  Third Eye Blind, formed in 1993,
is a 4-person band from San Francisco and
consisting of Stephan Jenkins (on vocals),
Kevin Cadogan (on guitar), Arion Salazar (on
bass), and Brad Hargraves (on drums).
Jenkins, leadman of the group, formed the
band after graduating from Berkeley, playing
with several other bands in the bay area, and
spending a short stint as a solo artist.
Jenkins also got attention by producing the
international hit cover of "Bohemian
Rhapsody" by the Braids.
Salazar and Hargraves (formerly
of Counting
Crows) join the group to round off
the quartet. Jenkins said of the band's
creation: "I founded the band partly
because the music scene was so conservative.
We didn't do this to fit into the music scene
around us. We did his because we didn't fit
in. All of the bands in the Bay Area were
doing the same sort of shoe-gazing, sixties
or seventies retro-alterna-pop-crud-thing. I
probably took more inspiration from this
tumultuous tight-knit group of friends coming
up in The City who were into
clubbing, spoken word and generally screwing
each other over. As a group, we've always
been inspired by bands that performed, like The Clash and The Who ...bands that blew
audiences away and gave more energy than they
took."
As major labels began to notice
Third Eye Blind more, the band opened for Oasis in San Francisco, and
soon a bidding war for signing the band
began. Elektra Records eventually won with
the offer of artistic freedom for the band.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
 Third Eye Blind's debut LP, Third
Eye Blind
,
was released. The LP was produced by Jenkins
(who also wrote or co-wrote all of the
tracks) and recorded in San Francisco.
The quartet found themselves on
the top of rock, alternative, and pop charts
with their first single, "Semi-Charmed Life" during the
summer. Jenkins talked with MTV about the
dark-side of the single: "'Semi-Charmed Life' is kind of an
immediate song... but underneath that, it's a
song about a junkie's decline into speed
addiction."
Third Eye Blind
topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart
for 8 weeks with "Semi-Charmed Life."
 Third Eye Blind
hit the Top 40 with "Semi-Charmed Life."
Third Eye Blind
hit the Top 10 with "Semi-Charmed Life."
Third
Eye Blind was certified gold and the
single "Semi-Charmed Life" was certified
gold.
Third Eye Blind
hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Semi-Charmed Life."
"Semi-Charmed Life" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Airplay chart for 3
weeks.
The band won a Billboard Music
Award for Best Modern Rock Track ("Semi-Charmed Life").
Third
Eye Blind was certified platinum.
The band hit the Top 40 with
"How's
It Going To Be."
The band spent most of the year
touring in support of the LP, including
opening for U2 and the Rolling
Stones for a few dates, and then
headlining.
Third Eye Blind topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Modern
Rock Track ("Semi-Charmed Life").
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
 The band hit
the Top
10
with "How's
It Going To Be."
At the
California Music Awards, known as the Bammies
and formerly the Bay Area Music Awards, Third
Eye Blind won 3 awards (including Best Album,
Best Songwriting, and Best Debut Work).
Third
Eye Blind was certified 2x platinum.
At a Los
Angeles radio station festival, the bassist
for Green
Day and the bassist for Third Eye
Blind reportedly got into a scuffle that
resulted in scull injury and concert
cancellation. Reports stated that: Salazar of
Third Eye Blind appeared on stage during Green
Day's set and was kicked by Dirnt
of Green
Day after being tackled by security
guards and later, Salazar hit Dirnt in the
head with a beer bottle resulting in a skull
fracture. Other reports state a fan hit Dirnt
with the beer bottle. Salazar later stated:
"I am sorry that my attempt at doing
something I thought would be funny escalated
into Mike getting hurt. That was never my
intention. I simply had too much to drink and
made a very bad decision..." Green
Day cancelled a concert in
Sacramento the next night. Jenkins said to
MTV: "I think what started off as a
joke, Mike didn't think was funny... I know
that everybody in the band regrets that he
was injured. It's basically a joke that went
way over the line, and we definitely all hope
that Mike heals up."
 The band hit
the Top 40 with "Jumper."
Third
Eye Blind was certified 3x platinum.
The band hit
the Top
10
with "Jumper."
Third Eye Blind
returned #1 for 3 weeks with
"Jumper."
 # 116
Singles Artist of the Year
Third Eye Blind
were nominated for 2 American
Music Awards for
Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist and Favorite
Alternative Artist.
Third
Eye Blind was certified 4x platinum.
 Third Eye
Blind's next LP, Blue, was released. The
band was asked by their record company to
alter a song ("Slow Motion") due to
its "violent" lyrics such as 'Miss
Jones taught me English, but I think I just
shot her son / Cause he owed me money, with a
bullet in the chest / With a bullet in the
chest he cannot run / Now he's bleeding in a
vacant lot.'
The band
reacted to controversy over their song
"Slow Motion" by stating its an
anti-violence song, and lead singer, Stephan
Jenkins spoke out against the NRA's Charlton
Heston saying: "I believe very strongly
in gun control... Charlton can kiss my ass.
He's just the most well-spoken idiot I've
ever seen in my life and has no understanding
of the Constitution of the United States. The
British aren't coming you fool."
