Tom Linton plays guitar in the American rock band Jimmy Eat World. Born August 8, 1975 in Mesa, Arizona Linton formed Jimmy Eat World with childhood friends Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, and Zach Lind. On the earlier albums, Tom wrote several songs and performed lead vocals on them; after Clarity, however, all songs have been sung and written by Jim. He named the band after a drawing created by his younger sibling. Jimmy Eat World is an American rock group from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Jim Adkins (born November 10, 1975) is the lead singer and guitarist in the American band Jimmy Eat World. ... Rick Burch is the bassist for the rock band Jimmy Eat World. ... Zach Lind is the drummer for the american rock band Jimmy Eat World. ... Clarity is the third album by Jimmy Eat World. ...
TomLinton learned to sail in Snipes and Lightnings at summer camp in the '40s, but didn't sail again until he moved to the Detroit area in 1967 at the age of 32.
Linton remembers, "A feature of that Midwinters was a guy from California who brought a cute little 14-foot beach cat.
In 1973 at Put-in-Bay, Ohio Linton was elected President of American Shark Association and held that office until 1977.
We caught up with guitarist TomLinton during a flying visit to England to talk about the band, their new album, Bush and, erm...
Jimmy Eat World guitarist TomLinton is in reflective mood after an exhaustive fly around Europe and the UK just weeks before their new album Futures is released.
They played four songs off the new album and Linton says they went down well with their fans - although they were careful to give the audience a thorough performance of their old favourites.
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