According to Miller, Carver City carries with it a "dark summer vacation vibe," nostalgic of the band members' childhood trips to the East Coast beaches. According to Chad Ginsburg, on a episode of Radio Bam, 'Carver City' is a town in New Jersey "in CKY's Minds." "The fabled town of Carver City has a history of bad luck and misfortune, all the while giving the impression that it’s a pleasant family getaway. Much like CKY's town of Hellview, Carver City's events are depicted in the songs, with story lines coming from real life events." 'Carver City' is CKY's first release since An Answer Can Be Found in 2005. CKY are touring throughout summer 2009 and beyond to promote the album, this included their first full Canadian tour in June & three dates in the U.K.
"Hellions on Parade" was released on April 21 in the United States, however, the track became available to download for free on April 15 from Roadrunner Record's website.
"A#1 Roller Rager" was released as a digital single on May 4 in the United Kingdom.
Music Videos
A video shoot for "A#1 Roller Rager" took place on April 20, in Aston, Pennsylvania and premiered on May 22. It was filmed at a local indoor skating rink and directed by Bam Margera. Notices were posted on the bands website requesting fans to come out to the video shoot to be part of the video.
Additional Information
Deron, Chad, and Matt all played bass on the album.
The song Hellions on Parade is the fourth part in the "Hellview" song series, beginning with "Thanks for the Ride" By OiL. "96 Quite Bitter Beings", originally released on the band's 1999 debut studio album Volume 1 followed, continuing with "Escape from Hellview", originally released on the band's second studio album Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild. ("96 Quite Bitter Beings" and "Escape From Hellview" were later released on the extended play Hellview).
The song Plagued By Images was originally written and recorded as Dropped when the band was known as oiL, back in 1996. It was later included on CKY's album Volume 2 in 2001. CKY then re-recorded the song renaming it to Dropped and Doublecrossed, planning to include it on their second studio album Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild, but they didn't finish it in time. The band finally completed it for Carver City.
The song Woe Is Me is also an oiL song that as re-recorded for Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild but not finished in time for release.
The Special Edition songs known as Fisherman's Wharf, Pt. 1 and Fisherman's Wharf, Pt. 2 were all originally written when the band was known as oiL, and were previously known as The Groundhog Session Songs.
On May 26, 2009 on ckyalliance.com on Ask CKY, Jess confirmed that Carver City will be released on vinyl. It was released on July 3, 2009
On July 29, 2009 Roadrunner released that "Hellions on Parade" would be in EA Sports new Hockey game NHL 10, along with other Roadrunner bands
