US band Jimmy Eat World look back: ‘I would play The Middle five times in a row if the other guys would let me’
Harriet Gibsone
The emo kings on growing up in Arizona, making it big, and Jim’s annoying wake-up calls Jimmy Eat World are an alternative rock band from Mesa, east of Phoenix, Arizona. Formed by vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind in 1993, they have released 10 albums – including their 2001 breakthrough record, Bleed American. Its hit single, The Middle, peaked at No 5 in the US Hot 100 chart; it has now had more than 1bn streams. The band mark the