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My Own Worst Enemy by Lit

Artist Biography For Lit

Lit Is The Name Of More Than One Artist 1 Lit A Pop Punk/alternative Rock Band
2 LIT Alias Of The DJ Alex Roan Lit Is A Pop Punk/alternative Rock Band Based In Fullerton California United States. They Had Several Hits Singles In The 1990s And Early 2000s Including My Own Worst Enemy Miserable Zip-Lock Over My Head Lipstick And Bruises Addicted Looks Like They Were Right And Times Like This. The Band Was Formed In 1990 As A Metal-Oriented Band Under The Name "Razzle" And Gained A Large Following. A Few Years Later The Group Changed Its Name To "Stain" But Due To Another Band Owning The Name It Changed Its Name To "Lit" In 1996. The Group Shot To Stardom With The Platinum Album A Place In The Sun In 1999. A Place In The Sun Yielded The Smash Single "My Own Worst Enemy " Which Held The Number One Position For Three Months And Received A Billboard Music Award For The Biggest Modern Rock Song Of 1999. It Was Followed By "Zip-Lock" Which Featured Blink-182 And "Miserable" The Latter Of Which Was Among The Top Ten Most Played Songs Of 2000 And Famously Featured Pamela Anderson In The Video. The Band Performed Over 286 Shows And Toured Worldwide In Support Of A Place In The Sun. In Addition To The Vans Warped Tour And A Coveted Slot On Woodstock 1999 The Band Toured With The Offspring Garbage And No Doubt. Lit Followed Up A Place In The Sun With The 2001 Release Of Atomic Which Gave The Band Another Top 10 Hit With "Lipstick And Bruises" The Album Wasn't As Successful As "A Place In The Sun". Lit Toured To Support Atomic With Kid Rock And Butch Walker. The Group Asked To Be Released From Their Contract With RCA Records Shortly After The Release Of Atomic Due To RCA Firing Lit's RCA Label Representative The Day Of Atomic's Release. Lit Went On A Small Intimate Club Tour That Fall Before Releasing The Self-Titled Lit On The DRT Entertainment Label On June 24 2004. The Single "Looks Like They Were Right" Made It On The Top 40 Charts But The Album Was Again Largely Unsuccessful Due To Lack Of Promotion On The Label's Behalf. That Year The Group Also Put Out Its First Long-Form DVD Called "All Access" On November 16 2004. In March 2006 "The Slidebar" Restaurant/bar Opened In Fullerton California Of Which The Band Are Co-Owners. It Was Announced On May 5 2008 That Lit's Drummer Allen Shellenberger Was Diagnosed With A Malignant Brain Tumor. On July 26 2008 Lit Held A Benefit For Allen At House Of Blues In Anaheim CA. A Number Of Bands Performed Including Sugar Ray And Handsome Devil. No Doubt Drummer Adrian Young Filled In For Allen On The Drums For A Few Songs. Allen And Adrian Also Played At The Same Time For A Few Songs As Well. The Show Was A Great Success. On August 14 2008 A. Jay And Allen Were Featured On DJ Rossstar's Online Show There The Band Revealed They Were Working On "a Few New Ones." Although The Band Had Not Announced Anything In Regards To A New Album Release Any Time Soon. In April 2010 During An Interview With OC Talk Radio Lit Hinted They Were Currently Talking With And Would Return To A Major Label For Their Next Release. They Also Revealed They Were Working On A New Management Deal As Well As Performing New Material Live. On September 24 Lit Had Formally Revealed On Their Facebook Page That They Were In Fact Working On A New Album. More So They Had Already Hit The Studios And Recorded New Material. Click The Link Above For A Statement Of Bass Player Kevin Baldes. Sadly In August 2009 Drummer Allen Shellenberg Passed Away Due To Brain Cancer. Shellenberger Was Only 39 Years Old. The Band Issues This Statement "To Know Al Was To Know Laughter. He Had A Heart Of Gold And Would Do Anything For Anyone. Words Cannot Begin To Express How Much He Will Be Missed. This Was Our Brother And Not A Day Will Go By That We Won't Think About Him. Right Now We're Trying To Find The Balance Of Mourning His Loss And Celebrating His Life. Allen Has Experienced More In His 39 Years Than Most People Dream Of In Ten Lifetimes. This Is A Tremendous Loss For Us Our Fans And Also For Allen's Family Who Took Such Good Care Of Him During His Battle With Cancer." Spirits Left In Ruins Still A. Jay Jeremy And Kevin Found The Wherewithal To Make The Music. With The Help Of A New Drummer Nathan Walker And Guitarist/keyboardist