Urge Overkill
Line-up
Origin
Chicago, United States
Genre
Rock, Alternative
Performed at Pukkelpop in
Similar artists
The Afghan Whigs, Black Francis / Frank Black, Boss Hog, The Breeders, Buffalo Tom, Girls Against Boys, Jane's Addiction, Lemonheads, Magnapop, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Porno for Pyros, The Posies, Soul Coughing, Tonic, The Twilight Singers feat. Greg Dulli, The Twilight Singers feat. Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan, You Am I
Biography
Urge Overkill are an alternative rock band from Chicago that attracted underground attention in the late 80s and early 90s. While their ironic reshaping of 70's arena and glam rock left them marginalized during the height of grunge, they managed to appear on the charts with their cover of the Neil Diamond classic "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, which hit #50 on the US Charts, and #11 on the Modern Rock charts. Their single "Sister Havana" also received some airplay. They disbanded in 1997 due to various addictions and in 2004 reunited, although they did not take their drummer Blackie on tour with them. They are currently touring the US, and a new album of Urge Overkill material is anticipated. Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
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