In the late Nineties, Third Eye Blind worked up a shiny version of college rock that was verbose, deep-feeling and catchy enough to keep most haters at bay. On their first album in six years, Stephan Jenkins is still prone to heavy-handed lyrics and a certain type of alt-guy cheese, getting whin...
2009 RS:
San Francisco?based Third Eye Blind is responsible for one of the few truly undeniable rock singles of the late '90s, the sardonic "Semi-Charmed Life." Released in the summer of 1997, the song balances blaring power chords against a mindlessly catchy wordless vocal refrain, and hit the top of the Modern Rock radio charts as well as #11 on the Billboard 100 singles chart. The band parlayed its "Sem...
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