Miller has since reformed pre-CKY group Foreign Objects (which originally included Margera) and founded 96 Bitter Beings, his own continuance of the material he previously played with CKY.

After the release of their debut album Volume 1 in 1999, CKY signed with Island/Def Jam and issued Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild in 2002, which gave the band its first experience of US chart success.

Deron Miller and Jess Margera originally met at high school in 1992 and later formed the band Foreign Objects together, releasing The Undiscovered Numbers & Colors in 1995.

[4] The trio met Chad I Ginsburg, who was then working as an audio engineer,[7] during recording sessions for their planned debut full-length album, and later enlisted him to finalize the first lineup of Camp Kill Yourself, a name which Miller conceived as "a perfect title for a horror movie".

[12] In February, the group fired Bruni as they were "disappointed by his abilities and performance" on the Warped Tour,[6] and he was replaced by Vernon Zaborowski in July, after Ginsburg briefly filled in on bass.

[17][18] Speaking about the news, Margera revealed that CKY had to cancel two of their own shows in California in order to travel to the Guns N' Roses concert, but admitted that he was "psyched because that's probably the biggest tour of [the] year".

[17][18] However, due to a delayed flight blamed on "mechanical troubles", Rose failed to arrive to Vancouver in time and the show had to be cancelled, inciting riots started by audience members.

[6][23] The band secured a high-profile support slot for Metallica in May 2003,[24] after frontman James Hetfield personally approached Miller with the opportunity.

[28] Band members periodically offered updates on the album, with Miller labelling it a "masterpiece" and "the best rock record of 2005",[29][30] and Ginsburg calling it "an instant classic".

[41][42] In March it was reported that the band had almost finished recording the album, with the song titles "Hellions on Parade" and "The Boardwalk Body" being confirmed.

[43] Speaking about the production process, Margera commented that the band was approaching it differently than it did for An Answer Can Be Found, which he described as "a total guitar record".

MTV reported that "there's trouble in the world of CKY", explaining that an altercation had broken out between Miller and Ginsburg following an incident after a gig in St. Louis, Missouri.

[15][50] CKY began touring in promotion of Carver City in June 2009, performing dates in North America with support acts ASG and Graveyard until August, when the run ended with a "hometown show" in Philadelphia.

", Miller noted that he and Margera had the idea for each of the band's members to record individual albums and then release them as an overall "CKY" package, which Janaitis also supported.

[66] The rift escalated in the days and weeks following the release of the video, as Miller claimed on his Facebook page that Ginsburg had left the band, before himself announcing that he too would be "throwing the towel in" after completing the group's upcoming shows.

[68] CKY returned in February 2012 with Year Long Disaster vocalist and guitarist Daniel Davies in place of founding frontman Miller, performing at the Australian festival Soundwave.

[72][73] Miller expanded on the news on his Facebook page, revealing that he had reached out to "almost all former members" of the band but was unsure as to who would return, and that he and Ginsburg were working on at least eight songs together.

[74] Another update was issued in March, with Miller revealing that he and Ginsburg had "collaborated on a very mellow, melancholy song idea" recently, and that he wanted the new CKY album to serve as the soundtrack to a planned documentary about the band.

[8][79] In an interview with The Sinner's Ball radio show in August 2015, Miller described his former bandmates as "pathetic sons of bitches" and condemned Davies' performances in the band as "embarrassing".

[66] In May 2016, it was confirmed that Ginsburg, Margera and Deis would be continuing as a three-piece CKY (with the guitarist also singing), performing at the Random Hero Festival (in honour of deceased CKY Crew member Ryan Dunn) in Cleveland, Ohio, in June and recording a new album in July at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California.

[81] Due to "popular demand", a second date at London's Camden Underworld was later added to the end of the tour,[82] while several other shows were upgraded to larger venues.

In a statement by Deis, the bassist explained that "I'm stepping aside to focus on myself and my family so that CKY can continue their dominant return with nothing holding it back.

& Yeah" featuring late Turbonegro frontman Hank von Hell, alongside Anders Odden from Cadaver, on November 26, 2021.

[95] In November 2024, CKY was removed from a tour of the UK and Ireland in support of Alien Ant Farm, after frontman Dryden Mitchell accused Ginsburg of punching him in the face in the last of a string of incidents also involving members of the road crew and other bands.

[4] Due to the band's association with professional skateboarding (owed mainly to its link with Bam Margera), its music has been dubbed as skate punk,[97] but it is suggested by AllMusic's Greg Prato that this label was extinguished upon the release of Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild, which features a "heavy alt-metal sound".

[101] Following the release of Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild, members of the Alliance "bombarded" Rolling Stone magazine with "pissed-off e-mails" after it awarded the album two out of five stars in a negative review.

[citation needed] Common points of commendation include the band's mix of various musical styles,[105] the guitar performances of Miller and Ginsburg,[106] the group's high production values,[100] and the experimental nature of many songs.