"We always felt like we were on the brink of the mainstream, but never crossed over." Fictitious car crashes, flooded basements and Jackass: how CKY became unlikely MTV stars with 96 Quite Bitter Beings

CKY 2009.

96 Quite Bitter Beings is the essential CKY song. The debut single from the band’s 1999 debut album, Volume 1, it also provided the unofficial soundtrack for the alternative community that was building around a re-energised MTV, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games and reality stunt series Jackass. 

That riff is still undeniable, while the menacing lyrics of teenage angst set against bristling escapism continue to offer a moody sense of hope. However, CKY co-founder and now frontman of 96 Bitter Beings, Deron Miller, is bemused by its success.