Urge Overkill is one of the best representatives of alternative rock from the United States of America.
The original composition of the band included Eddie Rosser (King), who played bass guitar, Johnny Rowan (Black Caesar, Onassis), who was a vocalist and drummer on instruments, and one of the founders of the rock band, Nathan Catruud (Nash Kato), vocalist and guitarist popular group. Quite often it is called a thrash band, which is not accidental.
The main repertoire of the thrash band included compositions that are classified as heavy metal. Their work was significantly influenced by such famous bands as AC / DC, and Cheap Trick.
The beginning of Urge Overkill's career
The name of the joint project Eddie Roser and Nathan Kataruud came up with in 1985. Naturally, it was decided to call the band Urge Overkill.
By the way, it was borrowed from one of the compositions of Parliament. After several rehearsals, the band founded their own recording studio, calling it Ruthless Records.
The main specialization of the company were such styles as psychedelic metal, musical cocktails from pop-extreme music of the 1960s of the last century.
The group recorded their first small album in 1986. The young gang called him relatively unusual - Strange, I ....
Unfortunately, due to the ugly work of the producer, he did not become popular among American lovers of quality rock music.
The debut album of Jesus Urge Superstar was also ill-conceived. True, she came out only after the group signed a contract with the recording studio Touch and Go Records.
By the way, the former neighbor of Nathan Catruud (Nash Kato) - Steve Albini - became the producer of the work. Initially, the studio recorded the single Lineman, and then the first album.
The greatest success was found by the hit of the rock band Ticket To LA. It topped the charts of many student radio stations in the United States of America.
The creative path of the group Urg Overkill
Starting in the early 1990s, the guys decided to involve a specialist in the field of grunge music, producer Butch Vig, to record their compositions.
He became famous thanks to his collaboration with the Nirvana group. It was at this time that the guys began to experiment in music, trying to achieve a high-quality sound and harmonious sound.
The second Supersonic Storybook album was released in 1990. The record received pretty good reviews, the guys were invited to “warm up” the performances of the Nirvana group.
Then, despite the fact that the contract with the new label had not expired, the young guys decided to sign a contract with the recording studio Ceffen Records. Naturally, the former producer showed his indignation, but the group did not pay attention to this fact.
The production of the next album of the Urge Overkill team was taken up by the Butcher Brothers team. True, despite the popularity of the compositions of this album, only the song "Sister Havana" made it to the top charts.
Then the famous director Quentin Tarantino included the song Girl, You'll Be Women in one of his cult films Pulp Fiction (“Pulp Fiction”).
In 1992, the guys recorded the single Stull, which got its name from a mythical ghost town in the United States of America.
On the television channel MTV got the composition Urge Overkill, which until now many music critics consider one of the strongest in the work of Urge Overkill.
At the very end of their creative journey, the musical group combined classic black Chicago blues and "rough" punk rock harmonies in their songs.
The most powerful album in the history of the rock band Urge Overkill is Exit The Dragon. However, it caused conflicting emotions among numerous fans of the team.
Some of them considered him a genius, while others believed that the guys changed the style of performance and rhythm in music.
Because of the "crumpled" tour in support of him, the media were generally silent about the group, and in 1996 Kato and Roser finally quarreled, which led the latter to leave the rock band.
Life after glory
In 2004, the rock band decided to reunite. The initiators were Eddie Rosser and Nash Kato. A new line-up was assembled, the guys periodically performed at international music venues.
After 6 years, a new album by the band called Rock & Roll Submarine appeared on the Internet and on the shelves of music stores. Unfortunately, in the future, the work of the Urge Overkill group did not cause such delight among the "fans" as before.
The collapse of the team dates back to 1997. Some of its members have gone on to solo careers and achieved significant success. So, for example, Nash Kato's album Oebunante was released in 2020 and became quite successful.
The popularity of this group can be fully explained by their original approach to alternative rock and the desire to stand out from the general mass of rock bands.
That is why it is worth listening to a few compositions from the work of this group today.
