There were eight labels there that night, and all eight of them passed.
To their dismay, the emotion was unmatched from industry attendees. The people in the crowd started looking around at each other, and electric energy filled the venue. The band knew they were onto something as soon as they began to play. One night at the Troubador in Hollywood, they set fears aside and debuted that unmistakable intro to the world. Then you have a complex about it,” Jeremey joked about the emotional journey of sharing their artistry. Then a bunch of people tell you it sucks. “You write something, and you think it’s great. The group showed the song to their friend and tour manager, T-Bone, who provided an unenthused response. And it’s probably one of the easiest songs we’ve ever written, which is so ironic.” “Jeremy was playing that riff, and I remember how this groove kicked in, and the melodies came out and took on a life of its own.
Not necessarily punk rock, not hard rock, just something that felt fun,” Ajay described. As Jeremy remembers, the rest of the song wrote itself in a matter of twenty minutes.
One day, he happened to scribble down a few lines on the bench seat of his old Cadillac: “It’s no surprise me I am my worst enemy / ‘Cause every now and then I kick the living shit out of me.” When they met up at their warehouse in Anaheim that night, he brought the paper to the rest of the group. The gas gauge didn’t work in his car, so he kept a scrap paper to mark mileage. After spending eleven weeks straight in the number one position of the Modern Rock Charts, It received ‘Song Of The Year’ awards from Billboard and ASCAPĪjay began the penning process sitting in Los Angeles traffic. Since then, it has sold over 2 million digital units. Among the most broadcasted, karaoked, and covered songs in music history, “My Own Worst Enemy” was not sold separately from the album A Place In The Sun until iTunes launched two years later. A road paved with rejection and reconsideration led Lit to eventual, unimaginable fame.
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