Artist · chart history
CKY
Band West Chester Formed 1998
CKY formed in 1998 in West Chester. CKY has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Familiar Realm”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #98. The station that charted CKY most often is Y100 (Philadelphia, PA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
CKY takes its name from Camp Kill Yourself, and the band out of West Chester, Pennsylvania, sounds every bit as unruly as that suggests. It started in early 1998 with Deron Miller singing and playing guitar, Chad I Ginsburg handling the lead parts and Jess Margera behind the kit, and the 1999 debut Volume 1 picked up an underground following thanks to the CKY video series made by Jess's brother, skateboarder Bam Margera, and the gang that became known as the CKY crew.
Signed to The Island Def Jam Music Group, they put out Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild in 2002 and landed it in the upper half of the Billboard 200, with the lurching, sludgy groove of "Attached at the Hip" and "Flesh Into Gear". An Answer Can Be Found in 2005 cracked the top 40, with "Familiar Realm" grinding away like a stoner-rock riff that learned some manners. Matt Deis came in on bass and keyboards, and Carver City followed on Roadrunner.
After years of tension with his bandmates, Miller left in late 2011. Ginsburg eventually took over the lead vocals for The Phoenix in 2017, and since 2022 the band has been touring with bassist Ronnie Elvis James and working on a sixth studio album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by CKY on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Familiar Realm | 3 | #98 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Attached at the Hip | 1 | #67 | – | 2003 | |
| 3 | Flesh Into Gear | 1 | #99 | – | 2002 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 128 | Familiar Realm | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 98 | Familiar Realm | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 202 | Familiar Realm | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2003 | 67 | Attached at the Hip | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 |
| 2002 | 99 | Flesh Into Gear | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 |
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