CKY (band)

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Template:Infobox band CKY (short for "Camp Kill Yourself") is a 4-piece rock band consisting of Deron Miller (vocals, guitar), Chad Ginsburg (guitar, vocals, producer), Jess Margera (drums), and Matt "Dice" Deis (bass). Deron and Chad both played bass on all 3 of their albums, but Matt will take over on their next album which the band has slowly been writing tracks for while on tour. They share their name with a series of skate and prank videos (CKY (videos)) created by Bam Margera, who is the brother of the band's drummer, Jess Margera. CKY's music has been featured in all four CKY videos and Jackass, and the track "96 Quite Bitter Beings" from their album Volume 1 also featured on the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. The songs "Sporadic Movement" from the album Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild and "The Human Drive in Hi-Fi" from Volume 1 were in the video game Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This At Home. They were also featured in several movie soundtracks such as Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

It is hard to categorize CKY into a specific genre. Most of CKY's songs are riff based and have a synthesized sound (the band used Moogs on their second "proper" album, Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild, while their latest album, An Ånswer Can Be Found, featured no synthesizers of any kind).

1 History
- 1.1 Later career
2 Discography
3 Singles
4 External links

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History

In 1994, West Chester, PA, friends Deron Miller and Jess Margera formed a band under the name Foreign Objects. In 1995 they released a 5-track EP on Distant Recordings called The Undiscovered Numbers & Colors, which was described by some as "Earth Crisis meets Rush." In 1996, they decided to start another band called Oil with a friend they had met through their jobs at UPS, Ryan Bruni. After frustration with the band Deron changed the name to Camp Kill Yourself and decided to head in a new musical direction. In 1998, Jess's brother Bam Margera, a pro skateboarder, was featured on the Toy Machine film "Jump Off A Building," so during the skit "Bam's Park Footy," they played CKY's song (which is now actually a Foreign Objects song) "Genesis 12a." In the credits there was contact info on how to get more CKY recordings. Ready to record, Deron and Jess (without Bruni, who does not appear on Volume 1) headed to Groundhog Studios, where they met Chad I Ginsburg, who was working at the studio as a producer. The first CKY material he heard was the "Disengage The Simulator" demo, and he immediately wanted to be part of the band, having left previous band Rudy & Blitz shortly before meeting Deron and Jess. When Bam Margera, fast growing in popularity, released a full-length video of similar antics through Landspeed Wheels called "Landspeed: cKy" in March 1999, he used CKY's music exclusively as the soundtrack. The band's first albums "Camp Kill Yourself: Volumes 1 and 2" were released on Teil Martin International to coincide with the videos, and both sold out quickly. The band went on the 1999 Warped Tour and played for Volcom but during this Ryan Bruni, the live bassist, walked out just before CKY's performance after an argument between himself and the band. Shortly after that a new live bassist took his place on the CKY roster, Vern Zaborowski from Wet Slit. Later on the tour CKY were kicked off after a protest in St. Louis over the prices the tour's vendors were charging.

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Later career

By this time, the band had become superstars in the skateboarding world. In late summer, they were signed to the Volcom Entertainment record label, and released a remastered Volume 1 in December. In 2001 CKY signed to major label Island Records, where they re-released a remastered and enhanced version of Volume 1 on their new record label. Then in September 2002, after being delayed by Island Records, the follow up album, Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild (IDR) was released.

Towards late 2002, CKY landed the intensely sought-after opening slot on Guns N' Roses' national tour after being handpicked by Axl Rose. Shortly after, another legendary band came knocking, and James Hetfield of Metallica invited CKY to play with them.

In 2003, CKY released the DVD "Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild: The Video Album", which contained music videos for each of the tracks on the Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild album plus "Disengage the Simulator" and "96 Quite Bitter Beings" from Volume 1. In July 2004, the live bassist, Vern Zaborowski, and CKY parted ways due to personal and performance reasons. This did not affect the recording process because Deron and Chad had both played bass on all of the studio recordings. CKY chose a new bass player, Matt Deis, formerly of All That Remains. The original 3 members of CKY then finished writing/recording their new album, "An Ånswer Can be Found" which was released June 28, 2005. It debuted at #35 on the Billboard Album Chart.

The band are extremely involved with their fanbase, dubbed the "CKY Alliance", and are constantly in contact with them via "Ask CKY", a feature on their website. Over 8,500 questions have been answered since 2001, and the band holds the "Guinessburg" (a play on Chad's last name) World Record for the longest interview ever conducted. The Alliance are heavily involved with the promotion and expansion of the band, and the band shares a symbiotic relationship with the Alliance. The Alliance's logo, an Å, is even featured on the cover of An Ånswer Can Be Found, as a tribute to the Alliance. Almost everything CKY releases is dedicated to their fans.

CKY have toured North America extensively, as well as most of Europe. The band is currently preparing to embark on their first ever Australian Tour, before headlining the Zumiez Couch Tour this summer.

As of April 15, 2006, CKY have dropped their label Island Records according to Deron Miller.

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Discography

Volume 1 - 1999

First printing. "Camp Kill Yourself" 1999. Teil Martin International. 2,000 copies.
Second printing. "Camp Kill Yourself Volume One". 12/12/99. Volcom Entertainment. 1,000 copies.
Third printing. "Camp: cKy" 04/01/00. Volcom Entertainment. 2,000 copies.
Fourth printing. "cKy: Camp" 05/01/00. Volcom Entertainment. 4,000 copies.
Fifth printing. "cKy: Camp Volume 1". 12/01/00. Volcom Entertainment. 20,000 copies.
6.0 printing. "cKy: Volume 1" 06/26/01. Island Records. Unknown number of copies.
6.5 printing. "cKy: Volume 1" 06/26/01. Island Records. Three limited edition colored covers. Orange, Purple, Blue. 10k each.

Volume 2 - 1999

First printing. "Volume 2" 1999. Teil Martin International. 1,000 copies.
Second printing. "Volume 2" 04/01/01. Two discs. Distant Recordings. 2,000 copies.
Third printing. "Volume 2" 08/28/01. Two discs. Rake Yohn cover. Distant Recordings. Unknown number of copies.

Disengage The Simulator EP - 2000

First printing. "Disengage The Simulator EP" 07/01/00. Volcom Entertainment. 2,000 copies.

Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild. - September 24, 2002

Hellview - 2003

Limited to 2,200 copies on cinderblock.com but still sold in Hot Topic

An Ånswer Can be Found - June 28, 2005

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Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions				Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	UK	Album
2002	"Flesh into Gear"	-	-	#38	-	Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild
2003	"Attached at the Hip"	-	-	-	-	Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild
2005	"Familiar Realm"	-	-	#30	-	An Answer Can Be Found