Fact: This band rocked. Though, we all knew that didn't we ...

Rogers Stevens and Brad Smith, who worked in a slaughterhouse in Mississippi, were transferred to similar positions in Los Angeles, prior to the forming of the band.

The bee girl from the Blind Melon album cover was an old picture of Glen Graham's sister

Shannon Hoon's favourite performer was talented solo artist, and frontman for The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed.

Nico Blue Hoon, Shannon's daughter, is named after one of his favourite flowers, although, he has never formally denied the fact that Nico is also the name of a singer who worked with The Velvet Underground in the sixties.

There's many, many versions of all the Blind Melon singles, all of which I wish I could get my hands on =) Check out the bootlegs section.

St. Andrew's Hall, which inspired the song St. Andrew's Fall (Soup) and St. Andrew's Hall (early demo on Nico) is located in Detroit.

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