Third Eye Blind at 'Almost Acoustic Christmas'

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Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind joins Megan Holiday backstage at KROQ's 'Almost Acoustic Christmas' 2025.

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00:00It is 106.7 KROQ, KROQ, American Holiday.

00:07I'm here with Stephen Jenkins for Third Eye Blind.

00:09Hello, my friend.

00:11It's so nice to be back with you.

00:11We were already talking about your outfit.

00:12Has everybody already talked to the whole thing?

00:14They don't know.

00:14The people listening don't know about it.

00:16It's Hugh Hefner Christmas.

00:17Yes, indeed.

00:18It's really a vibe.

00:19I approve.

00:20Thank you very much.

00:21You were telling me about I did a liner for you about driving through the night.

00:26Yes, you did.

00:27Megan Holiday is still driving through the night.

00:29The drive goes on.

00:30The drive goes on forever.

00:32Megan Holiday in the Endless Night.

00:34There it is.

00:35There's your new one.

00:36Just put them next to each other.

00:37And my best friend is right there, and we were listening to it on the way over,

00:40and we are obsessed with it.

00:42Hello, best friend.

00:43So I can't wait to pull that clip and keep it forever.

00:45Speaking of pulling, I'm glad that I pulled you for an interview.

00:48I'm glad this worked out.

00:49You never know how it's going to go.

00:50I feel like you're in charge of the interview here.

00:53I yield.

00:54But here's the thing is you've played a lot of our Acoustic Christmases in years past.

01:00We love you.

01:01I've played more than a few.

01:02Yes, you have.

01:03And I was wondering, because you brought up a great memory before we went live,

01:08and I would love for you to share that.

01:09I was telling you about the very first Acoustic Christmas I played.

01:13I was walking out on stage, and this girl was wearing this big, black, fake fur coat.

01:18And I go, give us your coat, in some fake British accent.

01:23And she loans me her coat.

01:24And I go walking out on stage on it, and I start strutting around.

01:28And I look over to my right, and David Bowie is standing there with this sort of bemused look on his face.

01:33And it's the thin white dude.

01:35And so all of this swagger that I had just melted right on the floor.

01:38And I'm like, oh, okay, I mean, I'm here as long as it's okay with you.

01:43Oh, my God.

01:44No one can out-swag David Bowie ever.

01:46I was completely, completely lost.

01:48Did you talk to him?

01:49It was a great feeling.

01:49It's something, like, I carry with me from, did I talk to him?

01:53Yeah.

01:53Oh, no, I didn't talk to him.

01:55Yeah, I know.

01:55It's too scary.

01:55I couldn't do it.

01:56Yeah.

01:57But still, it was quite a moment.

01:59I don't even know what I would do if I had ever gotten to see David Bowie in real life.

02:02It's one of those moments where you just go, is this really happening right now?

02:05Yeah, I turned into a puddle right there on stage.

02:06Yeah, I love it.

02:07And then, yeah, I got it back together eventually.

02:11But that's, yeah, that's my very first memory of K-Rock Acoustic Christmas.

02:17And there have been, you just keep asking us back and you keep playing our band.

02:22I know.

02:22Since then, we've never been out of rotation.

02:25Third Eye Blind has been on rotation ever since.

02:27So when you ask us to come play with it, we're down to come play with it.

02:31And I think, I think we're the only band out here tonight who does not have a current, like, new album that we're...

02:42Yes, this is true, which is, I wanted to ask you, are you working on this stuff?

02:46Yes, I am.

02:47I'm trying to finish the lyrics, but Third Eye Blind lyrics, there's too many of them.

02:50I wish I could write less.

02:52But I have to write too many lyrics and I'm in the process of writing too many lyrics.

02:56As soon as I do, then we'll have a new Third Eye Blind record.

03:00Oh my God.

03:01Obviously, we'd love to come back.

03:03I'm so excited.

03:04I've been such a fan for a long time.

03:06In my opinion, your self-titled album is one of my all-time favorite albums.

03:11It is perfect in its entirety.

03:13I'm very excited to hear the new stuff that you've got going on.

03:16And I want to ask you, because, you know, mental health is such an important thing in this day and age, right?

03:21So what do you do to just take care of the space in between your ears?

03:25Oh, I was thinking about that.

03:26A lot of people who I really admire kind of have something bordering on nervous breakdowns.

03:39And how do you take care of it?

03:45I think we just got to hold on to each other and buck up because we're in the middle of a really rough ride right now

03:51and just kind of acknowledge it and just try to find a couple people you can actually physically hug and hold on to.

03:57Yes.

03:57That's the best advice I have.

03:59And stay hydrated.

04:00Yes.

04:01Yeah.

04:01Live your life in alignment with, you know, being ready for a struggle.

04:05For a long road and a long night drive.

04:08Electrolytes, baby.

04:09Yeah.

04:09Megan Holiday.

04:10I just love saying that.

04:11You tell that story.

04:13You tell the story.

04:13People don't even know what I'm talking about.

04:15Really quickly, we were at the hotel.

04:18This was, I don't know, 2018 or something.

04:20We met you backstage in the Pumpkins dressing room and then we all went over to the hotel.

04:25We're hanging out.

04:26And then I grabbed you and you go, hey, will you make me a drop for the radio so that I could play it?

04:31And then you took my phone and that's when you talked about how you're like, you're listening to Megan Holiday.

04:35You're driving through the night.

04:37Don't turn this show off.

04:38You were just saying all this stuff and it was so hilarious and amazing.

04:41Why am I always in the Smashing Pumpkins dressing room?

04:44That is a great question, Stephen.

04:46They're vegans.

04:47That is a great, yeah, he was eating like a quinoa bowl.

04:49And she's eating like a bowl of kale.

04:51And kale.

04:51Of kale.

04:52And quinoa, yeah.

04:53I know, and makeup, full makeup.

04:55Full makeup.

04:55Mm-hmm.

04:56Billy just eats Christmas kale.

04:58Yeah.

04:58No dressing.

04:59Just chomps it down.

05:00Just raw, yeah.

05:01Picture of health.

05:02Raw dogging, you know.

05:03Well, okay, Stephen Jenkins, thank you so much for coming by.

05:06Hey, have you seen The Paradox?

05:07Because I have to go.

05:08Oh, yeah.

05:08I want to go see them play right now.

05:09Go and see them right now.

05:10They're going to play right now.

05:11Yes.

05:12All of you, what?

05:14Oh, okay.

05:15They're just about to start.

05:16Okay, well, maybe.

05:17I'm hearing you saying they're just about to start and I didn't just miss them.

05:20All right.

05:21Stephen Jenkins.

05:21Well, don't miss them next time.

05:23Third Eye Blind.

05:23Thanks for having me, you guys.

05:25Yeah, Acoustic Christmas.

05:26Whoop, whoop.

05:27Whoop.

05:28Whoop.

05:29Whoop.

05:30Whoop.

05:31Whoop.

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