Jess Margera sits comfortably on a bar stool next to his brother Bam at Pelican's
Pub. Along with Bam are several other relics that any CKY fan may recognize
along with some unfamiliar ones. Pelican’s is a dive bar in every sense of the
word. The Linoleum on the floor is half tore up from when it was originally laid,
which probably dates back to 1963 by the looks of it. The Juke Box looks to be a
replica from one that “The Fonze” from Happy Days use to hit to make play. The
Walls are brick with a wrap around bar along with wooden shelves where the
bottles of cheap liquor sit. This dive bar suits the Margera brothers just fine, Jess
is just happy that they have Yuengling, a beer brewed in his home state of
Pennsylvania. As I walk through the front door of The Pelican Pub (which
resembles a front door of a house), Bam quickly turns around to see who has
arrived, as if he is expecting someone. He’s probably not as much expecting
someone as he is anticipating being mobbed by one of the 16 year old girls
that have camped themselves outside the pub, since it is a 21 & Up bar only. The
Pelican is even equipped with a 6 foot something 250 pound plus doorman
checking IDS. Considering that it is 3 in the afternoon I cannot help but think that
the “gianormous” door brute has something to do with the particular clientele that
the Pelican is catering to today. The army of jail bate are all packing photos of
Bam, most of which have him pictured shirtless. Jess could not care less who has
walked through the door, nor does he care that it seems that more kids are here to
see his brother rather than his band, CKY.
A vast quantity of the American music audience seem to still be confused by one
thing that surrounds the band CKY, is it a band or is it a collection of those crazy,
and at times painful, videos by the same name (which also features music by
CKY, the band) featuring Bam Margera and his friends made while merely 16
years old. For example, Rabb Himself decides to take a jog in a jock strap after
wolfing down a handful of ex-lax, needless to say he “shats” himself while
jogging. Or, there’s the one- well I’m getting a bit off topic. CKY is both of those
things, although Bam hasn’t released a CKY video collection since the beginning
of MTV’s Jackass series.
Just incase you have been living underneath a rock, CKY stands for Camp
Kill Yourself. The name was shortened to CKY after record labels were hesitant to
put the full name on a record. “It just seemed like a good idea to package the
videos and the band together, because bands are just so boring.” Jess comments
as he takes a swig off his beer. “So many people were asking us [when the video
first came out] what the fuck is this? Is it a band? Is it a video what is it? That
confusion is good it makes people want to find out more.” Jess adds.
“Never underestimate a fan!” Jess proclaims as he orders another Yuengling.
CKY has absolutely unique fans also known as “The Alliance” that come out to
every show, not to mention plastering stickers and other CKY paraphernalia all
over god’s green earth. What kind of fan base can you expect from a band who
goes around saying things like “…everything is being retired. CKY will take over
the name of Rock & Roll and piss on its face, I promise.” A Chad Ginsberg
quote. When asked about the quote, Jess bows his head and grins with that
devilish West Chester smirk followed by a roar of laughter. “It’s just fun to say
shit like that.” He proclaims. What kind of rebellious teenage fan wouldn’t soak
that shit up? Ginsberg also goes on to say "Our fans are pretty much the
Antisociety, just waiting for the change. They know everything sucks, and
they're not afraid to say it. They're not buying records. They're the most sarcastic
and objective fuckers out there. They've just been taught that everything has been
blown out of proportion and is pretty stupid, if you take a
second to look at it." This would be their opinion of CKY if Margera and company
were still making music under the name of Oil, which was basically the anti CKY
with a more polished and radio friendly sound, “We weren’t even into that
project.” Jess confesses. “It was an experiment,” he adds. “In the end, we
were like ‘Let’s make a fucking record that we want to hear. If people like it
great, but let’s make Volume I the way we want an album to sound’.”
I can’t help but notice that Jess Margera has been smiling to the point of
giddiness, and it’s not for the fact that he’s doing an interview for Nyght Scene
Magazine. To be honest with you, I don’t think he has even been told what
publication he is doing an interview for. Margera has a few reasons to be smiling:
One, of course he has his Yuengling, and two, he’s on tour with his band of 10
years and not to mention his friends, brother and parents. The real reason is
probably that CKY is no longer on the Island Def Jam label, the label that they
have been attempting to leave for nearly four years now. “We made the collective
mistake of going with the record label that offered us the most money,” Margera
says, “I mean they had their hands full with Mariah Carey; they obviously had
bigger fish to fry.” They just left the West Chester natives pissing in the wind.
