Third Eye Blind

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I seem to remember dudes who tried to live on the cusp of values, or not, mentioning that band.

Like the people who try to dabble in a bit of everything so they can just seem interesting.

We called them jackoffs of all trades.

No.

Saw them in Atlanta a couple years ago and they were so bad, we left early. The singer is so full of himself and would talk about absolutely nothing for 10 minutes between songs that no one had ever heard before.

Jenkins is a narcissistic douchebag who happens to be a fantastic songwriter/lyricist, Out of the Vein was a really good 3rd release for all the self titled/blue crowd. Motorcycle Drive By is a song that very few artist have the ability to create.

I side with Jim Derogatis on them.

Much better studio sound than concert. A concert can ruin your image of them.

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Jenkins is a narcissistic douchebag who happens to be a fantastic songwriter/lyricist, Out of the Vein was a really good 3rd release for all the self titled/blue crowd. Motorcycle Drive By is a song that very few artist have the ability to create.

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^Spot on summary here.

I probably listened to their self-titled album hundreds of times in high school.

First album was great all the way through. They haven't done anything of worth since then, besides the single from the album after that.

I guess I'm in the minority on this board. The first time I heard "Semi-Charmed Life", my friend and I couldn't control our laughter, it was so nauseatingly cheesy....and when I'd heard how douchey & self-important Jenkins was, that actually made it even more hysterical to us. To us, that song perfectly encapsulated everything that was wrong with rock radio at the time...