Camp Kill Yourself Changed Their Name To CKY

There is no mistaking CKY. From the gut wrenched growls of 96 Quite Bitter Beings to the softer side of Close Yet Far, CKY is an infectious shot of band right to the vein.

CKY stands for Camp Kill Yourself. It is a killer rock band of four. Guitarist and vocalist Chad I. Ginsburg, guitarist and vocalist Deron Miller, Jess Margera on drums and Matt Deis, playing bass.

The roots of CKY started back in 1994. Deron Miller and Jess Margera started

Foreign Objects, releasing a 5 hit EP, The Undiscovered Numbers & Colors, through Distant Recordings.

By 1996, Foreign Objects was dropped to start another band, oiL, with Ryan Bruni, a friend they made from working at UPS. It was with oiL that they cut a few demos that in time, which became CKY songs later.

Shortly, Jess and Deron were restless to record what would become Volume 1. The two of them met Chad I. Ginsburg who heard their Disengage The Simulator demo.

Based on hearing the demo, Chad wanted to come onboard and be a part of the band. Shortly after, Chad came on as guitarist and producer.

The band felt a name change was in order, so Deron changed the band's name to Camp Kill Yourself. Along with the name change, the band decided to take a different direction with the music.

In 1998, Bam Margera, Jess's brother, was featured in a skateboarding spot in the movie, Toy Machine. The old Foreign Objects tune, Genisis 12a was featured. In the movie credits was contact info so fans could get more CKY songs.

Later, Bam released another skateboard stunt-filled video in 1999. Bam used CKY's music in his video as the soundtrack. The bands first two albums, Volume 1 and 2, released at about the same time Bam's videos released.

That same year, CKY went on tour. Right before going out to a live crowd, Bruni left the band in a lurch, quitting CKY. Ginsburg took over playing bass until Vern Zaborowski came on board for the 2000 Warped Tour.

When CKY signed on to the Volcom Entertainment label, they found Camp Kill Yourself too offensive and negotiated with the band for a name change. After a few variations on the same name, they finally arrived at CKY.

In 2001, CKY signed to Island Records, re-releasing the remastered Volume 1. Later in 2002, the Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild album was released and the band went out on tour to support the new album.

In 2004, bass player Vern Zaborowski left the band over artist differences and personal issues. Both Deron and Chad could play bass, so they took turns covering until Matt Deis joined CKY as their new bass player.

In April of 2006, CKY told the world they were dropped from the Island label. Later, in June, Deron Miller walked off the stage in the middle of a set due to alcohol and drug issues.

CKY signed on with Roadrunner Records in Dec. of 2006. Presently, the band has been hard at work pouring over material to pick out the best of the best for their upcoming projects.

Through CKY's notorious career that has spanned several years, they have created 5 albums, 3 Vinyls, 4 singles, 1 Ep and 1 DVD.