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Third Eye Blind/Smash Mouth: Electric Factory, Philadelphia

Chuck Eddy, Spin, May 1998

EVERYONE SCREAMED when thinks-he's-all-that Third Eye Blind singer Stephan Jenkins stripped off his jacket, but the consensus of the Bishop Eustace Prep debutantes in attendance was that the hottest babe in the band is actually blond guitarist Kevin Cadogan. To these girlfans, there was nothing "faceless" about these so-called one-hit wonders. I wish Joan Jett had been there to witness the teens holding hands during 'Semi-Charmed Life', harmonizing loudly on the line "She comes round and she goes down on me."

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