Is stephan jenkins gay
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There aren’t many musicians I can say I’ve wanted to date for the majority of my life. Probably just two… Taylor Hanson and Stephan Jenkins. So when Noisey asked me to go on a date with Stephan, obviously I graciously accepted, or squealed with joy, alike thing.
I was ten years old when Third Eye Blind’s debut record was released and became an obvious classic for any kid of the 90s. I remember getting my dad to drive me to Blockbuster (remember when they sold CDs?) to pick it up and then pay for it because I was ten and ten-year-olds don’t possess any money (thanks, Dad!). I sat in my room with my boom box listening to “God of Wine” on replay like any typical 10-year-old, wondering what Stephan was doing. In my adolescent world of pop song, Stephan was the first real rock guy that had entered my melody sphere.
Almost 20 years and five albums later, 3EB’s never let me down, especially with their latest release, Dopamine, which is quickly climbing its way up my end-of-the-year list. I tried hard to come up with intelligent and inquisitive questions that would spark thoughtful and continuous conversation between us, but then I got distracted by
This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of alt-rockers Third Eye Blind’s most beloved and important singles, “Jumper,” a song that is as relevant as when it came out, if not more. In an era when mental health, suicide, LGBTQ rights, and bullying are warm topics, the anthem continues to link with listeners of all ages.
Speaking to Yahoo Entertainment backstage at New Orleans’s Voodoo Music + Arts Experience before performing “Jumper” and other hits for a crazed crowd, 3EB frontman Stephan Jenkins recalls the inspiration behind the heavy track. “It’s really like what I would include said to a friend who jumped off the Coronado bridge and killed himself because he was gay in high school, and he chose that over being subjected to bullying,” he says.
Over the past 20 years, however, “Jumper” — originally written as a “noir, talking from after death,” with Jenkins pleading, “I desire you would step back from that ledge, my friend” — has change into a positive, crowd-rousing anthem. “The note of the tune is to propose that we own more understanding free for each other than we might give each other credit for,” Jenkins explains. “It says, ‘I would understand,’ and that
THIRD EYE BLIND: Two Semi-Charmed Hours With Stephan Jenkins
The Third Eye Blind frontman dishes on the band’s next album, trolling Republicans, and becoming ‘a whole person.’
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Interviewing Stephan Jenkins is favor herding cats or trying to get my very untrained puppy Mischa to do a trick. He evades questions, changes the subject, gets easily distracted, and takes minutes to finish sentences, often using as many as a dozen adjectives to explain one thing.
“This isn’t really an interview,” Jenkins tells me shortly after we meet up. “We’re just chit-chatting.”
It’s a little after 5 p.m. in the middle of the week, and we’re sitting on the patio at Zeitgeist, a metal bar in the Mission, because that’s where the Third Eye Blind frontman suggested we go.
For more than two hours we sit there, facing each other while seated on the same bench — because the din from the crowd and the live thrash band is so loud that our knees have to be touching for us to perceive one another.
“I feel self-conscious,” Jenkins complains, after I ask him to hold my recorder closer to his mouth so that it picks up what he’s saying. “I feel like, ‘Is this really what my voice
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>>By Pauly (Friday, 15 Nov 2002 22:25)
third eye blind is the foremost band around
>>By jpgllo (Friday, 6 Dec 2002 16:11)
They're so marvellous!!!! Love the lyrics so much.They have deep meanings.Especially "jumper".Can't help fallin' in love with Stephan Jenkins.Have you all known he's dating Vanessa Carlton???
>>By vee-na (Friday, 10 Jan 2003 10:23)
I am a depart hard third eye blind fan! i seen them tour with the goo's and vanessa carlton in wisconsin. the best experience i have ever had!
i gotta hand it to stephan jenkins and his crew, their music is finer than any melody around, just attend to their words! hopefully they will be around many more years.
>>By red99intrepid (Tuesday, 21 Jan 2003 06:38)
I can't wait until they come out with their new album "Out of the Vein"...it's been 3 long ass years without 3eb they're back! ;D
>>By 3ebROX (Tuesday, 18 Mar 2003