Lit Up/Let Down

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Lit Up/Let Down
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Studio album by Vains of Jenna
Released October 24, 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Glam metal, hard rock
Length47:32
Label Filthy Note
Producer Bam Margera
Vains of Jenna chronology
Lit Up/Let Down
(2006)
The Art of Telling Lies
(2009) The Art of Telling Lies2009
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Lit Up/Let Down is the debut album by the Swedish glam metal band Vains of Jenna. It was released on October 24, 2006 by Bam Margera's music label Filthy Note. The first track of the album, "Don't Give a Damn" featured as the theme song for Bam Margera's MTV series Bam's Unholy Union. The first single was "No One's Gonna Do It for You", and was followed up with a music video directed and produced by Bam Margera.

Glam metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, which features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, and borrows from the fashion of 1970s glam rock.

Vains of Jenna band

Vains of Jenna was a Sleaze Metal band formed in Falkenberg, Sweden, in January 2005. They later moved to Los Angeles, California, though most of the band members now reside back in Sweden. On January 26, 2012, the band confirmed on Facebook and MySpace that they had "mutually and amicably" decided to disband.

Bam Margera American skateboarder

Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera is an American professional skateboarder, stunt performer, filmmaker, musician and television personality. He came to prominence after appearing as a main cast member in MTV's Jackass. He has since appeared on MTV's Viva La Bam and Bam's Unholy Union, all three Jackass movies, and Haggard: The Movie and Minghags: The Movie, both of which he co-wrote and directed.

Track listing

  1. "Don't Give a Damn" – 5:49
  2. "Ceased Emotions" – 3:22
  3. "Hard to Be Vain" – 4:53
  4. "Lit Up/Let Down" – 5:42
  5. "Get on the Ride" – 4:27
  6. "Baby's Got a Secret" – 3:55
  7. "No One's Gonna Do It for You" – 3:12
  8. "Set It Off" – 6:28
  9. "No One's Gonna Do It for You (Acoustic)" – 3:21
  10. "Set It Off (Acoustic)" – 6:23


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