With their sludgy hooks, whiner groans, and arrogant exoticism, they're about as "subversive" as a spirochete-a social disease waiting to happen. Urge Overkill was formed in Chicago in the mid-1980s by Nash Kato (vocals/guitar) and Eddie King Roeser (vocals/guitar/bass guitar) after the pair met in college. Originally part of the Chicago indie-boy Touch and Go Hardcore scene, Urge Overkill quickly distinguished itself with a combination of pop smarts and ambitious high/low concept marketing. But bohemian one-upsmanship I know, and these guys are so deep in hype Maurice Starr is lucky they're too old to be new kids. what are those, designer leisure suits? Indeed, the Chicago mafia may believe I'm no judge of their metal/AOR, either. MEETS OR EXCEEDS DOT AND ECE 22-05 STANDARDS. Description MC-POWERSPORTS 'T.F.C.' TRI-COMPOSITE FIBERGLASS SHELL. what is this, anyhow? Fashion-plate metal? Lothar-EOAOR? I'm obviously no judge of their. SS2500 DUAL-SPORT URGE OVERKILL: Size: Large: Color: FLAT/MATTE BLACK: MPN: 87-7377: Retail Price: 219.95: Condition: NEW: Warranty: Covered for a 1-year period from the date of purchase. Mix-and-match bohemian one-upsmanship brings us. Check it out right here, right now, and preorder Oui. We’re proud to premiere “How Sweet The Light” today at MAGNET. (You were right, how sweet the light.) Now let’s all scale them thar mountains!” There is no light without darkness, no peaks without valleys? It’s only human nature to gravitate toward the light, at times even climbing dauntlessly into the fire. (Behold the Phoenix rising.) Thanks again for that solemn reminder, Jackie Blue. (Perhaps a mirror?) As with life itself, the interpretation is singularly upon the observer. Says Kato, “This track is merely a portrait for anyone. “How Sweet The Light” is one of Oui’s highlights, and we’re bringing it to you today. When I listen to Urge Overkill, this is what I hear: A caustic landscape of scarred but somehow noble guitar sounds harsh, raspy vocals and a deeply sardonic view. Oui oscillates between the sensibilities of myself and Nash, like a Lennon-and-McCartney vibe at their late period, and we ended up heading toward both heartbreaking directness and baroque pop.” “We felt like we succeeded in continuing our mission of classic-rock penmanship.
“We’re very proud of this album,” says Roeser. And if you were ever a UO fan, you’ll want to just say yes to Oui. On January 28, Omnivore will release Oui, Urge Overkill’s seventh album, featuring 11 archetypal UO originals in addition to a cover of Wham!’s “Freedom.” It’s yet more timeless rock ’n’ roll that’s unmistakably the men from U.R.G.E. Urge Overkill don't concern themselves with musical progression: they minted their louche, sometimes menacing, sometimes funny, hard rock at the dawn of the 1990s, and. Bands like Husker Du, The BoDeans and Cheap Trick all have a sound apart and Urge Overkill are cut from the same cloth. Oui is only the second Urge Overkill album of the 21st century, arriving 11 years after Rock & Roll Submarine and sounding like it could've been released 11 months after that LP. Theres something about Rock and Roll from the Mid-West that sets itself apart from the rest of the country. Sure, some live performances followed, but it seemed like it might be goodbye from Guyville. A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. After some solo projects as well as lineup and label changes, Rock & Roll Submarine came 16 years after that, and though it was another solid effort, by that point it seemed like Kato and Roeser might be closing their supersonic storybook for good. Saturation remains one of the best rock records of that era, sounding as good today as it did 28 years ago, but if that album-recorded in MAGNET’s hometown of Philly-didn’t make Kato and Roeser household names, nothing they did would.Įxit The Dragon followed in 1995, and while it’s a fine LP, it didn’t do much to win over any new fans. One of the problems with being a timeless rock ’n’ roll band is that, in trend-following consumers’ minds, you never every really fit in at any particular time. They wrote catchy music in a style of their. (Urge Overkill also landed on the cover of the first issue of a new music magazine called MAGNET see below.)īut while the Chicago-based Urge Overkill was certainly always dressed for success, mainstream success never came. Urge Overkill was one of those bands that did everything right, but somehow did not break into the mainstream.
Saturation, Urge Overkill’s Geffen debut, was released that year, and with the success of a few minor “modern-rock” hits and the inclusion of an older UO song (a cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon”) on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack in 1994, things looked very promising for Nash Kato and King Roeser. The year was 1993, and in the wake of Nirvana’s earth-shattering success with Nevermind, any band that even slightly bore a musical resemblance to Cobain and Co.
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