Nepo mazhinji emamwe mabhendi edombo ekutanga kwema1990 akakwereta mhanzi yavo kubva kuNirvana, Sound Garden uye Nine Inch Nails, Blind Melon ndiyo yaive yakasarudzika. Nziyo dzeboka rekugadzira dzinobva pamafungiro edombo rekare, semabhendi Lynyrd Skynyrd, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin nevamwe.
Uye kunyange zvazvo vaimbi vakanga vakamirira basa rinovimbisa, njodzi yakaitika kune imwe yenhengo dzebhendi yakagumisa ramangwana rakajeka.
Kutanga kwenhoroondo yebhendi Blind Melon
Blind Melon yakaumbwa muna 1989 muLos Angeles. Nhengo dzese dzemangwana dzechikwata dzakachinja nzvimbo yavo yekugara panguva imwe chete. Vakasarudza rimwe remaguta makuru uye anofadza zvikuru muUnited States senzvimbo yavo yekugara zvachose. Iwo ekutanga mutsara weBling Melon quintet aive akadai:
- Muimbi Shannon Hong.
- Gitare Christopher Thorne.
- Gitare Roger Stevens.
- Bassist Brad Smith.
- Drummer Glenn Gramm.
Mukupesana zvakanyanya neinopenya simbi yeglam iyo yaive nemukurumbira muLos Angeles mukutanga kwema1990, Blind Melon yakasimudzira nzira nyowani, yega yega uye yakasarudzika kumumhanzi wavairidza.
Chikwata chakataura nyaya yavo, "vachipwanya" tsika "zvinogamuchirwa" kwete chete nezve rwiyo, mutinhimira uye zvinyorwa, asiwo nekuona kunoenderana. Kubva pakutanga kwekuvapo kwayo, mimhanzi yebhendi yakanyudza vateereri mune inorema uye inonakidza retro mamiriro.
Basa kutanga
Mushure mekupedzisira mutsara-uye zita rakasimbiswa, vechidiki, bhendi rinovimbisa rakasainwa kuCapitol Records. Chiitiko ichi chakaitika muna 1991. Kutanga basa rekutanga EP-album The Sipp in Time Sessions, vaimbi havana kukwanisa kumisa maitiro ekugadzira. Kurekodha kwenziyo kwambomira zvishoma.
Pasinei nematambudziko ari mu "kusimudzira" kwepurojekiti yekutanga, muimbi anotungamira webhendi Shannon Hong akasangana neshamwari yeboka Gun's naRose. Akabva aimba nevaimbi pamitambo yakawanda yemakonzati. Hoon akaratidzawo tarenda rake mune akati wandei ebhendi rine mukurumbira, uye akatoonekwa aine GNR mune epic vhidhiyo clip yeimwe yenziyo dzakarekodhwa nekutora kwake chikamu.
Muchirimo cha1992, Blind Melon, nekuda kwekubatana kwaKhun, yakaitwa parwendo rweMTV. Mukati mehurongwa hwayo, timu yakaita neLive, Big Audio Dynamite uye Public Image Ltd. Panguva iyoyo, dzinenge dzose States vakatanga kutaura pamusoro Los Angeles vakomana. Dambudziko chete nderekuti bhendi rakanga risina studio album kusvika zvino.
Blind Melon, uyo ainzwisisa kudiwa kwedambarefu rekutanga, akatanga iyo albhamu kutanga kwa1992. Iyo album, yakabudiswa munaGunyana wegore rimwe chetero, yakabudiswa pasi pekutungamirirwa kwemugadziri anozivikanwa weTemberi Imbwa uye Pearl Jam. Kubva pakupera kwa1992 kusvika pakati pa1993. bhendi rakatenderera makirabhu nematanho muUnited States nguva dzose.
Chikwata chakaburitsa dzinoverengeka dzisiri dzakakurumbira singles. Mumwe nemumwe wavo akatengeswa pasina fanfaru paMTV mimhanzi papuratifomu. "Kuputika" kwekukurumbira kweboka reBlind Melon kwakaitika mushure mekuburitswa kwerwiyo Hakuna Mvura - rwiyo rwakaita ruzha, ruchisvika pamusoro pemachati mazhinji enyika eAmerica. Pakupedzisira, rwiyo Hapana Mvura yakasimbiswa platinamu ka4.
