| Along with such
peers as Tonic and Matchbox Twenty, San Francisco's Third Eye Blind
broke through at a crucial juncture in the '90s music scene. In between
the twilight of grunge (from which they took some influence) and the
ascendancy of nu-metal, Third Eye Blind championed the values of
straight-ahead pop-rock with sparkling hooks and vocal harmonies
featured alongside hard-hitting guitars and drums in equal measure. They
hit it big straight out of the gate, with the infectious single
"Semi-Charmed Life" from their self-titled 1997 debut album,
and kept going strong past the turn of the century. |
