![]() Third Eye Blind had its own dramas brewing behind the scenes. Other tours went less smoothly: On a gig with Oasis Cadogan accidentally threw a Coke can toward Liam Gallagher, who pulled a knife on him. The band also opened some dates on U2's Popmart tour. Four further singles came from the self-titled debut album, which went sextuple platinum. Like many of their songs, it combined an upbeat surface with darker undertones: Though it reads as a love/sex song, Jenkins said it was about the drug-fueled atmosphere of the San Francisco scene, and was inspired by Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side." The song appeared in numerous TV shows and movies (notably American Pie, and even had the honor of being sung in a "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medley. ![]() The debut single "Semi-Charmed Life" was an immediate hit, topping Billboard's Modern Rock chart. The duo already had interest from various labels, and Jenkins increased their bargaining power by producing the Braids' hit version of "Bohemian Rhapsody." After spotlighting their songs in a series of showcase gigs they signed with Elektra, with the two founders as the band's core and rotating support members. The band began in San Francisco 1993 as a songwriting collaboration between Kevin Cadogan, a guitarist who'd studied with Joe Satriani, and Stephan Jenkins, a singer who'd been in the duo Puck and Natty. ![]() Third Eye Blind was one of the most successful post-grunge bands, combining the raw guitar sound of the Nirvana era with radio-friendly, classic-rock leanings. ![]()
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