Nguva yekuzivikanwa kwebhendi Blind Melon
Muna 1993 Blind Melon akaita naNeil Young naLenny Kravitz. Chikwata ichi chakaenda kushanya kwacho kwezviratidziro muAmerica muna 1994. Munguva iyi, boka racho rakasarudzwa kakawanda kuti riwane mibairo yakasiyana-siyana yeGrammy, kusanganisira mazita e "Best New Artist" uye "Best Rock Performance".
Zvisinei, kubudirira kunokosha kwaiva "kutanga kwekupedzisira". Mumwe wevatungamiriri vechirongwa cheboka, Shannon Hong, haana kukwanisa kutsungirira matambudziko ake nekushandisa zvinodhaka zvakaomarara. Pakati pe1994, muimbi wechidiki akaiswa mukiriniki yekurapa zvinodhaka. Bhendi harina kukwanisa kupedza chikamu chekupedzisira cherwendo rwunoenderera mberi.
Kupindwa muropa nezvinodhaka Shannon Hoon
Kurekodha yechipiri Soup's studio album yakatanga mukudonha kwa1994. Sezvineiwo, mushure mekupera kwekushanya kwenyika uye kusunungurwa kwaHong kubva kukiriniki yekurapa zvinodhaka. Mukati memusangano wekugadzira waive neNew Orleans studio. Mugadziri Andy Wales akava maneja mukuru webasa.
Munguva yekurekodhwa kwemitambo yekupedzisira yerekodhi nyowani, Hoon akaramba achishandisa zvinodhaka. Pane imwe nguva, akasungwa nokuda kwekudhakwa nemupurisa weko. Mushure mechiitiko ichi, muimbi, mukusimbirira kweshamwari dzake, akatamira kunzvimbo yekudzorera, uye vakomana vakamisa zuva rekubudiswa kwealbum.
Yakasviba zvakanyanya, ichimutsa kufarira kukuru uye kufara kwekuteerera kwechokwadi, dambarefu reSoup, zvinosuwisa, rakarambwa nevatsoropodzi vazhinji. Mamiriro ezvinhu aya akaita kuti kuderera kwehuwandu hwekutengesa rekodhi.
Nekuda kweizvozvo, akapedzisira angove pachinzvimbo chechi28 cheBillboard chati. Mhedziso yenyaya inosuruvarisa yaive yekuti pana Gumiguru 21, 1995, Hong akawanikwa akafa. Chikonzero cherufu rwake kwaiva kuwandisa zvinodhaka.
Hupenyu uye basa pasina "ngano"
Mushure mekufa kwaHun, vakomana vakatsvaga kumutsiva kwenguva yakareba, vakatoburitsa albhamu ine zviitiko zvekare gore rakatevera. Sezvo pakanga pasina kutsiva "ngano", vakomana vakazivisa kumiswa kwemitambo yavo yemimhanzi.
Mushure memakore gumi, bhendi rakabatana zvakare uye rakakoka Travis Warren semuimbi. Pamwe chete vakomana vakaburitsa dambarefu ravo rechitatu For My Friends muna 10. Blind Melon akabva aenda kuEurope tour. Asi munguva pfupi nhengo dzakazivisa kuenda kwemuimbi mutsva.
Vakomana vakashanda mune yavo uye mamwe mapurojekiti, kumisa mabasa muchirongwa ichi. Muna 2010, vakomana vakadzoka pamwe chete uye vakadzosa Warren. Nguva nenguva, boka reBlind Melon raienda kumitambo uye rakatamba nemakonzati, asi harina kunyora mabasa matsva. Muna 2019, rwiyo Way Down uye Far Below rakaburitswa, iro rakanyorwa kekutanga mumakore gumi nerimwe. Vaimbi vari kugadzirirawo dambarefu ravo rechina rakazara muna 11.
