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A.Jay Popoff
It pays to be persistent. In 1999, after ten years of mailing demos, putting up flyers, and playing every local hole in the wall, Lit’s hard work finally paid off. A deal with RCA records resulted in their major label debut, A Place In The Sun, and their first smash hit, “Bitter.” However, that doesn’t mean the band—vocalist A.Jay Popoff, guitarist Jeremy Popoff, bassist Kevin Baldes, and drummer Allen Shellenberger—can now coast. As a matter of fact, their days of hard work have only just begun, as evidenced by their current 18-month tour. “I don’t mind it,” says frontman A.Jay. “When I’m not on tour, I drink 10 cups of coffee a day, play cards and dice with my friends, frequent local bars, rent movies, and basically wish I was back on tour.” In the midst of their current road jaunt with fellow Orange County residents No Doubt, A.Jay took time out to talk about his penis, his bassist’s penis, and getting to meet Steven Tyler.
A. Jay Popoff: [Laughs] Masturbate. Nikki Dial videos come in pretty handy with this.
AJP: Jagermeister.
AJP: My penis. My friends all think it’s pretty cool [laughs].
AJP: Kevin Blade’s penis. It’s not very attractive.
AJP: To not be so indecisive all the time.
AJP: Setting up tents for car dealerships. I did that for one afternoon, then quit.
AJP: Touring and playing with Lit.
AJP: Doing that breakdance move—the kickworm.
AJP: Esthero.
AJP: Working with Steven Tyler on the Titan A.E. soundtrack. I’m a huge Aerosmith fan and I was in awe of his presence. He’s a living legend.
AJP: An air guitar, a broken microphone stand, a black ’63 Cadillac, and a Nikki Dial porn video.
AJP: Snoop Doggy Dogg. He’s one of the biggest pimps I’ve ever seen. He seems pretty carefree, just rolling in the fat stacks. I’d like to live vicariously through him.
AJP: Vincent Gallo.
AJP: “That’s Life.”
AJP: Elvis Presley. Over the course of the past six years, I’ve become a big Elvis fan.
AJP: Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden and James Hetfield from Metallica.
AJP: The Memphis Mafia, which is about Elvis.
AJP: American Beauty. I also just bought The Exorcist on DVD which is really cool. To this day, it still scares the fuck out of me.
AJP: Papa Roach. That’s a cool record. It’s a good album to listen to before you go on stage—it really pumps you up.
AJP: “…can’t we create better cell phone service.”
AJP: I’ll always remember 1999 because that was the year Lit made it.
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