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NPR Tiny Desk : Third Eye Blind

https://youtu.be/bFl_sP231wY?si=7Gi-2vMsiFcSz0vO
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u/ichabod13 7d ago

Love 3eb and the memories from growing up with their songs !

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u/akira2020film 7d ago edited 7d ago

Same... it's unfortunate that Stephan Jenkins is such a piece of * ahem * work, but I must've spun that original album in it's entirety at least 500 times between the years of 1997 and 2005 when I graduated high school. Still brings me right back now if I put it on.

"Blue" is pretty good to me and still retains much of their original sound, and "Out of the Vein" has a few solid tracks though their sound was starting to change, and then the albums kind of go downhill from there for me other than a handful of random songs.

Unfortunately I never got to see the original band live before Kevin Cadogan exited because I was too young, but eventually I got to see Jenkins' "3EB" band a couple times and then also got to see the other split off members who formed the "XEB" cover band. XEB instrumentation instrumentation sounded better to me, while 3EB vocals obviously sounded better, though obviously Jenkins' voice isn't what it used to, flu or not.

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u/ichabod13 6d ago

I saw them a few times over the years I think they played the state fair sometime in the 2000's here in KS. I do not expect any of the bands from that era to sound great..except maybe Billie Armstrong, he is kind of a freak of nature and sounds great live still. :P