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CKY - Infiltrate • Destroy • Rebuild

Yes, we know, you guys are Bam Margera’s little brother’s band-- that dude from Jackass. In fact, I would venture to guess that outside of their home state of Pennsylvania, the only people that know of CKY (wittily short for Camp Kill Yourself) know them from Jackass. But, hey, you’ve got to make yourself known somehow, right? Even if it is just a springboard off of your superstar sibling’s fame. I mean, it worked for Ashley Simpson, didn’t it…? OK, bad example, but you get the point.

In their third (?) full length rental car wrecking disco-rockers CKY make a their presence known again, one way or the other. This album seems to be the anthem of shopping cart wielding wish-I-was-on-Jackasses everywhere. And all jokes aside, rightfully so. This album is full of vaguely conceptual lyrics coupled with CKY’s signature single string guitar riffs.

I would be lying if I didn’t say I enjoyed this album at one time. From the easily headbangable “Escape From Hellveiw,” with its strangely 28 days later-ish lyrical story line and chugging rhythm to the semi-acoustic crooning of “Close Yet Far,” where the band moderately successfully stretches their creative chops. However, in my old age I realize those two songs are about all the diversity this album has to flaunt. In fact, having never heard of any of their songs before, I may have even mistaken “Escape From Hellview” and “Sporadic Movement” as the same song.

You can sum up most of the album with the following formula:
1. Quick drum fill.
2. Bouncing disco beat
3. Highly overdriven near-swing guitar riff
4. Bass… possibly?
5. Chug it up at the chorus
6. (optional) A tinge of synth

The main perk of this album is that said formula just so happens to be CKY’s area of expertise and given 10 tracks to work with, they will do it well enough if all you’re looking to for is some sweet rock music to flip your mom’s mini-van to.

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