Volume 1 (CKY album)
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Cover used from 2001 onwards
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| Studio album by CKY | ||||
| Released | February 27, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | November 1997–February 1998 | |||
| Studio | The Ground Hog Studio (Holland, Pennsylvania) |
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| Length | 51:57 | |||
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| Producer | Chad I Ginsburg | |||
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| Alternate cover | ||||
Original Camp Kill Yourself cover
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| Singles from Volume 1 | ||||
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Volume 1 is the debut studio album by American alternative metal band CKY. Recorded at The Ground Hog Studios in Holland, Pennsylvania, it was produced by guitarist Chad I Ginsburg and released on February 27, 1999 by Distant Recordings and Teil Martin International. Since its initial release as Camp Kill Yourself, the album has been reissued by various record labels with different titles and artwork.
Most of the material for Volume 1 was written by CKY frontman Deron Miller before the addition of Ginsburg in 1998 to complete the band's lineup. During this time, Miller and drummer Jess Margera were performing under the name Oil with live bassist Ryan Bruni. Miller performed bass on the album, although Bruni is featured on the songs "The Human Drive in Hi-Fi" and "Lost in a Contraption".
Despite its lack of commercial success, Volume 1 features a number of the band's signature songs, including arguably their best known track "96 Quite Bitter Beings". Many of the songs were originally featured on skateboarding and stunt videos produced by Margera's brother Bam, including the CKY video series with which the band shares its name. "96 Quite Bitter Beings" was released as a single in 1999.
Deron Miller and Jess Margera began recording Volume 1 in November 1997, while still performing under the name Oil. Recording took place at The Ground Hog Studio in Holland, Pennsylvania, where the pair met audio engineer Chad I Ginsburg. They later asked Ginsburg to join the band as a guitarist, which marked the dissolution of Oil and the formation of CKY (under the name Camp Kill Yourself). The trio continued recording of the album (with production, engineering and mixing led by the new guitarist), which by February 1998 had been completed. It was mastered by Walt Mecleary at Master Blasters, who owned The Ground Hog Studio at the time and had originally hired Ginsburg.
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