Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World
Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World performing at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Background information
Origin	Mesa, Arizona, United States
Genres	Alternative rock emo power pop pop punk
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Dine Alone RCA Interscope DreamWorks Capitol Wooden Blue Fueled by Ramen Better Looking Geffen Big Wheel Recreation DGC Western Tread Recordings
Website	jimmyeatworld.com
Members	Jim Adkins Zach Lind Tom Linton Rick Burch
Past members	Mitch Porter

Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind. As of October 2016, Jimmy Eat World have released nine studio albums, the last eight featuring the current lineup.

The four piece's commercial breakthrough came with the successful release of several singles from the album Bleed American (2001). Four singles from the album charted within the top twenty positions of the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, with "The Middle" reaching the number one position. Jimmy Eat World's follow-up album Futures (2004) featured another Modern Rock Tracks number one song, "Pain". The RIAA certified Bleed American platinum and Futures gold, rewarding the two albums for selling over one and a half million records between them. The band's sixth album Chase This Light (2007) became the band's highest charting album, peaking at number five on the Billboard 200.

The band released their ninth album, Integrity Blues, on October 21, 2016.

Jimmy Eat World formed in Mesa, Arizona in 1993. Guitarist Jim Adkins and drummer Zach Lind, who had been friends since preschool, joined with guitarist Tom Linton and bass player Mitch Porter to try their hand at music. The band originally formed with a punk rock sound and first released a demo tape in 1993, followed by their first EP in 1994, entitled One, Two, Three, Four. Their debut self-titled album (1994) was released with Linton singing most of the lead vocals on the album. Within the span of a couple of years, the band recorded and released three singles and a full-length on local label Wooden Blue Records.