ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JULY 27, 2000 By Steve Newton When Blind Melon vocalist Shannon Hoon died of a drug overdose in New Orleans in 1995, the career of his popular recording group passed away with him. In fact, guitarist Christopher Thorn didn’t even know if he wanted to be in a band … Continue reading Christopher Thorn thinks comparing Unified Theory to Blind Melon is an easy out