The enduring San Francisco band hits the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on Saturday, Oct. 7.
Embed from Getty ImagesWhen you’re in a rock band that tours as much as Third Eye Blind, little things sometimes loom large.
On a mid-September afternoon, front man Stephan Jenkins is having a bite to eat while he chats with The Journal News by phone from the Elmwood Park Amphitheater in downtown Roanoke, Virginia.
“I’m enjoying a chicken Caesar here,” the California native says. “They’ve got free range organic chicken in Roanoke, Virginia. How about that?”
After kicking off Oct. 5 in Providence, Rhode Island, the tour takes the band to Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, and to Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre on Oct. 7.
Looking back on the songs from Third Eye Blind’s self-titled debut album, released 20 years ago, Jenkins remains proud of the work that first brought him fame. The work has endured, he says, even if it means something different now.
“I’m not the same person I was,” he explains. “It’s funny, I can revisit that person, and know that person and have more affection and appreciation for that person than I did when I was that person.”
He describes the person who wrote and recorded that album as “somebody who was very flawed.”
“There was a real drive,” he recalls. “That person had a real rage to live and a drive that was impressive. And, so yeah, I like that person.”
He resists describing how he sees himself today.
“I don’t know, I’ll tell you in 20 years. I’m not gifted with self- knowledge.
CLICK HERE to read more of Jenkins’ insights in the full interview on lohud.com.
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