Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an alternative rock band from San Francisco, California ( USA), 1993 by Stephan Jenkins (vocals, songwriting, guitar), George Earth ( guitar), Adrian Burley (drums) and Jason Slater ( bass) founded been. The cast changed several times until the release of the debut album of the band in 1997.
For a short time the Smash - Mouth drummer Michael Urbano and former Primus drummer Tim Wright played in the band.
Style
Third Eye Blind combines soulful ballads with punchy rock songs. Most comparable are Third Eye Blind with groups such as the Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty or Canadians of Our Lady Peace.
Band History
As the opening act of the British band Oasis, the group made 1996 big record companies attracted attention, including the company Elektra Records, which signed the band under contract. A year later the debut album, which bears the name tape and the tape with over six million copies sold prepared a great career move appeared. In particular, the song Semi -Charmed Life, which was alone sold more than a million times, to break through them and made them known in Europe. This song and which also stems from the album How's It Going to Be also proved to be very durable hits, which held up to a year in the U.S. charts.
After several sold out tours was released in 1999 their second album Blue, which reached over time double platinum status. In summer 2000, guitarist Cadogan got out for unknown reasons and was replaced by Tony Fredianelli. In 2003, the third album of the band, Out of the Vein. After a breast cancer diagnosis of his mother organized frontman Stephan Jenkins, the "Breathe Benefit Concert" in Los Angeles, in which numerous artists championed the research and treatment of breast cancer.