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вЂњI think he liked my directness,вЂќ Jenkins reflects. By the end of the meeting, Jenkins had finagled his way into an opening spot for OasisвЂ™ concert in San Francisco that same week. Third Eye BlindвЂ™s demos of вЂњHowвЂ™s It Going to BeвЂќ and вЂњSlow MotionвЂќ began circulating, leading to a meeting with Dave Massey of Epic. At one point, Gleason helped them sneak into George LucasвЂ™ Skywalker Ranch where he worked to record some songs, including the track вЂњSlow MotionвЂќ which would appear on the bandвЂ™s sophomore album Blue. A friend became their manager, and they met engineers David Gleason and Eric Dodd who worked with them on the songs Jenkins had been writing. His fierceness paid off: With no label connections and just demos of songs that didnвЂ™t fit in with their scene let alone the post-grunge sound that dominated rock radio at the time, things finally fell into place for the band. вЂњIt was just straight desperation: I have a song in me and abandoned any fallbacks. His struggle, as he sees it, made him вЂњfierce.вЂќ He lacked a self-conscious attitude and ego about his music. Just showing up at friendsвЂ™ houses for dinner. I would get enough money for coffee and fill it with half-and-half and sugar to get the calories and see it as a meal. вЂњMy mother thought I was on drugs,вЂќ the singer notes. вЂњIt was just straight desperation: I have a song in me and abandoned any fallbacks.вЂќ He wanted to вЂњmake a world according to his own desires,вЂќ against his parentsвЂ™ wishes. But at the time, Jenkins was taking a self-described вЂњvow of poverty,вЂќ having dedicated his life to music after forgoing opportunities to attend grad school. But then any activity would shut me down.вЂќДЄ lack of health insurance didnвЂ™t help matters. вЂњI would go to sleep and have these drenching night sweats and wouldnвЂ™t be able to sleep. вЂњI had this enormous vitality and energy that was just ripped away,вЂќ he recalls. At age 27, he was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating disorder that was suddenly triggered in his body. With his inspirations coalescing and a stable lineup formed, he still had another hurdle to jump. вЂњWith those rhythms as the latticework, then I could find this space for the lyrical narrative, but the emotional nature was much more goth-y.вЂќ

вЂњThat A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul thing was in my house and those rhythms were moving around,вЂќ he explains. He cites Cat Stevens as being as large an influence as Arrested Development, noting that the song вЂњI Want YouвЂќ wouldnвЂ™t have been written without the latter bandвЂ™s example. At the time, Jenkins was listening to a mish-mash of artists, ranging from Parliament-Funkadelic to Joy Division. They pulled together other locals to create the group, which included drummer Brad Hargreaves, the only other remaining member of the lineup that recorded the self-titled debut. Third Eye Blind finally formed in 1993 when Jenkins met guitarist Kevin Cadogan - who was later ousted from the band in 2000. вЂњIt was years later that I went, вЂI am the scene.

While San Francisco was filled with bands playing largely punk and post-punk, with some grunge offshoots, he wanted to create something to counter it. As cliques formed in the buzzing scene, Jenkins never felt like he truly fit in. We would save up enough for spaghetti and wine. The entire time, he lived with five people in an apartment above a bowling alley that had one bathroom. He lived on very little then while jumping around to different bands and gigs, trying to find something that clicked. вЂњIt looked like Oz, just driving over the Bay Bridge,вЂќ he adds. For a twentysomething who grew up in the elite Stanford area, Jenkins described the city as his вЂњOz.вЂќ Much like in Manhattan during that era, creativity in San Francisco was born out of desperation. вЂњWe were really the last of the continuum,вЂќ he says, tracing his roots back to that cityвЂ™s jazz scene in the early Fifties and to poets like Allen Ginsberg. Her hunger to break into writing mirrored his own hunger to make it as a musician in San Francisco, a city where in the Nineties, Jenkins says, the beatnik ethos was still very much alive. His girlfriend turned out to not actually be his girlfriend - an experience chronicled in вЂњMotorcycle Drive ByвЂќ - and has since become a high-powered magazine editor. вЂњIt also means that thereвЂ™s cheap rent still, and itвЂ™s through that that people can actually establish things.вЂќ вЂњI liked the edge on it, even though I know that the edge comes from want and disparity,вЂќ he expounds.

Though crime was prevalent, it was a city full of creatives, with a вЂњdaisy-age hip-hop sceneвЂќ that struck a chord with him. Years later, when he met his college-age girlfriend, who lived in a dorm on the edge of Washington Square Park, they would frequent places like King TutвЂ™s Wah Wah Hut in Alphabet City and вЂњdiceyвЂќ Thompson Square Park.

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