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Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label recording contract with Elektra Records in 1996. The band released their self-titled debut album in 1997, with the band largely consisting of Jenkins (vocals, rhythm guitar), Cadogan (lead guitar), Arion Salazar (bass guitar), and Brad Hargreaves (drums). Shortly after the release of the band's second album in 1999, ''Blue'', with the same line-up, Cadogan was released from the band under controversial circumstances. The band continued, but with many line-up changes and long gaps between album releases for the next 15 years. The band released '' Out of the Vein'' in 2003 and ''Ursa Major'' in 2009 with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, but parted ways with him shortly afterwards, leaving only Jenkins and Hargreaves as the remaining core members. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dopamine (Third Eye Blind Album)
''Dopamine'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Third Eye Blind, released on June 16, 2015. It is the band's first studio album since 2009's ''Ursa Major (Third Eye Blind album), Ursa Major''. Third Eye Blind worked on ''Dopamine'' from 2010 to 2015. The album's first single, "Everything Is Easy", was released on May 8, 2015, along with a cover version of the Beyoncé song "Mine (Beyoncé song), Mine". The album debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, selling over 21,000 copies in its first week. Background The band spoke of a fifth album as early as 2009, upon releasing their fourth studio album, ''Ursa Major (Third Eye Blind album), Ursa Major''. Material had been written and recorded sporadically over the course of six years since their third album, ''Out of the Vein'', resulting in such a wealth of material that the band considered releasing it as a double album, ''Ursa Major'' being the main album, and ''Ursa Minor (Third Eye Blind album), Ursa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State University Of New York At Geneseo
The State University of New York College at Geneseo (SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo State College or, colloquially, "Geneseo") is a public liberal arts college in Geneseo, New York. It is New York's public honors college and part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The college was founded in 1867 as the "Wadsworth Normal and Training School" before it became part of the new State University of New York system as a state liberal arts college in 1948. History The initial predecessor to SUNY Geneseo opened in 1867 as the "Wadsworth Normal and Training School" through an act of the New York State Legislature. However, the legislature later changed the new college's name to the Geneseo Normal and Training School before it officially opened on September 13, 1871. In 1962, the school adopted its current name, "State University of New York College at Geneseo". Just two years later, in 1964, the school began to offer four-year bachelor's degrees in subjects other than education. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumper (Third Eye Blind Song)
"Jumper" is a song by American rock band Third Eye Blind from their eponymous debut studio album (1997). The song was written and produced by frontman Stephan Jenkins, with additional production by Eric Valentine. Elektra Records released it as the fifth and final single from the album on August 4, 1998. An alternative rock and acoustic power pop song, "Jumper"'s lyrics concern an act of suicide, as Jenkins urges for a greater amount of human compassion. Music critics found the lyrics of "Jumper" to tread familiar territory, but some of them praised the track's overall composition. In the United States, the song peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in addition to peaking in the top ten for several genre-specific charts. It also reached the top ten in Canada. The song was recorded and mixed in and around San Francisco at Toast Studios, Skywalker Ranch, H.O.S., and The Site by Valentine. "Jumper" is a lament centrally inspired by the suicide of a bullied gay teena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semi-Charmed Life
"Semi-Charmed Life" is a song by American rock band Third Eye Blind from their 1997 eponymous debut studio album. It was released to modern rock radio as the lead single from the album on February 18, 1997, by Elektra Records. Frontman Stephan Jenkins is credited as the sole writer of the song, although guitarist Kevin Cadogan has disputed the song's authorship through litigation. The song was produced by Jenkins and Eric Valentine. An alternative rock and power pop song with a rap-influenced singing style, the lyrics of "Semi-Charmed Life" concern a crystal meth addiction and transition periods in one's life. "Semi-Charmed Life" was one of the first demos recorded for ''Third Eye Blind'', in which it went through five iterations before the band settled on its final mix. Valentine recorded and mixed the song in and around San Francisco at Toast Studios, Skywalker Ranch, H.O.S., and The Site. The instrumentation used in the song includes guitars, brushes, and a drum machine. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Bande Apart
''Our Bande Apart'' is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind. It was released on September 24, 2021. Background After releasing their sixth studio album, ''Screamer'', in October 2019, Third Eye Blind was able to complete the first leg of the tour supporting it but was forced to cancel the second leg in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic—the first time they had to cancel in 22 years. Unable to tour, the band turned to recording further music. Writing and recording Stephan Jenkins started the writing sessions for the album in early 2020, in seclusion, under lockdown in the early days of the pandemic. Recording began as soon as the lockdowns ended and the band could reassemble. Jenkins noted the sessions were the most enjoyable he had ever experienced, due to everyone's excitement to be together and creating music again. Plans for the release initially started as an EP while recording first demos, but later expanded to a full-length album. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screamer (album)
