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Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind. As of October 2019, Jimmy Eat World has released ten studio albums, the last nine featuring the current lineup. Their second album, Clarity (1999) was largely overlooked upon release, but grew to cult status and is largely regarded as a landmark record of the third-wave emo era, influencing many modern rock bands over the following decades. 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 darker 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), which was self-recorded in collaboration with Executive Producer Butch Vig, took a more pop-oriented approach, and became the band’s highest charting album, peaking at number five on the Billboard 200.