“They spent our marketing budget on other artists, I just recently found out
Pub. Along with Bam are several other relics that any CKY fan may recognize
along with some unfamiliar ones. Pelican’s is a dive bar in every sense of the
word. The Linoleum on the floor is half tore up from when it was originally laid,
which probably dates back to 1963 by the looks of it. The Juke Box looks to be a
replica from one that “The Fonze” from Happy Days use to hit to make play. The
Walls are brick with a wrap around bar along with wooden shelves where the
bottles of cheap liquor sit. This dive bar suits the Margera brothers just fine, Jess
is just happy that they have Yuengling, a beer brewed in his home state of
Pennsylvania. As I walk through the front door of The Pelican Pub (which
resembles a front door of a house), Bam quickly turns around to see who has
arrived, as if he is expecting someone. He’s probably not as much expecting
someone as he is anticipating being mobbed by one of the 16 year old girls
that have camped themselves outside the pub, since it is a 21 & Up bar only. The
Pelican is even equipped with a 6 foot something 250 pound plus doorman
checking IDS. Considering that it is 3 in the afternoon I cannot help but think that
the “gianormous” door brute has something to do with the particular clientele that
the Pelican is catering to today. The army of jail bate are all packing photos of
Bam, most of which have him pictured shirtless. Jess could not care less who has
walked through the door, nor does he care that it seems that more kids are here to
see his brother rather than his band, CKY.
A vast quantity of the American music audience seem to still be confused by one
thing that surrounds the band CKY, is it a band or is it a collection of those crazy,
and at times painful, videos by the same name (which also features music by
CKY, the band) featuring Bam Margera and his friends made while merely 16
years old. For example, Rabb Himself decides to take a jog in a jock strap after
wolfing down a handful of ex-lax, needless to say he “shats” himself while
jogging. Or, there’s the one- well I’m getting a bit off topic. CKY is both of those
things, although Bam hasn’t released a CKY video collection since the beginning
of MTV’s Jackass series.
Just incase you have been living underneath a rock, CKY stands for Camp
Kill Yourself. The name was shortened to CKY after record labels were hesitant to
put the full name on a record. “It just seemed like a good idea to package the
videos and the band together, because bands are just so boring.” Jess comments
as he takes a swig off his beer. “So many people were asking us [when the video
first came out] what the fuck is this? Is it a band? Is it a video what is it? That
confusion is good it makes people want to find out more.” Jess adds.
“Never underestimate a fan!” Jess proclaims as he orders another Yuengling.
CKY has absolutely unique fans also known as “The Alliance” that come out to
every show, not to mention plastering stickers and other CKY paraphernalia all
over god’s green earth. What kind of fan base can you expect from a band who
goes around saying things like “…everything is being retired. CKY will take over
the name of Rock & Roll and piss on its face, I promise.” A Chad Ginsberg
quote. When asked about the quote, Jess bows his head and grins with that
devilish West Chester smirk followed by a roar of laughter. “It’s just fun to say
shit like that.” He proclaims. What kind of rebellious teenage fan wouldn’t soak
that shit up? Ginsberg also goes on to say "Our fans are pretty much the
Antisociety, just waiting for the change. They know everything sucks, and
they're not afraid to say it. They're not buying records. They're the most sarcastic
and objective fuckers out there. They've just been taught that everything has been
blown out of proportion and is pretty stupid, if you take a
second to look at it." This would be their opinion of CKY if Margera and company
were still making music under the name of Oil, which was basically the anti CKY
with a more polished and radio friendly sound, “We weren’t even into that
project.” Jess confesses. “It was an experiment,” he adds. “In the end, we
were like ‘Let’s make a fucking record that we want to hear. If people like it
great, but let’s make Volume I the way we want an album to sound’.”
I can’t help but notice that Jess Margera has been smiling to the point of
giddiness, and it’s not for the fact that he’s doing an interview for Nyght Scene
Magazine. To be honest with you, I don’t think he has even been told what
publication he is doing an interview for. Margera has a few reasons to be smiling:
One, of course he has his Yuengling, and two, he’s on tour with his band of 10
years and not to mention his friends, brother and parents. The real reason is
probably that CKY is no longer on the Island Def Jam label, the label that they
have been attempting to leave for nearly four years now. “We made the collective
mistake of going with the record label that offered us the most money,” Margera
says, “I mean they had their hands full with Mariah Carey; they obviously had
bigger fish to fry.” They just left the West Chester natives pissing in the wind.
