[3][4][5] Miller and his bandmates in the relaunched Foreign Objects – lead guitarist Kenneth Hunter, bassist Shaun Luera and drummer Tim Luera – performed a series of shows in the summer of 2015 under the name "Deron Miller's CKY + Foreign Objects", indicating the frontman's intention to continue using the CKY name in some manner in the future.

[6] By October, the group had been renamed MechaCKY, with Miller revealing plans for a re-recording of CKY's 2005 third studio album An Answer Can Be Found.

[7] In early 2016, Miller officially confirmed plans for new material by MechaCKY, starting with a "rough mix" of the track "Conditioned or Unconditional" which was released on SoundCloud in February.

[8] Later in 2016, MechaCKY was relaunched under the moniker 96 Bitter Beings, named after the opening song and lead single from CKY's 1999 debut album Volume 1, with a crowdfunding campaign launched for the production of two albums – Camp Pain (planned to be an exclusive for those who contributed to the campaign) and Synergy Restored (a full release).

[15] July also saw the release of a new music video for "Vaudeville's Revenge", the opening track on Synergy Restored, directed again by Raab.

[17][18] Shortly after the release of Synergy Restored, the Luera brothers suddenly left the band; they were replaced by Janaitis on bass and Tuomas Vuorio on drums.