Carver City
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Carver City is the fourth studio album
by American alternative metal
band CKY
. Recorded at guitarist and producer Chad I Ginsburg
's Studio CIG, the album was released on May 19, 2009 and charted at number 46 on the American Billboard 200
albums chart. The two singles
released from the album were "Hellions on Parade", on April 20, 2009, and "A♯1 Roller Rager", on May 4, 2009.
This is the only album to feature former band member Matt Deis
.
In March MTV
reported that the band was "almost done" with the album, revealing that it would contain songs entitled "Hellions on Parade" and "The Boardwalk Body", which Margera revealed was written by Miller about a childhood trip on which he discovered a dead body. Despite this news, the first official update on the recording process was not issued until August, in which the band said the following:
However, following this news, rumours began to surface that the band had, or were due to, split up. In October MTV reported that "there's trouble in the world of CKY", alleging that "a physical altercation recently broke out between various members of the group", quoting Ginsburg as saying that Miller "has quit CKY to pursue his own band" and that he and Margera would continue as CKY. Miller was also quoted as explaining that after hearing them "talk smack" about him, "he confronted the rest of the band, after which a fight broke out", threatening legal action should any of the songs written for the band's album appear without his consent. Following this incident, the band went on a short hiatus, while the band focused on side-projects and their personal lives for almost a year.
In October 2008 the silence was finally broken, as Miller reported that the band were back together and were "98% done tracking the new CKY record". It was also revealed on the band's MySpace
page that two shows were scheduled for 2008, on October 30 and 31 in West Chester dubbed "Hellview III". Recording ended in November of that year. On January 29, 2009 it was finally revealed that CKY's fourth studio album would be called Carver City and be released on May 19. Further song titles revealed were "Karmaworks" and "Woe Is Me", and Miller praised "the undying hardcore support of our fans, our unorthodox musical approach and a brand new partnership with Roadrunner Records" for "keeping CKY strong". Described as "more inventive ... more layered ... [and] the most inspired album [by the band]" by Ginsburg, Miller revealed that Carver City contains a "dark summer vacation vibe" and explained the album's title thus:
In March the album's cover artwork was revealed; in April it was revealed that "Hellions on Parade" would be the lead single
from Carver City and that a music video
directed by Bam Margera (for what was eventually revealed to be "A#1 Roller Rager") was to be recorded on April 20 with fan involvement; and on May 19 the album was released in North America. On July 3 Carver City was released as an LP album
, following a petition started by members of the CKY Alliance, the band's official fanbase.
and An Answer Can Be Found
. In a review for the site, critic Phil Freeman praised the album as evidence of the band "being smart and unique", explaining that the band had established their own identity separate from the skate
/stoner rock
image produced by their association with Bam Margera
and the CKY video series
. Ultimate Guitar
staff writer Amy Sciarretto noted that "a mingling of hard rock
and alternative rock
on most of the songs ... allows the band to appeal to a wide, diverse cross-section of subversive rockers and skate punks who want something new, different and exciting than what’s currently blasting on the radio."
Additional personnel
Production personnel
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American alternative metal
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
band CKY
CKY (band)
CKY is an American alternative metal band that formed in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1998. Centred around core members Deron Miller , Chad I Ginsburg and Jess Margera , the band shares its name with a skateboarding and stunt video series produced by Bam Margera, brother of drummer Jess...
. Recorded at guitarist and producer Chad I Ginsburg
Chad I Ginsburg
Chad I. Ginsburg is an American musician and music producer, best known for playing guitar in the alternative rock band CKY.Ginsburg moved to Bucks County, PA when he was 8...
's Studio CIG, the album was released on May 19, 2009 and charted at number 46 on the American Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
albums chart. The two singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
released from the album were "Hellions on Parade", on April 20, 2009, and "A♯1 Roller Rager", on May 4, 2009.
This is the only album to feature former band member Matt Deis
Matt Deis
Matthew Christopher "Matt" Deis is an American musician and songwriter. Originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire, he is best known as the former bassist of CKY with whom he performed with between 2005 and 2010, and metalcore band All That Remains, with whom he performed between 2003 and...
.
History
The band began writing material for their fourth album, their first with Roadrunner, in 2006, with a planned 2007 release. Recording began in August 2008 at Ginsburg's "Studio CIG" in New Hope, Pennsylvania with the guitarist once again at the forefront of the album's production. Frontman Miller said of the band's approach to the recording of the album:In March MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
reported that the band was "almost done" with the album, revealing that it would contain songs entitled "Hellions on Parade" and "The Boardwalk Body", which Margera revealed was written by Miller about a childhood trip on which he discovered a dead body. Despite this news, the first official update on the recording process was not issued until August, in which the band said the following:
However, following this news, rumours began to surface that the band had, or were due to, split up. In October MTV reported that "there's trouble in the world of CKY", alleging that "a physical altercation recently broke out between various members of the group", quoting Ginsburg as saying that Miller "has quit CKY to pursue his own band" and that he and Margera would continue as CKY. Miller was also quoted as explaining that after hearing them "talk smack" about him, "he confronted the rest of the band, after which a fight broke out", threatening legal action should any of the songs written for the band's album appear without his consent. Following this incident, the band went on a short hiatus, while the band focused on side-projects and their personal lives for almost a year.
