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Simon Young

"Sometimes I get in trouble when I get naked in public. It happens when I’ve been drinking Jägermeister." How an ode to self-destructive behaviour took one Orange County band out of the clubs and onto the TV

Lit in Las Vegas dressing room in 2002.

Doug Liman's indie movie Swingers was a love letter to friendship, cocktails, and the Hollywood swing scene. The comedy is also likely to have caused something of a pomade and oversized bowling shirt shortage in the late '90s, thanks to its stars Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.

One such band who appeared to hit the shops early for such items was Orange County band Lit, whose 1999 single My Own Worst Enemy transformed the four-piece into an overnight sensation – albeit a few years in the making.

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