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"I'll Give You Anything" Slated
For Pop-Rock Band's
Second Album, Now in Production.
By: Gil Kaufman
SAN FRANCISCO - Pop-rockers Third Eye Blind treated a
hometown
audience to a sneak preview of their upcoming sophomore
album at a
secret show Thursday night.
"I'll Give You Anything,"
a driving rocker with a harder edge than
the songs on Third Eye Blind's self-titled debut, will
be on their
self-produced second album, according to Elektra Records
spokesperson
Joel Amsterdam. He said the band hopes to release the
LP in November.
"We're in the midst of recording a new album about four
blocks from
here," frontman Stephan Jenkins said before launching
into the short
rock tune. Dressed in khaki pants and a black, smocklike
shirt that
reached below his knees, Jenkins blasted through the
song's two
verses, repeating the chorus phrase "anything for you."
The concert at Maritime Hall was part of the ongoing series
of Miller
Genuine Draft "Blind Date" shows in which contest winners
are taken
to a secret shows. Past Blind Date shows have featured
such rockers
as Foo Fighters, Hole and Stone Temple Pilots.
Groove-rockers the Afghan Whigs opened the show, mixing
such riginals
as "Miles Iz Ded" and "Gentlemen" with snippets and covers
of songs
by Prince, Stevie Wonder and raunch-rappers 2 Live Crew.
Third Eye Blind took the stage around 10 p.m. and hit
the several
hundred fans with a few tracks from the band's self-titled
1997 debut
before unveiling the new song.
The band, which also includes guitarist Kevin Cadogan,
drummer Brad
Hargreaves and bassist Arion Salazar, continued with
metallic-pop
versions of "Thanks a Lot" and "Jumper" (RealAudio excerpt).
During
the latter, Jenkins confronted an audience member, asking,
"Do you
think you can faze me? F--- you. Get the f--- out of
here or I'll
kick your f---ing ass."
They then played another song, "Horror
Show," that may be on the new
album, according to Amsterdam. It also appeared on the
soundtrack to
"Varsity Blues," released in January.
While relying on the same power-pop formula that drove
Third Eye
Blind to sales of 4 million copies, "Horror Show" also
was edged with
a mix of heavy-metal guitars and a bottom-heavy beat.
Other Third Eye Blind hits revisited during the show included
"Losing
a Whole Year," "Narcolepsy"
and "How's It Going to Be", in which the
band included a hip-hop-flavored snippet of the Who's
"Baba O'Riley."
The quartet ended the set with a sludgy cover of Van
Halen's "Ain't
Talkin' 'Bout Love."
Throughout the show, several spinning logos for the show's
sponsor
flashed on the walls while winners who were bused in
from Santa Rosa,
Calif., nearly two hours north of San Francisco, lined
up for free
beer and pizza. Belligerent fans engaged in at least
a half-dozen
fights in the mosh pit.
Many seemed not to care who was onstage. "I had no idea
it was going
to be Third Eye Blind," Jeff Geyert, 26, of San Francisco
said. Asked
if he was happily surprised, Geyert said, "Whatever,
man. I don't
care. I'm just really f---ed up."