(3/19/99, 1 p.m. PST) - Everybody has had those mornings when you wake up wishing the night before had never happened--even the members of Lit. "We've all been there, done that, so we decided to write a song everyone can relate to," says vocalist A. Jay Popoff of "My Own Worst Enemy," which is currently No. 7 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. "It isn't based on any one of our particular personal experiences. It's just a jumble of times where someone went out and had too much to drink. You say things you shouldn't say and do things you shouldn't do and then the next day you realize how bad you f-cked up. A lot of people comment on the lyrics, but the hooky guitar riff doesn't hurt either."

Lit is hopeful that the track will drive folks into stores to pick up its major-label debut, A Place In The Sun, which was released on Feb. 23; and into concert halls when it tours for three weeks with Silverchair this month and with Eve 6 for a month in April.

"Having a song on the radio is something we've always dreamed of, but we're a total live band so validation to us is packing clubs, meeting the kids, and seeing how music affects them," says the 25-year-old Southern Californian rocker. "We are all about the whole showbiz thing. We like bands who are flashy, not ones where it's like you are watching a bunch of roadies on stage."

Part of the act's flair comes from its hobbies: collecting vintage Cadillacs (including the one pictured on the back of the album), frequenting Vegas, playing poker, and admiring the Rat Pack. "Our sound is of today, but our vibe is classic," says Popoff, who is joined in the band by his brother/ guitarist Jeremy Popoff, bassist Kevin Baldes, and drummer Allen Shellenberger.

Lit hopes to convey the mixed message in its video for "Enemy," shot in Los Angeles bowling alley with director Gavin Bowden (Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Aeroplane," Matchbox 20's "3 a.m.") last month. "It's Kingpin meets a gangster flick that takes place in the '50s. We are the bowlers and the band playing inside the lounge. I think we can handle the stage, but we might need a few body doubles to roll some strikes."

-- Midnight Jones, Los Angeles