Songfacts: Are you eager to see Danny Clinch's documentary of Shannon's home movies?Ĭhristopher: Yes, I am very excited about the movie. It means more to me than I could ever express. I am just floored and blown away that anyone still cares about the band after 20 years. Did you see this coming at all?Ĭhristopher: Not at all. Songfacts: It seems like there is a whole new appreciation of Blind Melon's music. Songfacts: What is the biggest misconception about Shannon?Ĭhristopher: That he died of a heroin overdose. And sadly, like Staley, Hoon suffered from drug addiction - with a cocaine overdose leading to his death at the age of 28, on Octo(in New Orleans). This is especially evident throughout Blind Melon's sophomore effort, Soup, which included lyrics about the effects of heroin ("2x4"), wondering if the birth of his baby will "bring new life into me" ("New Life"), his everyday life struggles ("Walk"), and admitting that he had little self-control in the area where Blind Melon recorded the album, New Orleans (the prelude to "Galaxie," known as "Hello/Goodbye"). Similar to Alice in Chains' Layne Staley, Shannon Hoon specialized in a "my life is an open book" style of lyric writing - with seemingly no subject too private to touch upon. Shannon would turn my musical compositions into magical songs once he sang on them. Shannon would never ask me to revise any arrangement and I never asked Shannon to change any lyrical or melodic idea. Many times I would be surprised as to what he chose to sing over. I would hand a cassette tape to Shannon, and he would sing over whatever inspired him the most. I would play all the instruments (not always well), just so there was a clear vision of the song. I would make sure the structure and the feeling of the song had the impact I wanted. Songfacts: How was it collaborating with Shannon Hoon?Ĭhristopher: It was a very simple and extremely satisfying process writing with Shannon. With more than one writer it can be exhausting, and many times the song becomes diluted by trying to appease many opinions. I am not a fan of collaborating with more than one other writer. Songfacts: Do you prefer writing on your own, or collaborating with others?Ĭhristopher: I prefer starting the writing process alone but then I like to collaborate with one other person to finish the song.
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We have enough material written and recorded for two full length albums at this point, but for now we wanted to start with an EP. Songfacts: When will the band's debut album be available?Ĭhristopher: We will be giving away songs from our EP starting in July and we will have a vinyl record release for sale in September. It's badass at times and heartbreaking at times. Songfacts: How would you describe the band's music for those who haven't heard it?Ĭhristopher: That's always a tough question. I am proud of the songs we wrote in Blind Melon, but it's a harder process to please four other guys. Davie and I share a common aesthetic, which was not always the case in Blind Melon.
Speaking to Songfacts, Thorn was up for discussing his new band, plans for Blind Melon, and insight into all the tracks he co-penned during the "Hoon era." Greg Prato (Songfacts): How would you compare the songwriting process in Sonny Boy Thorn to Blind Melon?Ĭhristopher Thorn: It's much easier in Sonny Boy Thorn.
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Warren and Thorn will also be performing at the 2015 Vigil (an annual gathering of fans at the gravesite of original Melon singer, Shannon Hoon).Īs a member of Blind Melon, Thorn had a hand in writing several tunes that are now considered classics amongst the band's fan base ("Soup," "I Wonder," "Skinned," "Pull," etc.), and has supplied guitar for other acts, including Unified Theory, Live, and Awolnation, plus operating his own studio, Fireside Sound Studio. Also, Sonny Boy Thorn will be playing Melon Fest on Augin Kentucky, and modern day Melon singer Travis Warren and Thorn will also be playing an all-acoustic set of Melon songs at the festival.
Sonny Boy Thorn will be playing a residency in Silverlake, California at the Satellite (formerly Spaceland) every Monday in the month of July 2015 to launch their EP.
And one half of the group's guitar duo, Christopher Thorn, is now a member of an outfit called Sonny Boy Thorn, that successfully manages to combine elements of Melon's sound with modern mainstream rock. So whenever I hear of either an archival release from the band or new music from one of its members, I'm all ears. As I stated in my interview with Danny Clinch, I am a bloody big Blind Melon fan.
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