| Cky Interveiw! it might be a little old, but oh well.... |
| CKY The Interview November 27, 2000 By Kevin Marks Once in a blue moon, a band comes along that is very closely tied to skateboarding. In the case of CKY, it�s a very random happening. The band consists of Chad Ginsburg, Vern Zaborowski, Deron Miller, and Jess Margera. Does the name Margera sound familiar? Do the three letters C K Y ring any bells? Well, if you�re remotely involved in skateboarding you�ll know Jess is Bam Margera�s brother. Those two, along with all their buddies from Westchster, PA, love to break shit and cause a ruckus. CKY, the band, was intimately tied to the Landspeed video--its soundtrack was made exclusively by the band. The following year, Bam put out another film called CKY2K, and again the band had many songs in it as well as personal appearances. Even today, you can continue to see the members and hear their songs in the new MTV program, Jackass. The band loves to tour, and being on the Volcom label aids in that quest. I caught up with the band on a recent jaunt to the west coast. (Be sure to look for the band on next year�s Warp Tour.) Formerly known as Camp Kill Yourself, then as Camp, and now as CKY. I took the band through the local 99 cents store, and they had this to share: Jess: I�d like to ask why Vern smells like an old man when he goes to sleep? When he�s walking around, he looks like a normal guy, and he pretty much smells like a normal guy, but as soon as he goes to sleep, he smells like an old man. Vern: I secrete old man sweat. Jess: How would you describe the old man smell? Chad: it smells like a guy who drives a Granada with vinyl seats, painted with house paint, and way too much shit in the trunk. Jess: Moth balls and pea soup. All right, so I�d go with twenty percent moth balls, ten percent pea soup, 40 percent Granada old man, and 30 percent Vicks vapor rub. Chad: The guys who paint their cars with house paint are so f..ked up. Jess: The smell is indefinable. You can�t really describe it--I�ve tried. Chad: You smell way older when you�re sleeping. I think it�s all the alcohol that seeps out of you. TWS: So who gets to sleep next to him? Jess: Usually, I have to sleep next to him. We�re staying at Chad�s house right now, and I have to stay right next to him--my bed is like right there. I have to sleep next to "smelly old man" Vern. I was trying to watch The Shining the other day, and all I heard was a Vern snoring. Chad: Have you talked about Vern�s haircut? Jess: He�s got a Munster cut. Vern: Well, we may as well talk about it now since I just got it. Chad: He paid 65 dollars for this haircut. Look at the side. They told him to cut the STLB off, but they didn�t. He still has a STLB. Vern: We were trying, but you guys were rushing me. If I looked like Moe then this would be all faded, and there would be a lump on the back. Chad: He looks like Moe upside down. Jess: Get this, Deron paid 100 dollars for his "Pony Boy" cut. He looks like Pony Boy from The Outsiders. TWS: Where did all this go down? Vern: I don�t even remember. Jess: In Huntington Beach--right on the strip, next to the Inca Girls. It�s called salon something or other. Just because it�s a salon you pay like twice as much. Vern: Me and Deron were just holding hands, and we just said, "Hey, you wanna go get a hair cut?" Jess: Vern, I bet you thought it�d be like 30 dollars or something. Vern: No, I knew how much it was going to be. I wasn�t going to get my hair colored until Deron egged me on. Jess: Really, �cause when you walked out of the salon, you looked totally defeated. Jeff, how defeated did Vern look when he left the salon? Jeff (CKY�s manager): He looked like old Shaggy from Scoobie Doo. You know how he walks with his shoulders all slumped? And he�s kicking his feet out. That�s what he looked like. Chad: What�s in there? Did you get a lube job? Feel his hair. Vern: A lube job? No, it�s a product. |
| Interveiw taken from Camp Promiscuous |