I like Metal God better,” Jenkins says, “but the marketing department says Rock Star is better. It was a ball.” But he, like others, isn’t so sure about the new title, switched from Metal God after the studio couldn’t come to terms with former Priest singer Rob Halford, who holds the copyright to that name. “I play his arch nemesis,” Jenkins reports. Jenkins, of course, will also be on the big screen in April in Rock Star, the Judas Priest-inspired film that stars Mark Wahlberg as a singer in a heavy metal tribute band who gets a chance to sing with the real group. Jenkins says recording for that will probably take place in February but that the group still isn’t sure what else will be on it.Īlso on the horizon is a documentary about Third Eye Blind on the road by filmmaker Sophie Constantino “It’s about the rhythm of touring and sort of lets people into the feeling of being in a rock band.” Going Hollywood The EP is the long-expected independent release that’s being financed by 3eb’s label, Elektra, in exchange for taking the vocals off the controversial Blue track “Slow Motion.” The song’s lyrics tell of a youth shooting the son of his teacher. We feel the axis of the world tilting in our direction again.” And we feel like music is changing towards us. The feeling of the band is so good everything is so healthy now. “I feel like we’re poised to do the best work we’ve ever done. The songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996, which was later reported as the largest publishing deal ever for an unsigned artist.

“We’ll be making an EP and the third album, doing a bunch of recording this year,” he says. Third Eye Blind (sometimes abbreviated as 3eb) is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. That said, the outspoken singer is brimming with confidence over the group’s plans for the near future - which include an appearance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Sunday night on ABC. Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco.

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