Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind performing at the Wellmont Theater in 2023.
Background information
Also known as	3EB[1]
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock pop rock post-grunge power pop pop-punk
Works	Third Eye Blind discography
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Warner Elektra Mega Collider Megaforce[2]
Members	Stephan Jenkins Brad Hargreaves Kryz Reid Alex LeCavalier Colin Creev
Past members	Kevin Cadogan Jason Slater Adrian Burley Michael Urbano Arion Salazar Steve Bowman Tony Fredianelli Alex Kopp
Website	thirdeyeblind.com

Third Eye Blind (commonly abbreviated to 3EB) 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 lineup, Cadogan was released from the band under controversial circumstances.

The band continued, but with many lineup changes and long gaps between album releases for the next fifteen 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. The band's lineup stabilized again in the mid-2010s, adding Kryz Reid (lead guitar), Alex Kopp (keyboards), and Alex LeCavalier (bass guitar). The new lineup led to increased output with less time between releases - Dopamine (2015), and a string of EPs, We Are Drugs (2016) and Thanks for Everything (2018). After Kopp was replaced by Colin Creev,^[a] the sixth and seventh studio albums Screamer (2019) and Our Bande Apart (2021) were released.

The band found commercial success in the late 1990s, with Third Eye Blind and Blue certified platinum six times and single platinum in the United States, respectively.^[3] Several songs were commercial successes as well, with "Semi-Charmed Life", "Jumper", and "How's It Going to Be", all reaching the Top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, and "Never Let You Go" reaching the Top 20. Third Eye Blind has sold around twelve million records worldwide.^[4]

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