Although one of the greatest rock tragedies or the 90's will forever be the suicide death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, there was another super-talented musician that died during the decade, but is sadly often overlooked - Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon. Born September 26, 1967 in Lafayette, Indiana, Hoon began singing and playing music as a teenager, in addition to being a star high school athlete (wrestling, pole vaulting, etc.) and troublemaker (he was arrested several times). He left Lafayette in 1990 for Los Angeles, where he soonafter formed Blind Melon with guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn, bassist Brad Smith, and drummer Glen Graham.
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