…there are more kids than I ever, in my wildest dreams, thought possible, that love Third Eye Blind and consider them their favorite band EVER. I don’t know how this happened. I really, really, really don’t. But it did. I don’t really understand how it could, and would love to be enlightened. But seriously, kids think Stephen Jenkins is a fucking hero genius, while lots of people over the age of 27 had absolutely no idea he was even relevant. While those of us over 27 had left him for dead, basically, Stephen Jenkins was being hailed by the kids as their biggest musical influence and inspiration. What. The. Fuck?
Well, now you know.
I was talking to one of my musical heroes recently and she asked me what the 90s revival was all about. When I told her “Well, I’m glad you’re sitting down because when I tell you what i know, you might faint or cry: The 90s revival is all about Third Eye Blind. It’s not about Nirvana, it’s not about Hole, it’s not about Pearl Jam, Green Day or Beck whose constant stream of musical input has lasted til now. It’s not about any of the bands that Rolling Stone or SPIN hailed as the saviors of mankind… it’s all about Third Eye Blind.
Well, now you know.
I was talking to one of my musical heroes recently and she asked me what the 90s revival was all about. When I told her “Well, I’m glad you’re sitting down because when I tell you what i know, you might faint or cry: The 90s revival is all about Third Eye Blind. It’s not about Nirvana, it’s not about Hole, it’s not about Pearl Jam, Green Day or Beck whose constant stream of musical input has lasted til now. It’s not about any of the bands that Rolling Stone or SPIN hailed as the saviors of mankind… it’s all about Third Eye Blind.
ultragrrrl’s THIRD EYE BLIND EXPLAINED, via nikography
Third-Eye Blind is definitely the sound of the nineties. The nasal tone, the weird pronunciation, the heavy guitars* of “Semi-Charmed Life” instantly scream 1997—unlike the above-mentioned Nirvana: “Nevermind” sounds as fresh as the day it was released in 1991.
It’s understandable that folks would want the sound of the nineties to be one of the best bands of the nineties, but that’s not going to happen any more than Radiohead will ever be hailed as the sound of the 00s. Although, like ultragrrrl, I thought of Third Eye Blind as a joke band, I get it. I can see why the kids like it.
*See also: Blink 182, Live.
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