JIMMY EAT WORLD - 25 YEARS OF BLEED AMERICAN
About This Event
Jimmy Eat World headlines a "25 Years of Bleed American" bill at Brooklyn Paramount, presenting material from a decade-spanning catalogue that balances pop-leaning hooks with guitar-forward arrangements and a tightly structured live approach. The bill also includes Hey Mercedes — Bob Nanna’s post-Braid project known for interlocking guitars and plainspoken vocals — and The Get Up Kids, the Kansas City band whose mid-90s Midwest emo songs emphasize melodic urgency and ensemble drive.
About Bleed American
Bleed American is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Jimmy Eat World, released on July 24, 2001, by DreamWorks Records. The album was re-released as Jimmy Eat World following the September 11 attacks; that name remained until 2008, when it was re-released with its original title returned.
About the Artists
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band that began in Mesa, Arizona in 1993, built around the songwriting and vocals of Jim Adkins alongside Tom Linton, Rick Burch, and Zach Lind. Across a decade-spanning catalog of studio albums, the group has moved between pop-leaning hooks and louder, guitar-forward arrangements without abandoning its core band format.
The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City band formed in 1995, identified with the Midwest emo current that shaped rock and pop in the late 1990s. Their album *Something to Write Home About* helped define the style’s melodic urgency and plainspoken writing, and their influence is often traced through later generations of alternative bands.
Hey Mercedes
Hey Mercedes is an alternative rock project formed in the wake of Braid’s breakup, led by Bob Nanna alongside Todd Bell and Damon Atkinson, with roots in Milwaukee and Chicago. Their songs sit between rock and pop, built on interlocking guitars and direct, plainspoken vocals.