Question: Shannon Hoon was the lead signer of the band formed in what California city?

Context articles: Live at the Palace
For My Friends
U-KISS
Cheater Slicks
Soup (Blind Melon album)
Blind Melon discography
The Best of Blind Melon
Shannon Hoon
Nico (album)
Blind Melon

Live at the Palace is a live album recorded at The Palace in Hollywood on October 11, 1995 by the band Blind Melon.
 It is the fourth posthumous album featuring vocals from former Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon, recorded ten days before Hoon's passing.
For My Friends is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blind Melon, released April 22, 2008.
 It is their first album in twelve years, and the first to feature new lead singer Travis Warren who was recruited after the death of previous lead singer Shannon Hoon.
U-KISS (Korean: 유키스 , Japanese: ユーキス ) is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008.
 Their name is an acronym, standing for Ubiquitous Korean International Idol Super Star.
 The group's current lineup is composed of Soohyun, Eli, Kiseop, Hoon and Jun.
Cheater Slicks is a three-man garage punk band formed in Boston in 1987.
 The members are Tom Shannon (guitar, vocals), Dave Shannon (guitar), and Dana Hatch (drums, vocals).
 They toured with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in 1995.
Soup is the second studio album by American rock band Blind Melon, released on August 15, 1995, eight weeks before vocalist Shannon Hoon's fatal drug overdose, making it his final album with the band.
 In addition to containing the hidden track "Hello/Goodbye", there is an additional hidden track hidden in the pregap of the CD.
 To hear this track, listeners must stick the CD in their player, and as soon as track one begins, rewind the track to go into the negative pregap of a CD contained before index 01 in the CD's table of contents.
 In addition to being in the pregap, the vocals are also backmasked, while the instruments are normal.
 This track acts as an overture, containing elements of the songs "New Life" and "Lemonade".
Blind Melon is an alternative rock band, whose most notable work dates from 1992 to 1995, and ceased with the death of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon.
 In 2006, the band reformed with a new lead vocalist, Travis Warren.
 From 1992-96 the band released 3 studio albums.
 They have also released 2 compilations albums and 1 live album.
Tones Of Home: The Best of Blind Melon is a compilation album by Blind Melon released on September 27, 2005.
 It is the fifth Blind Melon album and the 3rd posthumous album after the death of lead singer Shannon Hoon.
Richard Shannon Hoon (September 26, 1967 – October 21, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.
 He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon until his death in 1995.
Nico is the third studio album by American rock band Blind Melon, released in 1996 by Capitol Records.
 The album was released after lead singer Shannon Hoon's cocaine overdose that resulted in his death in 1995.
 The album was named for his daughter, Nico Blue, and the proceeds arising from album sales were placed in a college trust for her.
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Blind Melon (Stylized as BLind MeLoN) is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California by two musicians from Mississippi and one from Indiana.
 Best known for their 1993 single "No Rain", the group enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock.