Step Back From That Ledge, My Friend: Rock Band Enrages RNC Concertgoers

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2014 file photo, Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind performs during Music Midtown 2014 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. An Atlanta man was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication ... FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2014 file photo, Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind performs during Music Midtown 2014 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. An Atlanta man was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication after police say he boarded a tour bus for the rock band and got into a fight with the group’s manager. The Athens Banner-Herald reports that it happened Saturday, March 26, 2016, following the band's concert at the Georgia Theatre in downtown Athens. (Photo by Katie Darby/Invision/AP, File) MORE LESS
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All Third Eye Blind, the ’90s rock band, wanted to do Tuesday night was play its songs at a charity event at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame near the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Plus trash Donald Trump.

Republicans certainly weren’t feeling it.

The band drew a round of “boos” after the lead singer, Stephan Jenkins, began speaking in support of LGBT rights and hinted at his dislike for Trump.

“You can boo all you want, but I’m the motherfucking artist up here,” Jenkins told his audience.

Some fans were dismayed that the band didn’t play its hits like “Semi-Charmed Life,” as cleveland.com reported.

Here’s some of the evidence social media has to offer us the morning after:

The band even took its trolling to Twitter after the concert:

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  1. Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable.

  2. By the way, Third Eye Blind’s first album is legitimately good. I don’t care what the haters say.

  3. Avatar for grack grack says:

    Ugh. So now I have respect for a pop candy band… (and tbh I’ve always secretly rocked out a little to them in my head). This truly is the hell freezes over election.

  4. “You can boo all you want, but I’m the motherfucking artist up here,” Jenkins told his audience.

    Given the GOP’s desire to do away with political correctness, I must assume they wholeheartedly embrace these comments.

  5. LOL!! Yay!! Makes me like Third Eye Blind that much more. I have fond memories from my youth, bar-hopping and seeing these guys up on screen, people dancing or watching the videos. Cool band.

    Who here believes in science? – I love it! Thanks, guys! Also, thanks for standing up for the LGBT community!!

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