"Hellions on Parade" is a song by American

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. Written by

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and

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, it was featured on the band's 2009 fourth studio album, ''

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''. "Hellions on Parade" is the third song in the band's "

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" song trilogy, succeeding "

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" and "Escape from Hellview". It was released as the first

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from ''Carver City'' on April 20, 2009.

Recording and music

Vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter

has revealed that he recorded the vocals for "Hellions on Parade" alone in

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(at 4th Street Recording, according to the

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for ''

''), amid tensions between members of the band. Speaking about the musical style of the track, he noted that it contains "really cool keyboard lines ... and it turned out really heavy".

Lyrical content

"Hellions on Parade" was written as the third entry in the band's "Hellview" song trilogy, which started with "96 Quite Bitter Beings" (from 1999's ''

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'') and "Escape from Hellview" (from 2002's '' Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild''). According to Miller, "Hellview" is a story "about a town that doesn't take kindly to outsiders", and the story of the third song in the trilogy "is about Hellview destroying its rival city".

Promotion and release

The opening track on ''Carver City'', "Hellions on Parade" was released as a digital download single on April 20, 2009. In 2015, it was included on the reissue of the compilation album ''The Best of CKY''.

Critical reception

In a review of the album ''Carver City'' for the website

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, Lana Cooper praised "Hellions on Parade" for its "finely-tuned production and songwriting elements", highlighting the "chugging guitar riffs" and presence of keyboards, which she assured added to the song's "eerie atmosphere". The song was featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports Hockey game

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References

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