Third Eye Blind's Biography

With their 1997 debut album, Third Eye Blind went from upstart band to chart topping success, garnering a tremendous fan base, scoring five hit singles and surpassing quadruple-platinum status. They reture with Blue, their explosive, highly anticipated follow-up, jammed with the same affecting rock songcraft that's established them as a major act on the front line of modern rock.

By reeling off some of the most anthemic songs of 1997, 1998 and into 1999, including Semi-Charmed Life, Graduate, How's It Going To Be, Losing A Whole Year and Jumper, this San Francisco quartet remained on the Billboard Top Albums for well over a year.

Songwirter/guitarist and frontman Stephan Jenkins writes from what he calles a very real place where there is darkness, but also reconciliation. On Blue, the guitar-fueled energy and the hybrid emotions of Jenkin's vocals cradle the imager and intellect of the songs. Like their debut, Blue is packet tight with radio pleasers, though this release finds the band playing with more urgency without sacrificing melody or subtly. Highlight include the roaring punk rocker Anything, the gloriously appealing pop track, Never Let You Go and the wrenching Deep Inside of You. In support of their debut album, Third Eye Blind landed tours with U2 and Rolling Stones, and headlined some major arenas on their own. They will be touring across the globe through the better part of 2000.

Blue was produced by Stephan Jenkins and Third Eye Blind.