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Kevin Cadogan
Cadogan performing with Third Eye Blind
Background information
Birth name	Kevin Rene Cadogan
Born	August 14, 1970 Oakland,California, USA
Origin	Berkeley, California, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Vocals
Years active	1989 - Present
Label(s)	Elektra
Associated acts	Third Eye Blind
Website	http://www.kevincadogan.com

Kevin Rene Cadogan (born August 14, 1970 in Oakland, California) is a musician best known for his role as the former lead guitarist in the band Third Eye Blind.

Contents 1 Personal history 2 Third Eye Blind 3 Departure from Third Eye Blind 4 New band and solo career 5 External links

As a child, Cadogan spent two years in England while his father taught on sabbatical, before the family returned to the United States and settled in Berkeley, California. The family have close ties with Ireland, and Cadogan has dual American and Irish citizenship.

Cadogan attended Berkeley public schools through to his graduation in 1988, after which he attended San Francisco State University, from which he graduated with a BA degree in 1993.

Cadogan began learning the guitar aged 12 and began playing in bands shortly after. In 1993 at a show in San Francisco he was introduced to Stephan Jenkins, who would become his songwriting partner in Third Eye Blind. The two began jamming together, before starting to perform as Third Eye Blind in shows around the Bay Area.

Having signed to Elektra Records in 1996, the band released their self-titled debut album the following year. Cadogan co-wrote ten of the 14 songs on the album - it spawned a number of Billboard Top 10 singles, and to date the album has sold in excess of six million copies.

Cadogan co-wrote six of the 13 songs on Third Eye Blind's second album, Blue, for which he shared with Jenkins the award for best songwriter at the 2000 California Music Awards.

During the band's tour shortly after the release of Blue, Cadogan was "released" from the band, allegedly following a vote by the band's other members.

According to Cadogan, he was fired without warning because he didn't agree to a deal that would have yielded a $1 million advance to record an EP and start an Elektra Records imprint, while the other members did. Following a show at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000, Cadogan claims he was left stranded in Utah with the hotel bill slid under his door, while the band left to perform on "The Tonight Show", with Tony Fredianelli, who had worked with the band previously, in his place.

Cadogan subsequently filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against his former band, manager, lawyer and label in a San Francisco federal court, citing fraud, breach of contract and wrongful termination. The lawsuit ended in June 2002 with a settlement of an undisclosed amount paid to Cadogan, who said "A big weight has been lifted with the resolution of this case, and now I feel ready to rock."

Cadogan started a new band shortly after his exit from Third Eye Blind, called Bully. The band underwent a couple of name changes, from Cadogan, to Cousin Kevin and then back to Bully, putting out a handful of Internet-only releases before Cadogan disbanded the group and began a solo career.

The collection of songs he had written with Bully and by himself were compiled and released as Thousand Yard Stare, Wunderfoot and 12 Nights in Studio A. Cadogan is currently believed to be working on further solo material.

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Third Eye Blind

Stephan Jenkins | Tony Fredianelli | Arion Salazar | Brad Hargreaves

Kevin Cadogan

Discography

Studio albums: Third Eye Blind | Blue | Out of the Vein

Compilation: A Collection

Singles: "Semi-Charmed Life" | "Graduate" | "Losing a Whole Year" | "Jumper" | "How's It Going to Be" | "Anything" "Never Let You Go" | "Deep Inside of You" | "10 Days Late" | "Blinded" | "Crystal Baller"

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