We just burped it out,” confesses Jeremy Popoff, guitarist for buzz-band-of-the-minute Lit. He’s talking about the Modern Rock radio hit “My Own Worst Enemy,” off the band’s second album, A Place In The Sun. Channeling their inner frat boy seems appropriate, considering the song’s a kinda-sorta-not-really regretful tale of waking up in hangover hell after a night of drunken debauchery. That’s not to mention the Orange County, California, quartet’s suspiciously sodden-sounding moniker, which Popoff says refers to their energetic live show, not their lack of sobriety. “We’re not total drunks.” Here, Jeremy and his brother, lead singer A.Jay, detail the sordid inspiration behind “My Own Worst Enemy.”
HEY LADIES!
Jeremy:
“The song is the result of waking up and realizing you screwed up the night before. The first verse is about screwing up with your chick. A.Jay’s the king of having four ex-girlfriends show up to the same show. It’s funny watching him try to juggle.”
BEEN CAUGHT STEALING
A.Jay: “The second verse is about the morning after, when you hear about all the lame sh*t you did. The last time it happened was when we got really drunk in Laughlin, Nevada, for New Year’s. I stole a janitor cart, and me and five friends jumped onto the flatbed, rode down the sidewalk, and got chased by cops. The next day, I found out a couple of my friends were taken in by security, who were searching for me all night. I was tucked away in my hotel room, oblivious.
MONEY, CASH, BUT NOT SO MANY HO’S
Jeremy: “We’re probably one of the straightest bands around. We’ve only been on the road for three weeks [and] we’re pacing ourselves: tons of water, vitamins, as much rest as possible. In the past, we’d go off every night. But nowadays, we tear up most when we’re out with the guys from our record company- they’re the ones who are really celebrating.
A.Jay: It was the combination of many, many incidents. Sometimes I get in trouble when I get naked in public and have a girl there. It happens when I’ve been drinking Jagermeister. I actually sang ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ naked in the studio.”