwakungekho esikhundleni se "legend", abafana bamemezele ukumiswa kwemisebenzi yabo yomculo.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10, iqembu laphinde lahlangana futhi lamema uTravis Warren njengomculi. Ngokuhlangene abafana bakhiphe i-albhamu yabo yesithathu ethi For My Friends ngo-2008. I-Blind Melon yabe isithatha uhambo lwaseYurophu. Kodwa ngokushesha amalungu amemezele ukuhamba komculi omusha.
Abafana basebenza emaphrojekthi abo kanye namanye, bemisa imisebenzi kule phrojekthi. Ngo-2010, abafana babuyelana futhi babuyisa uWarren. Ngezikhathi ezithile, iqembu le-Blind Melon lalihambela imikhosi futhi lidlale namakhonsathi, kodwa alizange libhale imisebenzi emisha. Ngo-2019, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi Way Down and Far Below, eyabhalwa okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni eyi-11. Abaculi nabo balungiselela icwecwe labo lesine eliphelele ngo-2020.
