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CKY (band)
CKY are a 3-piece guitar band; Deron Miller (vocals, bass, guitar), Chad Ginsburg (guitar, vocals)and, Jess Margera (drums) .Their name, short for "Camp Kill Yourself", is shared with a series of skate videos produced by Bam Margera (Jackass) who is the brother of the drummer, Jess Margera. CKY's music has been featured in the four CKY videos and Jackass.
The track "96 Quite Bitter Beings" from their album Volume 1 also featured on the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
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. After some confusion with a New York band also named Oil, Deron changed the name to Camp Kill Yourself. In 1998, Jess's brother Bam, a pro skateboarder, was featured on Toy Machine's video "Jump Off A Building," so during "Bam's Park Footy," they played the band's song "Genesis 12a." In the credits there was contact info on how to get more CKY recordings. Deron and Jess added Ryan Bruni to the band's lineup as a bassist and were ready to record. When they went to Groundhog studios to record the album, they met Chad Ginsburg , who was working at the studio as a producer. The first CKY song he heard was the "Disengage The Simulator" demo, and he immediately fell in love with the riff and wanted to be part of the band. At the time he was in the band Rudy & Blitz as a guitarist, but he moved on over to play guitar for CKY. Bam's antics in "Jump Off A Building" were loved by viewers, so he released a full-length video of such antics through Landspeed Wheels called "Landspeed: cKy" in March 1999. He needed a soundtrack, so he gathered up all the songs CKY had recorded and used them in the video, and they recorded a few extra songs just for the video. "Camp Kill Yourself: Volumes 1 and 2" were released on Teil Martin International, were released around the same time as the video. They both sold out quickly. The band went on the 1999 Warped Tour and played for Volcom, but were kicked off after a protest in St. Louis over the prices the tour's vendors were charging. By this time, they had become superstars in the skateboarding world. In late summer, they were signed to the Volcom Entertainment record label, and released a re-mastered Volume 1 in December.
Previous Members
- Ryan Bruni - Bass
- Vern Zaborowski - Bass
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. - 2002
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