''Screamer'' is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind. It was released on October 18, 2019 by Mega Collider Records. Background Frontman Stephan Jenkins had made many different comments about the prospect of the band recording a sixth studio album prior to the release of ''Screamer''. As far back as 2012, Jenkins stated that the band would not ever make a sixth studio album, stating that after the release of their fifth studio album, 2015's ''Dopamine'', they would cease recording full albums in favor of touring and recording smaller EP releases. In the coming years, the band would focus on EP releases, including '' We Are Drugs'' in 2016, a cancelled EP entitled ''Summer Gods'' that was supposed to explore trap music in 2017, and an EP of cover songs, '' Thanks for Everything'', in 2018. Jenkins' stance on recording an album wavered at times in this era, sometimes referring to ''Summer Gods'' as an album and explaining that the recordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanks For Everything (EP)
''Thanks for Everything'' is an EP by Third Eye Blind. It consists of seven cover songs and was released on August 24, 2018. Background After extensive gaps in album releases by the band between their last studio albums, six years between '' Out of the Vein'' (2003) and ''Ursa Major'' (2009), followed by another six years until ''Dopamine'' (2015), Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins announced the band would be moving away from full-album releases in favor of more frequent, smaller EP releases moving forward. Jenkins made good on the promise, just a year later releasing the seven-track EP '' We Are Drugs''. The band's next plans included releasing a 2017 EP called ''Summer Gods'', to coincide with a tour of the same name, and would have explored a variety of new sounds for the band, including trap music. However, the EP was not finished in time to be released during the tour, and was instead changed into simply a live album of performances from the tour. In June 2018, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are Drugs
''We Are Drugs'' is a studio EP by American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind. Preceded by the singles " Cop vs. Phone Girl" and "Company of Strangers", ''We Are Drugs'' was released on October 7, 2016. Background As early as 2012, Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins stated that following the release of their fifth album, they would cease releasing full albums, in favor of smaller EP releases. After the band released their fifth album, ''Dopamine'', in June 2015, Jenkins stated there were five to six songs from the ''Dopamine'' sessions that—once he had time to finish them after the band finished touring to support ''Dopamine''—he would want to release. Several months later, Jenkins began discussing plans for a new EP release in mid-2016. Writing and recording Contrary to the band's previous few albums—'' Out of the Vein'' (2003), ''Ursa Major'' (2009), and ''Dopamine'' (2015), which were recorded over the course of four to six years—the band was limited to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 revolutions per minute, rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm LP record, long play (LP), but , also applies to mid-length Compact disc, CDs and Music download, downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and less time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as Mini-LP, mini-albums. Background History EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were Vertic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Fredianelli
Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label recording contract with Elektra Records in 1996. The band released their self-titled debut album in 1997, with the band largely consisting of Jenkins (vocals, rhythm guitar), Cadogan (lead guitar), Arion Salazar (bass guitar), and Brad Hargreaves (drums). Shortly after the release of the band's second album in 1999, ''Blue'', with the same line-up, Cadogan was released from the band under controversial circumstances. The band continued, but with many line-up changes and long gaps between album releases for the next 15 years. The band released '' Out of the Vein'' in 2003 and ''Ursa Major'' in 2009 with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, but parted ways with him shortly afterwards, leaving only Jenkins and Hargreaves as the remaining core members. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major (Third Eye Blind Album)
''Ursa Major'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Third Eye Blind. Released on August 18, 2009, on the group's own Mega Collider label, ''Ursa Major'' was the group's first studio album in over six years.Graff, Gary"Third Eye Blind Debuts ''Ursa Major'' At SXSW" billboard.com. March 22, 2009Drew, Ian"Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins Talks ''Ursa Major'', Fierce Fans" ''Rolling Stone''. August 11, 2009. The first single from the album was "Don't Believe a Word", which debuted on the radio June 5, 2009. Background Frontman Stephan Jenkins had intended for the album to be released in 2007 but didn't feel that it was complete, and writer's block slowed down the album's progress.Reuter, Annie"Third Eye Blind Back from Hibernation" ''Marie Claire''. Date Unknown. In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Jenkins also noted that the recording industry had "just collapsed" following the release of ''Out of the Vein''. The working title of the album was ''The Hideous Stren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
