Tom: It was kinda fun though – when we played the second stage we got to play more. Jim: They asked us to play two sets, and we said we’d do it. self-titled)įrom user Heartbrokenstar: what’s the back story to playing two sets at Reading Festival last year? Video: ‘ The Middle’ from Bleed American (a.k.a.
…And before you ask, no, I didn’t have time to ask if they got “ mega stonk-ons while recording the video for ‘The Middle’”. DiS met up with the band’s Jim Adkins and Tom Linton ahead of their sold-out Roundhouse show ( review) to pose ‘em some reader posers… Jimmy Eat World’s pop-hooked emo-rock’s been on the boil since 1993, and six albums into their career they’re more popular than ever following their July 2001 breakthrough proper Bleed American, later simply self-titled after the events of September 11 the same year the album spawned the superb singles ‘ A Praise Chorus’, ‘ Sweetness’ and ‘ The Middle’. Jimmy Eat World’s last album, Chase This Light, might not have been brilliantly received by DiS, but we’ve our share of old-school fans nonetheless, and it seems a good few readers have a soft spot for the Arizona four-piece – when we asked for your reader questions the response was impressive.