“They spent our marketing budget on other artists, I just recently found out
that Our Infiltrate-Destroy-Rebuild marketing budget went to another artist because their
manager was married to someone high up in Island, then our record needed up out selling
theirs anyway.” When you think about it, it’s obvious why they kept CKY on the roaster;
it was a win-win situation for them. They put no money into the band and they still sell
records. However if the Big Wigs at Island ever took the time to watch a CKY video they
would realize that the Margera brothers get joy out of torturing their parents the infamous
Phil and April. This leads to the question, why would they think that CKY would take shit
from a suit from New York?
“They saw that we sold a bunch of records on a little shitty record label, and they thought
to themselves, ‘maybe they’re on to something’.” Margera explains. “They didn’t spend
any money on us and we sold records anyway, and they were like ‘let’s do the next
record, and we said, ‘alright, but you better not fuck this one up.’ And they fucked it up
worse than other album. They didn’t do anything to promote it.” He explains as he
shakes his head. “They wanted to do this new record that we’re working on now. We
were like you can eat a dick!” Margera has no hard feelings and why would he with a
brand new record deal with their friends Road Runner Records. The label actually signed
CKY back in 1997. “We sent him like 4 songs back in ’97, and he was like ‘I love this
but I don’t know who to sell this to’.” Margera says of it. “But now we’re signed with
Road Runner, so everything works out.”
CKY are nothing but fans, fans of music and bands. You can see it in Margera’s eyes.
Forget all that shit I just said about Margera being all giddy about his new record deal, for
Christ sake he’s on a tour with GWAR! Yes, Gwar. For a metal head like Margera how
much more surreal can it get? “It’s great to be on a tour with a band like Gwar. They’ve
be around since the 80’s, and it’s just great to see a band that’s been doing it for that
long and [that] they’re still relevant.” Margera says. “We’ve been doing this for 10 years
already and it feels like we’re just getting started.” Margera explains, “I could give two
shits about selling out stadiums! If we can sell out a 1000 person venue in 1998 and can
still do it in 2008 that’s awesome.” Margera says, “We take three years to do a record.
Any other band does that they would be long gone and forgotten about, their fans would
have moved on, but we have fans that wait.” [Justin@Nyghtscene.com]
manager was married to someone high up in Island, then our record needed up out selling
theirs anyway.” When you think about it, it’s obvious why they kept CKY on the roaster;
it was a win-win situation for them. They put no money into the band and they still sell
records. However if the Big Wigs at Island ever took the time to watch a CKY video they
would realize that the Margera brothers get joy out of torturing their parents the infamous
Phil and April. This leads to the question, why would they think that CKY would take shit
from a suit from New York?
“They saw that we sold a bunch of records on a little shitty record label, and they thought
to themselves, ‘maybe they’re on to something’.” Margera explains. “They didn’t spend
any money on us and we sold records anyway, and they were like ‘let’s do the next
record, and we said, ‘alright, but you better not fuck this one up.’ And they fucked it up
worse than other album. They didn’t do anything to promote it.” He explains as he
shakes his head. “They wanted to do this new record that we’re working on now. We
were like you can eat a dick!” Margera has no hard feelings and why would he with a
brand new record deal with their friends Road Runner Records. The label actually signed
CKY back in 1997. “We sent him like 4 songs back in ’97, and he was like ‘I love this
but I don’t know who to sell this to’.” Margera says of it. “But now we’re signed with
Road Runner, so everything works out.”
CKY are nothing but fans, fans of music and bands. You can see it in Margera’s eyes.
Forget all that shit I just said about Margera being all giddy about his new record deal, for
Christ sake he’s on a tour with GWAR! Yes, Gwar. For a metal head like Margera how
much more surreal can it get? “It’s great to be on a tour with a band like Gwar. They’ve
be around since the 80’s, and it’s just great to see a band that’s been doing it for that
long and [that] they’re still relevant.” Margera says. “We’ve been doing this for 10 years
already and it feels like we’re just getting started.” Margera explains, “I could give two
shits about selling out stadiums! If we can sell out a 1000 person venue in 1998 and can
still do it in 2008 that’s awesome.” Margera says, “We take three years to do a record.
Any other band does that they would be long gone and forgotten about, their fans would
have moved on, but we have fans that wait.” [Justin@Nyghtscene.com]
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