This week, get up close and personal
with LIT’s super-suave frontman.

What is your nickname and why?

“A lot of my friends call me ‘Ace Jack.’ I love to play blackjack and I have an ace jack tattoo. With my name being A.Jay my friends made up their own meaning for it instead of calling me Alan Jay which I never went by. Ace Jack is a lot cooler then Alan.”

At school, were you a dunce or a teacher’s pet?

“I was pretty quiet at school. I went absent a couple days a week, but when I was there I just did my work and got out of there. I got pretty good grades, but I always wanted to be in a band. Even through high school I was in a band, and I just wanted to get home and play music.”

What was your first shag [sex] like?

“Actually, it was pretty amazing. A lot of people say they don’t like the first time, but for me it was good. Like the first time you perform on stage, but...different.”

Who is your best friend?

“My best friends are the guys in my band. We’ve been friends for, like, 14 years. Our tour manager T-Bone is a really good friend too.”

What’s the best pet you’ve ever had?

“That’s always been my dogs- every one I’ve ever had. I actually thank them in the albums under ‘My Special Thanks’. My canine family!”

Have you ever been arrested?

“No, never. I’ve never been really hassled by the police. Not yet, anyway.”

What would you be if you weren’t a rock star?

“I can’t really imagine doing anything else. Since I was a kid I’ve been thinking about this, so I don’t really have a back-up plan. It would probably be something to do with music- production or working for a record company or something. I would have to be involved with music.”

How would you describe yourself on a blind date?

“Single white male, looking for attractive, polite, girl-next-door type.”

What’s the most extravagant thing you’ve ever bought?

“My Cadillac or my Elvis ring. I don’t want to give the exact price of it, but I’ve probably invested more into it than I’m going to get out if I sell it.”

Who’s gagging for a shagging [sex]?

“(Supermodel) Laetitia Casta. Either her or Nina from The Cardigans. Boy, that’s gonna come back to haunt me! I was actually denied an opportunity to get a picture taken with Nina at a festival the other day. Her assistant said, ‘Not now’- so I just had to drop my head and walk away.”

Who’s gagging for a smacking?

“Nina from The Cardigans’ assistant!”

What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?

“I had a job where I was hammering four-foot stakes into concrete and setting up big tents. I did it for one afternoon- I guess I couldn’t handle real labor. I kinda blacked out, it was so hot in the sun, and all the people I was working with looked at me like I was a big sissy. I quit the job at lunchtime. It sucked.”

When was the last time you called home?

“I’m actually about due to call home- it’s been about five days. I miss my dogs, miss my family and miss playing cards with my friends. But I don’t really miss being home cos I get bored. Being on the road is what we enjoy most.”

What was your most embarrassing moment?

“There was this one time I had my fly down onstage, and I was wearing boxer shorts- so without knowing it I was hanging out the front. My girlfriend at the time was in the audience and she had to point it out. That was kinda embarrassing, but I don’t get embarrassed that easily.”

Who would you least like to see naked?

“Probably my parents, or my grandparents. Who’d wanna see their parents naked?”

What’s the best rumor you’ve ever heard about yourself?

“If it’s a rumor it can’t be true, right? Well, I guess the best rumor would be that I was well hung!”

What’s in your wallet right now?

“Well, now I’m carrying round my passport as a wallet, but I’ve got a credit card, a health card and a lot of shrapnel from all the countries we’ve been. It’s a currency hell.”

What’s your favorite joke?

“I don’t really know any. Kevin (Baldes, bassist) from my band is the jester- he keeps me laughing, so I guess he’s my favorite joke! I hope I haven’t hurt his feelings.”

If you were marooned on a desert island without food, which member of Lit would you choose to eat first?

“I’d say Al (Schellenberger, drums) would be the last one, cos he’s the sweatiest one. The first one would be Kevin because I’m not related to him and he’s the cleaner of the other two. Oh no, Al’s gonna just kill me- I just took a big stab at both of ‘em!”

Which Lit song would you choose to donate to a complication album entitled ‘Crap Songs Of Our Time’?

“It would have to be one of the first songs we wrote back in ‘89. But we wouldn’t put them on an album if we didn’t think they were worthy of being there. It’s hard to slam yourself. We did do some bad covers: we use to do a Hanoi Rocks song but I can’t think of the name of it, and we did a shitty version of Cheap Trick’s ‘Want You To Want Me’.”

What’s your drug of choice?

“I don’t do drugs. I would say Jagermeister is my drug of choice.”

What does God look like?

“Laetitia Casta!”

When you die, how would you like to go?

“As quickly and painlessly as possible, doing something I enjoying doing. Maybe headlining the next Woodstock. Oh shit! That’s really bad! I just jinxed myself- what it that really happened?”