Urge Overkill
Urge Overkill is an American rock band that was formed in 1986 in Chicago.
Band History
The band was formed in 1986 by guitarist and bassist Eddie " King" Roeser, singer Nash Kato and drummer Jack "The Jaguar " Watt in Chicago. The name derives from the band was a song of the American funk band Parliament. Still in its first year, the band released their first EP Strange, I .... It was produced by Steve Albini, Nash's roommate and head of the influential noise rock band Big Black.
1989 saw the debut album Jesus Urge Superstar, again produced by Albini and as already the EP a typical noise-rock album. A drastic change of style represented the 1990 album released episode Ameri Cruiser on which the style of the band shifted to something that has been described by the band as a mix of arena rock and punk.
Jack Watts on drums space was taken over in 1991 by Johnny " Blackie Onassis " Rowan, with the third album The Supersonic Storybook was recorded in the same year. With this publication, which received consistently good reviews and was a considerable success in the underground, the band completed the commenced with AmeriCares Cruiser style change.
After the band in 1992 as the opening act for Nirvana accompanied their " Nevermind " tour, she took on the EP Stull, containing the title Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon and Goodbye to Guyville. In the same year, the band completed the change from their previous indie label Touch and Go Records to major label Geffen Records, for which the band hit counter some criticism from the Underground.
In 1994, the band became known to a wider audience after their Neil Diamond cover of Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon by director Quentin Tarantino was chosen as the soundtrack for his hit movie Pulp Fiction. The title made it into the top 50 places on the Billboard Top 100
Despite the commercial success, the band remained true to its alternative style with the published 1995 album Exit the Dragon. The album and the single release The Break flopped, and the subsequent tour had to be canceled due to lack of public interest ahead of time. In addition, drug and alcohol problems the band took to create, so the band in 1996 announced its official resolution.
2004 tried Roeser and Kato - although without a record deal - with new bassist Mike " Hadji " Hodgkiss ( Gaza Strippers ) and drummer Bon Quest a second attempt and started a world tour.