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[ROCK] Third Eye Blind has taken some unexpected turns in its 20-year recording career, but one thing is for sure: if you were paying attention to pop music at all in 1997, you should be able to sing along to at least half of the songs on the San Francisco band’s self-titled debut. “Semi-Charmed Life,” “Graduate,” “How’s It Going to Be,” “Losing a Whole Year,” and “Jumper” were all released as singles, while “Narcolepsy” enjoyed AOR airplay as if it was also a single. Released on April 8, 1997, Third Eye Blind went on to sell over six million copies in the US alone, and Rhino is celebrating the disc’s 20 year anniversary with a deluxe —two CDs or three LPs that include newly released demo recordings. This is also the impetus for the band’s Summer Gods Tour, which comes to Darien Lake on Thursday, June 29. Front man Stephan Jenkins is still running the show, but the only other member from the band’s commercial heyday is drummer Brad Hargreaves. Although former lead guitarist Kevin Cadogan assisted in the writing of the first two 3EB albums, his 2000 departure was contentious, leaving behind questions about Jenkins’ character that remain unanswered to this day. Don’t let that stop you from enjoying the trip down memory lane, however: after a half dozen lesser known tunes selected from their other releases (including a couple from the new EP, We Are Drugs) they’ve been performing Third Eye Blind in its entirety, followed by an encore that includes “Never Let You Go,” from 1999’s Blue – worth it! Arrive early for opening sets from oceanparkstandoff and Silversun Pickups.