Jimmy Eat World

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Mesa, Arizona, USA (1993 – present)

Jimmy Eat World formed in Mesa, Arizona, USA in 1993. They are associated with an array of genres, including alternative rock, indie rock and pop punk. Singer/guitarist Jim Adkins and drummer Zach Lind, who had been friends since kindergarten, joined forces with co-vocalist/guitarist Tom Linton and bass player Mitch Porter to try their hand at music. In its early years, the band emulated the style of their punk rock influences, eventually recording and releasing three singles and a full-length, self-titled album, on local label Wooden Blue Records.

The name Jimmy Eat World did not refer to lead singer Jim Adkins. Tom Linton’s younger siblings, Ed and Jimmy, fought constantly when they were younger. Jimmy, who was stronger and heavier, would usually win. On one instance, Ed, as revenge, drew a picture with crayons of Jimmy shoving the entire world into his gaping mouth with the caption, “Jimmy eat world.” The picture, and by extension the band name, may have been inspired by an episode of the cartoon show ‘Tiny Toon Adventures’, where the main characters put on a student film festival. Dizzy Devil’s film, “Dizzy Eat World”, was a 5 second piece drawn crudely in crayon where Dizzy’s gaping jaw engulfed the Earth.

In 1995, the band signed to Capitol Records. Around this time, bass player Mitch parted ways with the band and was replaced by Linton’s friend Rick Burch. After a brief scouting for producers, the band joined up with Drive Like Jehu drummer Mark Trombino to record their debut album Static Prevails.

1	The Middle full track	6,620
2	Sweetness full track	4,702
3	Hear You Me full track	3,908
4	Pain full track	3,897
5	Bleed American full track	3,322
6	Work full track	2,922
7	A Praise Chorus full track	2,810
8	Big Casino	2,765
9	Always Be	2,378
10	Kill full track	2,355
11	23	2,147
12	Let It Happen	2,121
13	The Authority Song full track	2,113
14	Get It Faster full track	2,076
15	Your House full track	1,988

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Talibantastic wrote:
3 hours ago

what happen

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Gowienczyk wrote:
yesterday morning

Wikipedia linking is a bad idea.

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Nourez wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Some of you do a favor and read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo Don't start yapping about what is emo and what isn't until you actually know the difference between emo as a genre and emo as an image.

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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
Thursday morning

emotive hardcore freaks suck. "LET ME TELL YOU WHAT EMO REALLY IS"

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ninham wrote:
Thursday morning

'disintegration' touches me everytime i listen to it. <3

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Talibantastic wrote:
Wednesday evening

emo isn't dead you fags, but you don't listen to it so you wouldn't know

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Talibantastic wrote:
Wednesday evening

teach me to emo

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infinitebliss wrote:
Wednesday evening

They started their band in 1993 in AZ when I started kindergarten in AZ :P I love Jimmy Eat World!

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LogosEther wrote:
Wednesday evening

my favorites by them: anderson mesa & ten

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radzioo wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

23 & hear you me ftw _/

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Gowienczyk wrote:
Wednesday morning

Because La Quiete, Raein, Orchid, etc. are all dead, right?

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xFabby wrote:
Wednesday morning

Headworm wins. Emo has been dead for a long, long time. And thank god, because it wasn't any good anyway.

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jakeemccoy wrote:
Tuesday evening

thank you. god damn.

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headworm wrote:
Tuesday morning

Emo is fucking dead get over it, it is now an image NOT a genre, emo hasn't been a genre since the early 90s. Please learn what the hell you are talking about, I have nothing against the emo subculture, however, I dislike stupid people. Jimmy Eat World are a fantastic band.

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paskuiki wrote:
Monday evening

wtf emo?

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strikey wrote:
Monday evening

Chase This Light is one of the best power-pop albums EVER created.

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mata5 wrote:
Monday afternoon

sounds kind of emo to me :D

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Abbadon321 wrote:
Monday morning

@William, yes they are.

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JanelleChanel wrote:
Monday morning

23 is hands down the best song ever

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