Ryan Gillmor The Band Stepped Into The Studio Less Than A Year Later And Would Bro Down For The Tracking With Artist/producer Butch Walker In 2011 Who Had Recently Helmed Records By Panic! At The Disco Avril Lavigne And Weezer Along Writing Credits On Countless Hits. Lit Emerged Victorious And Not Worse For The Ware With A Handful Of Brilliant New Songs. The Body Of Work A Sixth Album Appropriately Titled The View From The Bottom Mixed By Joe Zook Katy Perry The Hives One Republic Pink Tangibly Tells The Story Of Lit's In Between Days With Tracks Like "The Broken" And Most Poignantly "Here's To Us " But The New Record Is Not Without Its Lighter Big Rock Moments- Reference The Absolutely Monolithic Kick-Starter "C'mon" And The Equally Tremendous "You Tonight " Co-Written By Marti Frederiksen Whose Collabs Include Aerosmith Ozzy Osbourne Mick Jagger And Carrie Underwood Among Others Not To Mention The Glam Stomper "Same Shit Different Drink " Co-Written With Walker . These Are The Days 2015–2021 On October 1 2015 The Band Announced That They Had Been Working On New Music At SoundStage In Nashville Tennessee. The Band Released Their Sixth Album These Are The Days On December 15 2017. Lit's Song "My Own Worst Enemy" Went Double Platinum On May 8 2020. On June 12 2020 The Band Released Their First Live Album Live In NY 99 Which Was Taken From Their Performance At Woodstock '99. On July 3 2020 They Released A Video For A Rare Song Called "Get Back" Which Was Originally Recorded In 2004. The Band Released A New Single Titled "Yeah Yeah Yeah" On October 25 2021. Tastes Like Gold 2022-Current Lit Announced Their Seventh Studio Album Tastes Like Gold On April 8 2022 And Released The Song "Kicked Off The Plane" That Same Day. The Album Was Released Through Round Hill Records On June 17 And Featured A Pure Alternative Rock Sound. Lit Joined Bowling For Soup In April For Europe's Two Week Crowd Surf The UK Tour Which Was Originally To Take Place In 2021. And The Following Month The Spring Loaded Tour Took The Band Across Most Of The Eastern United States.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: My Own Worst Enemy

"My Own Worst Enemy" Is A Song By The American Rock Band Lit. It Was Released In March 1999 As The Lead Single From Lit's Second Album A Place In The Sun Which Was Also Released That Year. The Song Was Only Moderately Successful At First Reaching Number 17 On The Modern Rock Tracks Chart On February 27 1999. It Later Achieved Mainstream Success Peaking At Number 51 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart And Number One On The Modern Rock Tracks Also Known As Alternative Songs Chart. The Song's Success Helped A Place In The Sun To Be Certified Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA On October 27 1999 For Sales Of 1 300 000 Copies In The United States. At The 1999 Billboard Music Awards "My Own Worst Enemy" Won The Modern Rock Track Of The Year Award. Its Music Video Was Filmed By Gavin Bowden In A Long Beach Bowling Alley. That Alley Was Java Lanes On P.C.H. It Was Inside The Famous Tiki Bar Which Was The Home Of DiPiazza's Restaurant. Considered Pop Punk Power Pop And Alternative Rock "My Own Worst Enemy" Is According To Lit Guitarist Jeremy Popoff "the Result Of Waking Up And Realizing You Screwed Up The Night Before". Vocalist A. Jay Popoff Said That The Song "was The Combination Of Many Many Incidents" He Had Gotten In Trouble With The Law For Public Nudity In The Late 1990s And Sang "My Own Worst Enemy" Nude In The Studio. Popoff Described A New Year's When The Band Got Drunk In Laughlin Nevada He Stole A Janitor's Cart And He "and Five Friends Jumped Onto The Flatbed Rode Down The Sidewalk And Got Chased By The Cops". On February 27 1999 "My Own Worst Enemy" Reached Number 17 On The Modern Rock Tracks Also Known As Alternative Songs Chart. The Song Later Achieved Mainstream Success. On April 10 "My Own Worst Enemy" Topped The Modern Rock Tracks Chart. On May 29 The Song Peaked At Number Six On The Mainstream Rock Chart. On July 3 It Peaked At Number 51 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart And At Number 45 On The Radio Songs Chart. The Song Was On Both Charts For 20 Weeks. On July 17 "My Own Worst Enemy" Peaked At Number 31 On The Mainstream Top 40 Chart. On August 21 The Song Peaked At Number 30 On The Adult Pop Songs Chart Spending 