At the end of
the year, a New Year's Eve concert in
Washington, DC with Everclear and Fuel was cancelled for
undisclosed reasons.
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
 Third Eye Blind
were nominated for 7 California Music Awards.
Blue was certified gold.
The band hit
the Top 40 with "Never
Let You Go."
Third Eye Blind
hit the Top
10
with "Never
Let You Go."
Jenkins and
Cadogan won a California Music Award for
Outstanding Songwriters.
Blue was certified
platinum.
The former
guitarist for Third Eye Blind, Kevin Cadogan,
filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against
the band for fraud and breach of contract.
 Third Eye Blind
hit the Top 40 with "Deep
Inside You."
The band hit
the Top
10
with "Deep
Inside You."
Third Eye Blind could be heard
on the soundtrack for A
Knight's Tale with "Eye Conqueror."
Third Eye Blind
spent much of the year writing and readying
tracks for their next LP, which could include
a song co-written by Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit.
Third
Eye Blind was certified 6x platinum.
Jenkins could
be seen in the film Rock Star.
The band
reached a settlement with former guitarist
Kevin Cadogan.
 # 124
Singles Artist of the Year
 Third Eye Blind appeared on the
NBC series American Dreams
performing as The Kinks.
Third Eye Blind hit the Top 40
with "Blinded (When I See
You)."
Third Eye Blind released Out
Of The Vein.
# 138 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Third Eye Blind released Greatest
Hits.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Semi-Charmed Life" at # 34.
 Third Eye Blind released Ursa
Major.
Third Eye Blind
topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart, Top
Alternative Albums chart, and Top Digital
Albums chart with Ursa
Major.
 Third Eye Blind
will release Unplugged on June 24th.
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Third Eye Blind
Released: March, 1997
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 25
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Losing A
Whole Year" - "Narcolepsy"
- "Semi-Charmed Life" "Jumper" -
"Graduate" - "How's It Going To Be" -
"Thanks A Lot" - "Burning
Man" - "Good For You" -
"London" - "I Want
You" - "Background" -
"Motorcycle Drive By" -
"God Of Wine" |
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Blue
Released: November, 1999
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 40
Tracks:
"Anything" -
"Wounded" - "10 Days
Late" - "Never Let You Go" - "Deep Inside You" - "1000
Julys" - "An Ode To Maybe"
- "The Red Summer Sun" -
"Camouflage" -
"Farther" - "Slow
Motion" - "Darkness" -
"Darwin" |
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Out Of The Vein
Released: May, 2002
Billboard
peak:
# 12
Tracks: "Blinded (When I See
You)" - "Faster"
- "Crystal Baller" -
"Forget Myself" - "Get To
Be With You" - "Taste For
Danger" - "Another Life" -
"Wake For Young Souls" -
"Can't Get Away" - "Palm
Reader" - "Self Righteous"
- "Company" - "Good
Man" |
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Greatest Hits
Released: July,2005
Billboard
peak:
# 103
Tracks: "Semi-Charmed Life" -
"Losing A Whole Year" - "How's It Going To Be" - "Jumper" -
"Graduate" (remix) -
"Tattoo Of The Sun" - "Never Let You Go" - "Deep Inside You" -
"Anything" (acoustic) -
"10 Days Late" - "Blinded (When I See
You)" - "Crystal
Baller" - "My Time in
Exile" - "God Of Wine" -
"Motorcycle Drive By" -
"Forget Myself" -
"Wounded" - "Palm
Reader" - "Slow Motion" |
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Ursa Major
Released: August, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Can You
Take Me" - "Don't Believe A
Word" - "Bonfire" -
"Sharp Knife" - "One In
Ten" - "About To Break" -
"Summer Town" - "Why Can't
You Be" - "Water Landing"
- "Dao Of St. Paul" -
"Montov's Private Opera" -
"Carnival Barker" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Dopamine
Released: June 16, 2015
Tracks: "Everything
Is Easy" - "Shipboard
Cook" - "All The Souls" -
"Dopamine" - "Rites Of
Passage" - "Back To Zero"
- "Something In You" -
"Get Me Out Of Here" -
"Blade" - "All These
Things" - "Exiles" -
"Say It" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Thanks For Everything
Released: August 24, 2018
Tracks: "10" -
"F*** Forever" - "This
Isn't Our Paradise" - "Song Of
The Siren" - "Joke" -
"In The Fade" - "Blood
Bank" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Screamer
Released: October 20, 2019
Tracks:
"Screamer" (featuring Alexis
Krauss) - "The Kids Are Coming (To
Take You Down)" - "Ways" -
"Tropic Scorpio" - "Walk
Like Kings" - "Turn Me On"
- "Got So HIgh" - "Who Am
I" - "Light It Up" -
"2x Tigers" - "Take A
Side" - "Who Am I"
(acoustic) |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Our Bande Apart
Released: September 24,
2021
Tracks: "Goodbye To
The Days Of Ladies And Gentlemen" -
"Box Of Bones" -
"Again" - "Silverlake
Neophyte" - "Dust Storm (How We
Hold Each Other Right Now)" -
"The Dying Blood" -
"Funeral Singers" - "To
The Sea" - "Time In
Berlin" |
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40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
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including track listings and sound
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