Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World
6/3/20261 hr
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World. Earlier this year, Jimmy Eat World unveiled the 25th anniversary tour of Bleed American — a landmark album that wrapped their sophisticated, heartfelt storytelling in giant hooks and polished production. Before their headlining run kicks off next week, the frontman stopped by the Artist Friendly studio to discuss the right way to finish a song, growing up in the ’90s, and their ability to fit anywhere. “I don’t know how, but we’ve definitely done tours where it’s like nine ska bands and us or eight hardcore bands and us,” Adkins tells Madden. “Somehow we don’t get chased out of the room.”
Listen to their Artist Friendly conversation on Spotify.
Follow Artist Friendly! IG: @artist.friendly TikTok: @artist.friendly YouTube: youtube.com/@artist.friendly
Host: Joel Madden, @joelmadden Executive Producers: Joel Madden, Benji Madden Producers: Janice Leary, Josh Madden, Joey Simmrin Director/Visual Producer/Editor: Ryan Schaefer Audio Producer/Composer: Nick Gray Music/Theme Composer: Nick Gray Cover Art/Design: Ryan Schaefer Additional Contributors: Anna Zanes, Neville Hardman
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsJoel Madden· Host0:00
This episode is brought to you by Good Charlotte. Good Charlotte is a band I started when I was 16 with my brother, and it is the reason I'm sitting here today. Thank you, Good Charlotte. We're going on tour June 20th, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, California, and July 25th through August 30th, Good Charlotte and Avenged Sevenfold touring in the US, starting July 25th, Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri, and ending at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California on August 30th. Tickets are on sale now. We will see you at the show.
Jim Adkins· Guest0:35
The creative puzzle you gotta solve to create, like, a song is not dissimilar from, like, just the... The fundamentals of that apply to all of life.
Joel Madden· Host0:46
To life. Bad times. I don't wanna have bad.
Jim Adkins· Guest0:51
You don't know why, but, like, you just, you, you chase the thing you're excited about, and sometimes that ends up coming home with, uh- A bunch of stuff ... with a, with, like, a extra bag of vinyl toys.
Joel Madden· Host1:01
Yeah.
Jim Adkins· Guest1:01
Is any of this, like, fan donated, or is- No, no fan stuff that I could think of.
Joel Madden· Host1:07
Uh, but... And maybe some of it, but just cool shit that's just, I picked up over the years.
Jim Adkins· Guest1:12
It's kind of like at our studio we just have, like, the, the fan or sometimes, like, a, a music venue will give you- Gives you, yeah ... something of, of appreciation.
Joel Madden· Host1:20
Lots of that stuff.
Jim Adkins· Guest1:21
Yeah. It goes in our, in our studio.
Joel Madden· Host1:23
Yeah.
Jim Adkins· Guest1:24
We have- We have that stuff all around the building. Yeah.
Joel Madden· Host1:26
Like, you know, you get, like, you sold out this thing and they give you this little thing.
Jim Adkins· Guest1:29
Right. Yeah, yeah,