Yeah, I've seen Third Eye Blind twice. They aren't as popular now as they use to be - the first album was a big hit. I saw them at Woodstock in Bethel, NY about 5 years ago...during a break in between songs, the singer said, "Know what I don't understand? I look out in the crowd, and all I see is WHITE PEOPLE!"
People didn't know how to react - there was silence.
Then he said, "Isn't that f*&@d up? I think color is beautiful, don't you?!?!" Then everyone cheered like crazy. Then one by one, anyone and everyone that wasn't white in the crowd got hoisted up onto peoples shoulders, and everyone cheered. I was with a few buddies right up front, and got hoisted up pretty quickly - he came over to me, pointed at me and said "what's up brotha!" Lemme tell ya, I'll never forget that. It's quite the feeling looking out over a crowd of tens of thousands of people cheering at ya. And I thought it was cool that he was pointing out the obvious culture block in our society when it comes to music. To this day I don't understand why blacks aren't into rock n roll - whites are into hip hop and rap more than blacks are into rock for some reason. I've been to tons of rock concerts and have always been able to count the number of blacks there on two hands.
go figure.
Jimi Hendrix, a black man, had a MAJOR influence on rock...you would think he would've inspired more blacks throughout the years, but i guess not. The only black rock artists I can think of are Lenny Kravitz and Living Colour, who have broken up. Well..there was Hootie and the Blowfish, but that's more pop rock. One metal band had a black singer too, but I can't recall their name...anyone know?? Wait, was it Mr. Big or King's X? One of them...
I've seen him a few times and just got Mushroom Jazz 4 on VINYL.