Urge Overkill is a group that burned very brightly for a short period of time, and is one of those bands you wish would've figured out a way to stay together and continue creating great music. They soared in the early to mid 1990's, but by 1997 were broken up (and sadly, irrelevant).
Their Saturation album from 1993 was the one that landed them on the national spotlight. Sure, they had a few other releases prior to this, but truthfully, there wasn't much good on those releases. The first song on Saturation is Sister Havanna - it comes in quietly with some discernable noise which continues to grow until an amazing guitar riff breaks through. It is a straight-ahead rocker full of great riffs, good solos, and powerful drums. It's a song that you just can't turn off, and is a great introduction to the rest of the album which weaves between rock, psychedelics, and even some heart-felt slow songs. Just a great album all around.
Urge Overkilly released another great album called Exit the Dragon in 1995, but sadly it never caught on like Saturation did. They did get together a few years ago and did a tour ... sadly, I knew nothing about it until it was over ... sigh.
2 comments:
Never EVER heard of them. Perhaps they needed more radio SATURATION.
Wasn't this the band that covered Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" for Pulp Fiction?
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