Post by Meredith on Mar 15, 2009 9:25:53 GMT -5
Hello Melonheads! This month the Blind Melon Forum turns 4 years old and the staff wanted to do a little something to celebrate. First and foremost I just wanted to give a shout out to all the wonderful forum members here for helping this place grow and blossom every year. Its fun to think of our humble beginnings 4 years ago and see where we are today. Its all because of the members who continue to visit us and keep this place buzzing.
We have decided after 4 years of posting the members here should be pretty knowledgeable so we decided to have a bit of Trivia.
Each day a new question will be posted by a staff member on the forum, anywhere on the forum. This will be completely sporadic. It will not be the same staff member every day and the question will not be in the same place.
The first Forum Member to answer correctly to the question for that day gets a choice between 5 Karma points or a custom title. To answer the question just shoot a PM to the staff member that posted it. The contest will run until April 15 and starts today so keep an eye out for that first Trivia question!
Previous questions:
1) Where did Shannon get his dog, Wooh?
A: Shannon stole Wooh from a Los Angeles pet store.
2) What studio and city was the self-titled album recoded in?
A: London Bridge Studios – Seattle, Washington
3) What was the name of Rogers’ and Brad’s band that they had in high school?
A: Concrete Jungle [It was brought to our attention that Rogers and Brad were actually in yet another band in HS prior to Concrete Jungle called "Rock Damaged"]
4) Who took the photo that was used on the cover of the “Nico” album?
A: Danny Clinch
6) Who opened for Blind Melon at the Roseland Ballroom in New York on 02-17-1994?
A: Alice Donut & The Meat Puppets
7) Who wrote the music for “Car Seat” and who wrote the lyrics?
A: Glen Graham brought the music to the band, and Shannon added the lyrics about the Susan Smith story.
8) How many times has Rogers been Melon of the Month?
A: Twice
9) Who plays the horns on the “Hello-Goodbye” intro and on “Lemonade”?
A: Kermit Ruffins and The Little Rascals Brass Band
10) What does it mean to have a pocket full of elephant ears?
A: When someone pulls out their pants pockets to show they have nothing in their pockets.
11) Who fell asleep on the couch at the Sleepyhouse with a lit cigarette?
A: Lyle Eaves (Blind Melon’s sound engineer)
12) Who signed Shannon’s guitar at Woodstock?
A: Peter Max
13) Where was the “I Wonder” video filmed?
A: The video of the song was filmed in Brad and Roger's home state of Mississippi in the front yard of one of their friends. The muddy people in the video were friends of the band.
14) What studio and city was the “For My Friends” album recoded in?
A: Studio Wishbone – North Hollywood, California
15) What two girls hold the distinction of being the “Bee Girl”?
A:Georgia Graham (Glens sister) is the inspiration for the Bee Girl and Heather DeLoach was the actual Bee Girl in the video.
16) Right before Woodstock ’94, Blind Melon played a show with Porno for Pyros. Where was this show?
A: Hawaii – The Big Mele, Kualoa Ranch
17) What were Meredith’s, Matt’s, Sonya’s, and Ryan’s original screen names?
A: Gelfling, ShinnsTheory or nicobluishgray, sonyagirl, bobafett
18) What were the members of Blind Melon doing when they went to visit the top of The Empire State Building?
A: They were all tripping on mushrooms.
19) What studio and city was the album “Soup” recorded in?
A: Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
20) What was John Sinclair’s take on Blind Melon recording the John Lennon song “John Sinclair”?
A: He threatened to sue the band
21) What was the publication date of the Rolling Stone with Blind Melon on the cover?
A: November 11th, 1993
22) Which member of KISS was considering whether or not to manage Blind Melon at one point in time?
A: Gene Simmons
23) Shannon appeared as an audience member in a video for a very popular hard rock band during the 1980s (This is something different than his appearance in the Don’t Cry video). Name the band and the song title for the video.
A: Motley Crue’s “Wild Side”
24) Who was the 200th member to join the Blind Melon Forum?
A: Azrael (Said in Silver)
25) When Blind Melon performed in Mexico City, what band were they opening for?
A: Guns N Roses
26) What is the name of Nel Hoon’s Jewelry business?
A: Eye & Mind Designs
27) What was the start date (month & year) of the Blind Melon Forum?
A: March 27, 2005
28.) At which show did Nico first perform with Blind Melon (and which two songs did she sing)?
10-16-2007 Chicago, Illinois at the Double Door (“Change” and “No Rain”)
29) Brad placed an ad in an L.A. music magazine which Christopher responded to and got in contact with Brad for the first time. Which magazine did Brad place the ad in?
