One Band a Month Blind Melon: More Than Just "No Rain" Some bands become famous because of one song. Some spend the rest of their careers trying to escape it. And then there are bands like Blind Melon... ...a band remembered by millions for one carefree hit, while quietly leaving behind one of the richest catalogues of the entire alternative rock era. If your only experience of Blind Melon is "No Rain," you've only met one side of the band. The deeper story is far more interesting . Blind Melon arrived just as grunge was taking over the world. Seattle was setting the agenda. Heavy guitars, darker lyrics and flannel shirts had become the soundtrack of a generation. But Blind Melon never really belonged there. They carried traces of classic rock, blues, folk, psychedelia and Southern soul. They sounded less like they came from one city... ...and more like they had spent years travelling America's back roads collecting musical ideas along the way. At the hear...
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