26 Weeks There. A Place In The Sun Its Parent Album Was Certified Gold By The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA On June 21 1999 And Platinum On October 27 For Sales Of 1 300 000 Copies In The United States. The Album Was Certified Gold By Music Canada In December 1999. Lit Performed "My Own Worst Enemy" At Woodstock '99. The Song Received The Modern Rock Track Of The Year Award At The 1999 Billboard Music Awards. The Song Topped The Year-End Modern Rock Tracks Chart And Was Number 18 On The Year-End Mainstream Rock Chart. Lit Was Number Four On The Year-End Hot Modern Rock Artists Chart. James Oldham Of NME Called "My Own Worst Enemy" "totally Loathsome Poisonous Stuff But Quite Addictive."The Song Was A Late Inclusion On NME's "20 Essential Pop Punk Tracks Everyone Should Know" List. It Was Featured On Fuse's "14 Best Pop-Punk One-Hit Wonders" And The Channel Called The Song "self-Deprecating And Catchy". "My Own Worst Enemy" Appeared On The Phoenix New Times "10 Best Pop-Punk Songs Of All Time" List. Daniel J. Katz Of The Tech Criticized The Song's Parent Album "Recipe For A One-Hit Wonder Start With Eve 6/Harvey Danger Style Power Pop That’s Already Been Done To Death. Turn The Guitars Way Up And Turn The Creativity Way Down. What You’re Left With Is A Weak Collection Of Songs That Are Listenable But Bland. This Particular Collection Is From A Band Called Lit And It’s Called A Place In The Sun RCA ." Katz Continued "The Aforementioned One Hit On The Album Is 'My Own Worst Enemy'". A Week Earlier Katz Wrote That "My Own Worst Enemy" "is A Great Song Because Of Its Simplicity And Short Duration".According To Liz Tracy Of The New Times Broward-Palm Beach "'My Own Worst Enemy' Was So Incredibly Radio-Friendly That It Was Hard Not To Get Sucked Into That Punchy Tune And Sort Of Pathetic Lyrics". Fuse Said "'My Own Worst Enemy' Is Self-Deprecating And Catchy Like All Good Sad Boy Band Music. The Opening Line 'Can We Forget About The Things I Said When I Was Drunk? / I Didn't Mean To Call You That' Might Be The Most Pop-Punk Verse Ever Written". Lit Appeared On Fuse's "Spin 14 Of Pop-Punk's Best One-Hit Wonders" List. Consequence Of Sound Included Lit On Its "100 Best Pop Punk Bands" List Calling "My Own Worst Enemy" The Band's Essential Track. Zack Ruskin Of Consequence Of Sound Called The Song "an Anthemic Earworm". Spectrum Culture Placed "My Own Worst Enemy" Sixth On Its "Top 10 Pop Punk And Power Pop Songs Of The Modern Era" List. According To Spectrum Culture With "My Own Worst Enemy" Lit "demonstrates The Adolescent Fallouts That Can Occur From A Post-High School Life".In CMJ New Music Report's Review Of A Place In The Sun "My Own Worst Enemy" Was On Its Recommended-Tracks List. Becky Kirsch Of PopSugar Called The Song An "awesome '90s" Hit. Considered A Pop Punk And Power Pop And Alternative Rock Song "My Own Worst Enemy" Is Composed In The Key Of E Major With A Tempo Of 104 Beats Per Minute. A. Jay's Voice Ranges From E3 To G#4. "My Own Worst Enemy" Has Been Incorrectly Attributed To Blink-182 And Its Title Misquoted As "Please Tell Me Why". The Song Is Known For Its Guitar Riff. Its Music Video Was Filmed By Gavin Bowden At Java Lanes Bowling Alley In Long Beach. "My Own Worst Enemy" Is Heard In The 2000 Film Ready To Rumble And 2012 Film American Reunion Although The Song Does Not Appear On The Original Soundtracks Of Either Movie. It Was Featured On Parks And Recreation With Some Of The Show's Characters Playing The Song On Rock Band 2. “My Own Worst Enemy" Was Used In The 2016 Action Comedy Central Intelligence The PEN15 Episode "First Day" And The 2017 Movie Megan Leavey. The Song Was Popular Among Fans Of The Detroit Red Wings Hockey Team During Games At The Joe Louis Arena. During Penalty Face-Offs It Would Play Before Cutting Off At The Chorus To Which The Fans Would Sing The Rest Of The Chorus. On May 27 2022 Clay Travis And Buck Sexton Announced That "My Own Worst Enemy" Would Become The Theme Song To Their Talk Radio Program The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show. Previously The Show Had Used The Pretenders' "My City Was Gone" Which Had Long Been The Theme To Travis And Sexton's Predecessor Program The Rush Limbaugh Show But The Syndicators' Rights To The Latter Song Were Soon To Expire.

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