Everything Will Be Alright: The Story of Jimmy Eat World's 'The Middle'

Formed over 30 Years ago - back in 1993 - Jimmy Eat World was
founded by Frontman Jim Adkins and his good friend since
toddler-dom, drummer Zach Lind in Mesa, Arizona. The band toiled
on the local indie scene as a sort of scrappy skate punk band for
the better part of two years, self-releasing and split-releasing
their own music with other bands before being discovered by a
talent scout from the world famous Capitol Records.


Jimmy Eat World’s Major Label Debut ‘Static Prevails’ was
released in July of ‘96  to… mixed results. Despite their
limited success - Capitol decided to give Jimmy Eat World another
go, and the band would produce their second effort on the label;
the album Clarity in February of 1999.If you’re
a Jimmy Eat World mega-fan - you are likely aware of Clarity’s
retrospective Cult Status as one of the most important emo
records of all time, so of course -  within six months of
the release of the masterpiece that is Clarity - Jimmy Eat World
was dropped by Capitol Records altogether in August of
1999. 


Quite literally back at the drawing board, the band members had
to temporarily take part time jobs to keep the dream of Jimmy Eat
World alive. Piece-by-painful piece, Jimmy Eat World slowly began
working on their followup to Clarity - recording just the minimum
viable product for each song idea - not letting a dollar go to
waste.


This is the story of Jimmy Eat World's 'The Middle', with newly
unearthed audio from the band themselves!