JIMMY EAT WORLD’S

LEAD SINGER AND GUITARIST: JIM

ADKINS

Jim Adkins

James Adkins Born November 10, 1975 Grew up in an “LDS home” Raised in Mesa, Arizona

Jim Adkins starts Jimmy Eat World band… First album came out in 1994 titled

“One, Two, Three, Four. Jim Adkins was back up vocalist and

guitarist. Became Lead Singer and guitarist in

1999 on the album “Clarity”.

Jim Adkins Life

Jim Is married to Amy McCarthy. Has one boy MTV labeled Jim as the most “Chillest”.

Jim Adkins is featured on eight different records

Where does inspiration come from? Life events Media Other artist Experiences Writing

Sources: Lyricsfreak.com. 2013. MTV Networks. 24 Feb. 2013 http://www.lyricsfreak.com   Allaxess.com. 2011. Allaxess. 24 Feb. 2013. http://www.allaxess.com   Amazon.com. 2013 Amazon. 3 Mar. 2013 http://www.amazon.com/Jimmy-Eat-World/   Jimmy Eat World Facebook. 29 Jan. 2013. Facebook. 24 Feb. 2013. http://www.facebook.com/jimmyeatworld

Composition History: “Hear You Me” Released July 24, 2001 It runs 4:44 Appeared in the movie, “A Cinderella

Story” Includes female singer, Rachel Haden The band’s third most popular song on

iTunes

Composition History: “23” Released October 19, 2004 Song runs for 7:23 Longest Jimmy Eat World song to date Song appears on the show, “One Tree

Hil” Tenth most popular Jimmy Eat World

song on iTunes Features seven different guitars

Hear You Me

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