Third Eye Bld lectur the crowd not to ignore pro-gay lyrics.
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THIRD EYE BLD SPEAKS OUT ON GAY RIGHTS AT SHOW NEAR RNC, GETS BOOED
"In 1999, Third Eye Bld released "Jumper, " a dark, heartfelt sgle that Jenks wrote the wake of a news report of a gay teen mtg suici by leapg om the Coronado Bridge San Diego. "I got up and talked about my s who are gay and how they have to hassle wh all this nonsense that's the Republin party jt bee they want equal rights, " rells Jenks. Jenks explaed the heartbreakg story behd the song: "It was about a iend who jumped off the Coronado Bridge bee he was gay, and gettg bullied....
Jenks add that he was often asked if was necsary to make a gay kid the song's foc, and he'd reply that was tegral to the song. Polil Pop Mic B Back at the RNCThird Eye Bld lectur the crowd not to ignore pro-gay Kramer / APThe Republin Natnal Conventn has provid a few oversized remrs of how popular entertament belongs not to s makers but to the public, which is mostly ee to do whatever bizarre thg wants wh . There was Donald Tmp g Queen's “We Are the Champns” to addrs an arena that had ratified anti-gay polici.
That is, until they brought out the 1997 sgle “Jumper, ” about a gay iend of the band who killed himself. The ontman Stephan Jenks told the crowd he wished they would wele people “like my s who are gay to the Amerin fabric. Not only did the band play mostly obscure songs (skippg s most famo h, “Semi-Charmed Life), but lead sger Stephan Jenks took multiple opportuni to speak out agast the Republin platform, as he promoted gay rights and asked the dience, “Who here believ science?