Oui features twelve new tracks from Kato and Roeser – eleven are Urge originals, with the opener (and first single) being a cover of Wham!’s “Freedom!” Add in tracks like “How Sweet The Light” and “Forgiven” and it all adds up to an Urge Overkill release the world not only wants, but needs. It wasn’t until 2011 that the world would hear new Urge Overkill music, when the band released Rock & Roll Submarine (which earned a four-star review in Mojo.) Now, a decade later, is the world ready for more? There is only one answer: Oui. After a string of acclaimed releases on Touch & Go Records (including Stull EP, containing their cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon,” which became a hit after being featured in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction), the band moved to Geffen Records and issued a pair of albums which took over alternative radio. And as they barreled forth into the upside. As a byproduct of a scene where the band t-shirt became an increasingly common signifier of regular guy bona fides (to the point where it was almost a uniform), Urge Overkill oozed panache. So, add the word that goes before “please.” It’s Oui.Nash Kato and Eddie “King” Roeser met at Northwestern University, formed Urge Overkill (named after a George Clinton/Parliament lyric), and soon released a Steve Albini produced EP on Restless Records. Its 25th anniversary reissue is out now through Porterhouse Records in a clear blue vinyl edition of 1,000. Now, a decade later, Urge Overkill returns with Oui-twelve new tracks from Kato and Roeser, including eleven originals and an Urge-ified cover of Wham!’s “Freedom!” It’s the logical extension of everything everyone loves about Urge Overkill-killer riffs, memorable hooks, and the style and swagger of Nash Kato and King Roeser. Two years later, Rock & Roll Submarine was released to great acclaim (garnering four stars from Mojo magazine.) Kato and Roeser reunited in 2010, playing a set at Tarantino’s Friar’s Club Roast, and sat on the podium alongside Samuel L. We were united by rock, goes a standard pronouncement by Urge Overkill singer-guitarist Nash Kato, as cited by Rolling Stone. After 1995’s Exit The Dragon, Urge’s whirlwind first decade came to a close. With the release of Saturation and prominent placement in Quentin Tarantinos pop-culture flashpoint Pulp Fiction, Urge Overkill assumed the arena-rock. The film and soundtrack became a massive hit, rocketing Urge into the public consciousness. While working on Saturation’s follow-up, Quentin Tarantino picked Stull’s “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon” for inclusion in his upcoming film Pulp Fiction. Featuring radio hits like “Sister Havana” and “Positive Bleeding,” the band rock and rolled on. (Cypress Hill, Nine Inch Nails, Anthrax).
Even as just an EP, it proved that Urge was ready for the big leagues, and they signed to Geffen Records later that year.ġ993 brought the world Saturation, produced by the Butcher Bros.
Urge tapped Kramer (Bongwater, Butthole Surfers) to produce 1992’s Stull EP, which included a cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon” and the original “Goodbye To Guyville”-whose title was adapted by Liz Phair for her acclaimed debut. tour, and Urge Overkill was playing arenas. At that point, Pearl Jam tapped them for their Vs. Touch And Go Records founder Cory Rusk championed the band as well, and Jesus Urge Superstar appeared on that classic Chicago label, once again helmed by Albini (while the band was housed in his basement.) Next came 1990’s Americruiser, this time produced by Butch Vig, featuring a sound and style that influenced fellow bands like Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana, who would consequently use Vig on albums like Siamese Dream and Nevermind.ġ991’s The Supersonic Storybook (named by Material Issue’s Jim Ellison) brought Albini back to the production role, and Urge opened for Nirvana on American and European legs of Nirvana’s Nevermind tour. Pulling their name from Parliament’s title track “Funkentelechy,” Urge Overkill was born in 1984, releasing their debut EP Strange I… on fellow Northwestern student Steve Albini’s Ruthless Records (with Albini in the production chair, as well). Roeser and Kato, two Minnesota native sons, met at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Urge Overkill is comprised of two unique voices. The interweb backhanded it (stadium rock by clever post-punkers or a perfect swaggering blend of arena rock and power pop) with local Chicago critics similarly dissing it (Steve Albini called them frat rock in his retort to Bill Wyman including it in a top 10 list for 1993, while Jim. Urge Overkill is an American alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States, consisting of Nathan Kaatrud, who took the stage name Nash.
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It’s full of their signature mix of rock, hooks, and fancy bling, which is exactly what a post-pandemic planet has needed for far too long. Urge Overkill’s Saturation may be the most-widely misunderstood album of its generation. Oui is the new release from Nash Kato and King Roeser-their first in over a decade. When the world was asked if it was time for new music from Urge Overkill, it responded with one word- Oui.
First new album from Urge Overkill in a decade.
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