Editing Stephan Jenkins (section)

== Early life ==

Jenkins was born in [[Indio, California]]. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Wisconsin where his father was a professor of political science at the [[University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]], after graduating from [[Northwestern University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.milwaukeemag.com/qa-third-eye-blind-singer-stephan-jenkins/ | title=Our Q&A with Third Eye Blind Singer Stephan Jenkins |website=MilwaukeeMag.com | date=June 30, 2017 }}</ref> They later moved to [[Palo Alto, California]] when Stephan was six.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/cover/1997_Jun_6.ARTS06.html|title=Blind-sided|last=Harrington|first=Jim|date=June 6, 1997|website=Palo Alto Online|access-date=July 1, 2017}}</ref> When he was seven years old, his parents divorced. His mother became an alcoholic.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/its-time-to-make-room-for-struggling-renters_b_57632171e4b0ed0729a15e78 | title=It's Time to Make Room for Struggling Renters | date=June 17, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/He-can-see-clearly-now-Third-Eye-Blind-s-2653924.php | title=He can see clearly now / Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins looks at success, love, creativity | newspaper=Sfgate | date=April 20, 2003 | last1=Guthrie | first1=Julian }}</ref> During elementary school, he had [[dyslexia]], causing him to repeat first grade. His father, who later got positions at Stanford and then the University of California, Berkeley, would help him with his dyslexia. He attended [[Gunn High School|Henry M. Gunn Senior High School]] and graduated in 1983.<ref name=":0" /> Jenkins got interested in music early in life. He recalls creating original musical works at the age of five using pots and pans on the floor of his kitchen at home in northern California. In 1987, he graduated from [[University of California, Berkeley]], with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in English literature.<ref name="Guthrie">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/20/PK64418.DTL&type=entertainment|title=He can see clearly now|first=Julian|last=Guthrie|date=April 20, 2003|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref name="Selvin">{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Blind-Ambition-Third-Eye-Blind-leader-Stephan-2893749.php|title=Blind Ambition|first=Joel|last=Selvin|date=November 28, 1999|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref name="chronicle">{{cite news |title=Frankly, 3EB's Stephan Jenkins is older, wiser and doesn't give a damn |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Frankly-3EB-s-Stephan-Jenkins-is-older-wiser-11305632.php |last=Vaziri|first=Aidin|date=July 21, 2017 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref name="literature">{{cite news |title=Stephan Jenkins on 'Third Eye Blind' 20 Years Later |url=https://observer.com/2017/04/third-eye-blind-stephan-jenkins-interview/ |last=Joffe|first=Justin|date=April 7, 2017 |work=[[Observer Media]]}}</ref> 

Jenkins began musical work as a drummer. During high school, he performed with ''Fast Forward'', consisting of Jenkins on drums, Nick Dement (guitar), Ben Austin (bass), and Greg Magel (guitar). Though the precocious Jenkins was still in high school, the other three were students at neighboring Stanford University. With the breakup of Fast Forward, Austin and Magel departed; Jenkins and Dement added new bassist Scott Lockhart and formed the trio Splash.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Stanford University student Lawrence Schoeffler made a music video for their song "Suzaie" as part of his graduate portfolio in film production, which was broadcast on MTV Basement Tapes (1983) and won a bronze medal at the International Film & TV Festival of New York.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schoeffler |first1=Lawrence |title=Suzaie by Splash (see video description) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TtjwrrRfY  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/g0TtjwrrRfY |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|website=YouTube |date=October 2014 |access-date=January 16, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2023}}