--- title: Third Eye Blind Trolls Republicans in Cleveland description: Republicans attending a Third Eye Blind concert Tuesday were upset after its frontman, Stephan Jenkins, spoke against conservative views canonical: https://time.com/4414619/third-eye-blind-gop-rnc-republicans-cleveland/ author: Emma Ockerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-20T14:14:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:23:25.948Z article:section: Politics og:title: Third Eye Blind Trolls Republicans at Cleveland Show og:description: The band voiced support for gay rights and slammed conservatives og:url: https://time.com/4414619/third-eye-blind-gop-rnc-republicans-cleveland/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fd44da6506358e6/69889cb20b72e300746ea426/third_eye_blind_cleveland_072016_.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival - Day 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Third Eye Blind Trolls Republicans at Cleveland Show twitter:description: The band voiced support for gay rights and slammed conservatives twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fd44da6506358e6/69889cb20b72e300746ea426/third_eye_blind_cleveland_072016_.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Third Eye Blind Trolls Republicans at Cleveland Show by [Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Jul 20, 2016 2:14 PM UTC  MANCHESTER, TN - JUNE 12: Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind performs during the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 12, 2016 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Josh Brasted/WireImage) MANCHESTER, TN - JUNE 12: Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind performs during the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 12, 2016 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Josh Brasted/WireImage)Josh Brasted—WireImage by [Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Jul 20, 2016 2:14 PM UTC Some attending a [Third Eye Blind concert](http://time.com/3737753/third-eye-blind-dashboard-confessional-tour/?iid=sr-link1) in Cleveland weren’t even semi-charmed by the ultra-’90s rock band Tuesday night after its frontman, Stephan Jenkins, spoke against conservative views during a charity concert held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Third Eye Blind declined to play its more popular hits at the concert — hosted by the Recording Industry Association of America and AT&T to [benefit nonprofit group Musicians On Call](http://www.musiciansoncall.org/site/PageNavigator/home) — including “Semi-Charmed Life,” [Cleveland.com reports](http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/07/conservatives%5Fboo%5Fthird%5Feye%5Fbl.html). Some attending [the Republican National Convention](http://time.com/4413583/republican-national-convention-ratings-up-from-2012-after-first-night/?iid=sr-link1), also happening in Cleveland this week, stopped by the show, which was reportedly intended to be RNC-friendly. Some booed Jenkins after he began talking politics on stage, showing support for LGBT rights and mockingly asking the crowd “who here believes in science?” Since the show, the band has taken to Twitter to express that Musicians On Call were “well aware” of the band’s “take on things,” and that they wouldn’t play an RNC-related event. One concert attendee tweeted at the band that she had “never been more disappointed,” to which its official account responded “good.” > [](https://twitter.com/PeterHamby/status/755638811565166593) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4414619/third-eye-blind-gop-rnc-republicans-cleveland/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4414619/third-eye-blind-gop-rnc-republicans-cleveland/"},"headline":"Third Eye Blind Trolls Republicans at Cleveland Show","datePublished":"2016-07-20T14:14:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:23:25.948Z","description":"Stephan Jenkins, the band's frontman, asked the crowd \"who here believes in science?\"","url":"https://time.com/4414619/third-eye-blind-gop-rnc-republicans-cleveland/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","Music","RNC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fd44da6506358e6/69889cb20b72e300746ea426/third_eye_blind_cleveland_072016_.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emma Ockerman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fd44da6506358e6/69889cb20b72e300746ea426/third_eye_blind_cleveland_072016_.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival - Day 4","caption":"2016 Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival - Day 4","creditText":"Josh Brasted—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4414619/third-eye-blind-gop-rnc-republicans-cleveland/","name":"Third Eye Blind Trolls Republicans at Cleveland Show"}}]}] ```