Let It Bleed

Valley rockers Jimmy Eat World prove to be the stuff that DreamWorks is made of.

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Adkins finally seems to get comfortable as he pulls up a handful of song snippets he's been working on, including a hilariously over-the-top doom-metal instrumental called "Satanica," which was composed entirely on the Sony Playstation music-maker program, something that -- as he notes with a wicked grin -- may see the light of day a as a European b-side.

Turning his thoughts back to Bleed American, Adkins is clearly heartened by the early response the record has generated and hopeful that other bands will follow JEW's example in creating their own opportunities.

photos by Jim Adkins

We're an American band: Jimmy Eat World gets ready to release its third LP, and first for DreamWorks, in late July.

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"I hope this actually works," he says of the band's circuitous and independent route back to the major-label fold. "So that it sets a precedent for how you could do stuff if you wanted to. Look at it this way: At the worst we would have not had management, not had a label and put the disc out ourselves, played for 600 people a night and made all the money ourselves -- which wouldn't have been a bad thing either."

As it stands, of course, the album has considerably more behind it.

"Yeah, I'm surprised things have worked out as well as they have, because it all has to do with luck and timing," muses Adkins. "Honestly, I expected things to be decent, but I didn't expect to get the chance that I think we're going to get. That's pretty much the only thing that you can hope for -- is the chance."