He once mentioned something about how they just got ****-faced and recorded certain songs. He said it was like therapy.
Still, I can't listen to it without thinking "poor baby".
Though the lyrics to "All Star" are quite sad, as I am sure they are also somewhat autobiographical.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL