Third Eye Blind

When Third Eye Blind’s debut album dropped in 1997, the band’s mega-hit single “Semi-Charmed Life” became that year’s defining summer anthem. To those outside the 3EB fan core (condolences), it would also become the defining song of Third Eye Blind itself. I used to think this unfortunate, but with time…

a poem about a not badass band — Driving up to see your mom Singing songs I didn’t know You’d hit your hands upon the wheel Deep from the lungs, as if at the show I’d sing along and pretend To like the Dolls, as if I knew While in my head I’d compare The lyrics that meant so much to…

It’s been 27 years since Stephan Jenkins put together the first lineup of Third Eye Blind in San Francisco. But when the band-whose hits include “Never Let You Go,” “How’s It Going To Be” and the still-ubiquitous late-20th century anthem “Semi-Charmed Life” launches its recently rescheduled tour after coronavirus restrictions…

The lead singer of Third Eye Blind talks about his new album — and teaching vets how to surf — I met Stephan Jenkins, the lead singer of Third Eye Blind, in Pacifica, California, just after his band had finished their highest-grossing tour yet. Jenkins defied the traditional West Coast wardrobe, dressed in a black T-shirt and with black-painted toenails, and suggested that we do the interview on the beach…