A: The Music Connection
30) What is the best way to donate to Nel Hoon and her cause of putting on the Vigil each year?
A: The 2009 VIGIL fundraiser
vigilfundraiser.chipin.com/shannon-hoon-vigil-2009
We have decided after 4 years of posting the members here should be pretty knowledgeable so we decided to have a bit of Trivia.
Each day a new question will be posted by a staff member on the forum, anywhere on the forum. This will be completely sporadic. It will not be the same staff member every day and the question will not be in the same place.
The first Forum Member to answer correctly to the question for that day gets a choice between 5 Karma points or a custom title. To answer the question just shoot a PM to the staff member that posted it. The contest will run until April 15 and starts today so keep an eye out for that first Trivia question!
Previous questions:
1) Where did Shannon get his dog, Wooh?
A: Shannon stole Wooh from a Los Angeles pet store.
2) What studio and city was the self-titled album recoded in?
A: London Bridge Studios – Seattle, Washington
3) What was the name of Rogers’ and Brad’s band that they had in high school?
A: Concrete Jungle [It was brought to our attention that Rogers and Brad were actually in yet another band in HS prior to Concrete Jungle called "Rock Damaged"]
4) Who took the photo that was used on the cover of the “Nico” album?
A: Danny Clinch
6) Who opened for Blind Melon at the Roseland Ballroom in New York on 02-17-1994?
A: Alice Donut & The Meat Puppets
7) Who wrote the music for “Car Seat” and who wrote the lyrics?
A: Glen Graham brought the music to the band, and Shannon added the lyrics about the Susan Smith story.
8) How many times has Rogers been Melon of the Month?
A: Twice
9) Who plays the horns on the “Hello-Goodbye” intro and on “Lemonade”?
A: Kermit Ruffins and The Little Rascals Brass Band
10) What does it mean to have a pocket full of elephant ears?
A: When someone pulls out their pants pockets to show they have nothing in their pockets.
11) Who fell asleep on the couch at the Sleepyhouse with a lit cigarette?
A: Lyle Eaves (Blind Melon’s sound engineer)
12) Who signed Shannon’s guitar at Woodstock?
A: Peter Max
13) Where was the “I Wonder” video filmed?
A: The video of the song was filmed in Brad and Roger's home state of Mississippi in the front yard of one of their friends. The muddy people in the video were friends of the band.
14) What studio and city was the “For My Friends” album recoded in?
A: Studio Wishbone – North Hollywood, California
15) What two girls hold the distinction of being the “Bee Girl”?
A:Georgia Graham (Glens sister) is the inspiration for the Bee Girl and Heather DeLoach was the actual Bee Girl in the video.
16) Right before Woodstock ’94, Blind Melon played a show with Porno for Pyros. Where was this show?
A: Hawaii – The Big Mele, Kualoa Ranch
17) What were Meredith’s, Matt’s, Sonya’s, and Ryan’s original screen names?
A: Gelfling, ShinnsTheory or nicobluishgray, sonyagirl, bobafett
18) What were the members of Blind Melon doing when they went to visit the top of The Empire State Building?
A: They were all tripping on mushrooms.
19) What studio and city was the album “Soup” recorded in?
A: Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
20) What was John Sinclair’s take on Blind Melon recording the John Lennon song “John Sinclair”?
A: He threatened to sue the band
21) What was the publication date of the Rolling Stone with Blind Melon on the cover?
A: November 11th, 1993
22) Which member of KISS was considering whether or not to manage Blind Melon at one point in time?
A: Gene Simmons
23) Shannon appeared as an audience member in a video for a very popular hard rock band during the 1980s (This is something different than his appearance in the Don’t Cry video). Name the band and the song title for the video.
A: Motley Crue’s “Wild Side”
24) Who was the 200th member to join the Blind Melon Forum?
A: Azrael (Said in Silver)
25) When Blind Melon performed in Mexico City, what band were they opening for?
A: Guns N Roses
26) What is the name of Nel Hoon’s Jewelry business?
A: Eye & Mind Designs
27) What was the start date (month & year) of the Blind Melon Forum?
A: March 27, 2005
28.) At which show did Nico first perform with Blind Melon (and which two songs did she sing)?
10-16-2007 Chicago, Illinois at the Double Door (“Change” and “No Rain”)
29) Brad placed an ad in an L.A. music magazine which Christopher responded to and got in contact with Brad for the first time. Which magazine did Brad place the ad in?
A: The Music Connection
30) What is the best way to donate to Nel Hoon and her cause of putting on the Vigil each year?
A: The 2009 VIGIL fundraiser
vigilfundraiser.chipin.com/shannon-hoon-vigil-2009