In October 2008 the silence was finally broken, as Miller reported that the band were back together and were "98% done tracking the new CKY record". It was also revealed on the band's MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page that two shows were scheduled for 2008, on October 30 and 31 in West Chester dubbed "Hellview III". Recording ended in November of that year. On January 29, 2009 it was finally revealed that CKY's fourth studio album would be called Carver City and be released on May 19. Further song titles revealed were "Karmaworks" and "Woe Is Me", and Miller praised "the undying hardcore support of our fans, our unorthodox musical approach and a brand new partnership with Roadrunner Records" for "keeping CKY strong". Described as "more inventive ... more layered ... [and] the most inspired album [by the band]" by Ginsburg, Miller revealed that Carver City contains a "dark summer vacation vibe" and explained the album's title thus:
In March the album's cover artwork was revealed; in April it was revealed that "Hellions on Parade" would be the lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from Carver City and that a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
directed by Bam Margera (for what was eventually revealed to be "A#1 Roller Rager") was to be recorded on April 20 with fan involvement; and on May 19 the album was released in North America. On July 3 Carver City was released as an LP album
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
, following a petition started by members of the CKY Alliance, the band's official fanbase.
Reception
On music website allmusic, Carver City received a rating of four out of five stars, the same as was awarded to the band's previous two albums, Infiltrate•Destroy•RebuildInfiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild
-The Video Album:Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild: The Video Album was released in 2003, and contained the following features:*Music videos for all ten songs from Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild*'Making-of' videos for all ten music videos...
and An Answer Can Be Found
An Ånswer Can Be Found
-Personnel:Musicians*Deron Miller – Vocals, Guitar, Bass*Chad Ginsburg – Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Production, Mixing*Jess Margera – Drums*Jena Kraus - Backing Vocals on "The Way You Lived"Production personnel...
. In a review for the site, critic Phil Freeman praised the album as evidence of the band "being smart and unique", explaining that the band had established their own identity separate from the skate
Skate punk
Skate punk is a sub genre of punk rock, originally a derivative of the West Coast hardcore punk scene, that is named after its popularity among skateboarders and association with skateboarding culture. Skate punk most commonly describes the sound of melodic hardcore bands from the 1990s with an...
/stoner rock
Stoner rock
Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...
image produced by their association with Bam Margera
Bam Margera
Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera is an American professional skateboarder, television and radio personality, actor and daredevil. He released a series of videos under the CKY banner and came to prominence after being drafted into MTV's Jackass crew...
and the CKY video series
CKY (video series)
The CKY video series is a series of videos produced by Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo and other residents of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Four videos have been released to date, Landspeed presents: CKY , CKY2K, CKY 3, and CKY4: The Latest & Greatest...
. Ultimate Guitar
Ultimate Guitar Archive
Ultimate Guitar Archive, also known as Ultimate-Guitar.com or simply UG, is a large guitarist community website known for its large amount of guitar and bass tablature, reviews of music and equipment, interviews with notable musicians, online written and video lessons, and forums...
staff writer Amy Sciarretto noted that "a mingling of hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
and alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
on most of the songs ... allows the band to appeal to a wide, diverse cross-section of subversive rockers and skate punks who want something new, different and exciting than what’s currently blasting on the radio."
Track listing
Personnel
CKY- Deron MillerDeron MillerDeron John Miller is the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for World Under Blood and CKY , which has been through various incarnations since being founded in 1998. CKY's most recent release was 2009's Carver City....
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Moog synthesizerMoog synthesizerMoog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
s, orchestrationOrchestrationOrchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
, productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, concept - Chad I GinsburgChad I GinsburgChad I. Ginsburg is an American musician and music producer, best known for playing guitar in the alternative rock band CKY.Ginsburg moved to Bucks County, PA when he was 8...
– guitars, bass, Moog synthesizers, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, orchestration, production, engineeringAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
, concept - Jess MargeraJess MargeraJesse Phillip Margera is the drummer in the band CKY, its predecessor Oil and Foreign Objects, Viking Skull, and The Company Band.-Life and career:...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Matt DeisMatt DeisMatthew Christopher "Matt" Deis is an American musician and songwriter. Originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire, he is best known as the former bassist of CKY with whom he performed with between 2005 and 2010, and metalcore band All That Remains, with whom he performed between 2003 and...
– bass
Additional personnel
- Travis SmithTravis Smith (artist)Travis Smith is an American graphic artist best known for designing heavy metal album art. He has been called "renowned" by Alternative Press and "unquestionably one of the most talented graphic artists in metal today" by Chronicles of Chaos...
– illustrationIllustrationAn illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
s, layoutPage layoutPage layout is the part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement and style treatment of elements on a page.- History and development :... - Travis Shinn – photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
Production personnel
- Rob Murry Valeno – percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
- Phil Nicolo – mixing, additional engineering
- Frank Moore – additional engineering
- Chris Mullings – additional engineering
- Matt Janaitis – engineering assistance/group vocals on "Rats in the Infirmary"
- Howie WeinbergHowie WeinbergHowie Weinberg is a music mastering engineer who has worked with numerous bands.- Career :He has worked at Masterdisk, New York City, since 1977...
– masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced... - Matthew Agoglia – sequence editing
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Track listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | May 15, 2009 | Roadrunner Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:... |
Compact disc Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
Unknown | Special edition |
| Europe | May 15, 2009 | Roadrunner | Compact disc | Unknown | Standard edition |
| United Kingdom | May 17, 2009 | Roadrunner | Compact disc | Unknown | Special edition |
| May 18, 2009 | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
B0029NKKF6 | Standard edition | ||
| North America | May 19, 2009 | Roadrunner | Compact disc | 1686-180052 | Standard edition |
| Digital download | |||||
| Compact disc | 1686-180058 | Special edition | |||
| Worldwide | May 19, 2009 | Roadrunner | Digital download | B0029OR98G | Special edition |
| Japan | May 27, 2009 | Roadrunner | Compact disc | RRCY-21340 | Japanese edition |
| Worldwide | July 3, 2009 | Roadrunner | LP album LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
Unknown | Standard edition |