to financial challenges and work schedules, recording one or two songs at a time, and Ginsburg was reportedly paid around $8 per hour for his contribution prior to becoming an official, full-time member of the group. Opening track and lead single "96 Quite Bitter Beings" was the last song written for the album, with Miller noting that he wrote the riff during an impromptu session with Margera at the drummer's house after their normal rehearsal space was flooded. For the original Distant/Teil Martin pressings of Volume 1, all songwriting was credited to Miller. This was also the case for the Volcom reissues. When the album was reissued by Island Records, the album notes listed "All songs written by Deron Miller with Jess Margera and Chad Ginsburg". In a 2015 interview, Miller dubbed the co-crediting of Ginsburg and Margera for songwriting as "fake" and called it a "cosmetic measure", reiterating the claim that he had written the entire album himself. Promotion and release Volume 1 was originally released on February 27, 1999, by Distant Recordings and Teil Martin International limited to 2,500 copies, before another 1,000 copies were pressed from December 12, 1999. The band signed with Volcom Entertainment in 2000, who reissued the album on April 1 in a 2,000-copy run, then a month later limited to 4,000 copies, and finally on October 1 in a 20,000-copy run. Finally, after signing with The Island Def Jam Music Group in 2001, the album began to be released consistently from June 26, 2001 – 5,000 each with blue, orange and purple cover artwork, and unlimited with red. In promotion of the album, CKY joined the 1999 edition of the Warped Tour, but were later removed after taking part in a protest started by fans regarding vending prices. The group also played on the 2000 tour, at which they first made contact with Island. Later in 2000, the band released an extended play (EP), Disengage the Simulator, which featured tracks from both Volume 1 and compilation Volume 2. In April 2008, a remastered edition of Volume 1 was released featuring a number of bonus tracks recorded live in 2006 for the Live at Mr. Smalls Theatre live album. The album was later remastered by Tom Volpicelli and reissued on vinyl of various colours in 2015 exclusive to Urban Outfitters. Title and packaging Volume 1 was originally called Camp Kill Yourself, acting as a