Jimmy Eat World

Line up:

Vocals/ Guitar- Jim Adkins
Guitar/ Vocals- Tom Linton
Bass- Rick Burch
Drums- Zach Lind

Bio:

Jimmy Eat World formed in 1994, and got their name after Tom’s younger brothers Ed and Jimmy had a fight, resulting in Ed drawing a picture of Jimmy eating the world.

After a series of EPs, they signed to Capitol in 1995, their first major label release being ‘Static Prevails’. This was followed by Clarity, which was quite successful and their fanbase grew. However, it was at this point that they decided to leave Capitol.

In 2001 they signed to DreamWorks and released ‘Bleed American’, which was renamed ‘Jimmy Eat World’ after September 11th. It featured such hits as ‘The Middle’, ‘Sweetness’ and fantastic angst anthem ‘Salt Sweat Sugar’. More label trauma came at the beginning of 2004 when DreamWorks shut down. The band quickly switched to Interscope which brought us the brilliant album ‘Futures’ in October 2004.

Discography:

‘Futures’- (Interscope)- Oct 2004
‘Bleed American/ Jimmy Eat World’- (DreamWorks)- July 2001
‘The Singles’- (Big Wheel Recreation)- August 2000
‘Clarity’- (Capitol)- Feb 1999
‘Static Prevails’- (Capitol)- July 1996
‘Jimmy Eat World’- (Wooden Blue Records)- 1994