Shannon Hoon was the front-man and lead singer of the band Blind Melon. Shannon Hoon met the fellow members of the band at a party. After seeing him play a song acoustically they invited him to join and the band Blind Melon was formed. In 1991 the band reordered a four song demo tape and subsequently signed a $500,000 recording contract. In 1992 they released their debut self titled album and instantly started touring and were opening up for big acts. Shannon Hoon was the wild man of the band and was always on drugs. He would walk on stage sometimes openly smoking marijuana. He was arrested several times for indecent acts while on stage for example one time he urinated on a fan. Shannon Hoon kept going in and out of rehab for the many drugs he used. The night before his death Shannon Hoon took many drugs after doing a show that he was not proud of. On October 21, 1995 his band mates found him dead on the tour bus from a cocaine overdose. Even though Shannon Hoon was not famous for long he will forever live in music history.