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"If the band was named, I don't know, Notebook, the first thing you'd write in your article wouldn't be 'Notebook member [Chris Thorn].' It would be 'former Blind Melon members...' We'd still be talking about the same things. Talking about [Shannon Hoon]."
"That was a heavy moment, having her sing her father's song Change, because Shannon never did change," Thorn says. "It's fun for her. She's a happy-go-lucky kid. I don't know that she feels the weight of her dad being gone. But when she's ready, I'll sit down and tell her the G-rated version of what happened.""One of my friends said, 'You guys have unfinished business. You have to go out and do it,'" Thorn says. "And it's cathartic in that sense. A second chance. When you're in a band and have it taken away, you have a new appreciation for what you do. We were taking it for granted at the end there."See the full content of this document
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Blind Melon Completing Unfinished Business
Post-death band reunions are usually either cynical (the Sex Pistols' post-Sid money grabs), self-indulgent, or messy (Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger's highly litigated attempt to reform...
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