Review by Greg Prato
Wetlands is a tiny little shoebox of a club, and although Blind Melon had yet to score their big hit with "No Rain," the venue was PACKED. When the group finally came on stage and began, there was a huge crush against the stage - but there was nothing you could do. A lot of idiotic crowdsurfers as well. I remember standing in the front right in front of Chris Thorn to the left of the stage , and some stupid girl kept grabbing onto his leg, and finally, he pushed her hand away while still playing a song! Shannon held the mic stand over the crowd as everyone sang the beginning to "No Rain," and I believe Shannon was wearing a 'High Times' t-shirt. Brad Smith took a toke off someone's joint during a song, and due to the surging of the crowd, at one point the mic fell and hit Shannon straight on his forehead! "Tones of Home" was played early in the set, and everyone was jumping up and down in time to the music. When the band returned from the dressing room for encores, Shannon handed out strawberry's to people in front. Easily one of the best concerts I've ever been to. A funny memory for me was that one of the friends I went with smoked so much pot before the show even started that he sat in the back of the club comatose, not even bothering to watch a second of the show! Another funny thing - some grunge rip-off band called 'Flowerhead' opened the show, and I remember someone in the front row reading a book throughout their set! One of the bandmembers' girlfriends eventually yelled at the guy and told him to pay attention to the horrible band.
credit: blindmelon.org
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