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Despite some criticism for the label switch, Urge Overkill's major-label debut, Saturation, received strong reviews upon release in 1993, and to support the album, they opened for Pearl Jam on their Vs. Having a strong following by this time, they jumped from their indie label, Touch & Go, to a major label, Geffen Records.

Produced by Butch Vig, Americruiser was widely praised, and scored a college radio hit with the lead single, 'Ticket to L.A.' Watt returned to Baron Lesh and was replaced by Blackie Onassis (real name: John Rowan) on the next album The Supersonic Storybook, which was named by Material Issue's Jim Ellison was released in 1991.Īfter opening for Nirvana on the American Nevermind tour, Urge Overkill returned to the studio to record another EP, Stull, in 1992 which featured the tracks, 'Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon' (produced and mixed by Kramer) and 'Goodbye to Guyville'. Jack 'Jaguar' Watt (of the band Baron Lesh) was the new drummer and their sound from then on has been described as a 'Stonesy fusion of arena rock and punk'. Their next effort, Americruiser, saw a drastic change in style. A full-length album, Jesus Urge Superstar, soon followed, again produced by Albini, and with Kriss Bataille taking over the drums. The EP was recorded by Kato's friend, Steve Albini. They formed Urge Overkill (getting the name from a phrase in the lyrics of the Parliament song ' Funkentelechy') in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1986, with drummer Pat Byrne, and released an EP, Strange, I., on Ruthless Records. Buzzmuscle will perform its first Chicago headlining show Saturday at Lounge Ax with Atlanta's Jackonuts.Kato and Roeser met at Northwestern University in 1985. The band's new EP on the Perishable label features the songs '12 Step' and 'Comedian,' off their forthcoming, full-length 'Stayeth' album (tentative release date: Aug. The disc itself pictures a slab of bacon. The sleeve of the group's first single, 'Assembler'/'33 Degrees' looks precisely like a package of Oscar Meyer bacon. If everybody's comfortable with where it was unconsciously lifted from, then we go ahead with it.' I had never played with anybody but my turntable.' Warmowski describes the band's approach to songwriting: 'If somebody comes up with a riff or an idea, it's like a contest to see who can shoot it down fastest, who can identify it's origins the quickest. I had basically just been sitting in my room strumming around to Buzzcocks and Naked Raygun records for four years. He describes the Buzzmuscle sounds as 'Pretty much guitar-as-wall and rhythm-as-tool-as an actual instrument.' Dunlap recalls, 'I had been playing guitar for years and never imagined that I would actually do it in public one day. Warmowski cites Naked Raygun, Big Black and the Effigies as central influences. Schleitwiler, drums-leans to the melodic, song-based side of Chicago hardcore. Formed in 1991 from former members of the Bhopal Stiffs, the Watchmen and the Defoliants, the quartet-Greg Dunlap, guitar Rob Warmowski, vocals, bass Brian Gay, guitar Admiral David A. Local heroes: The members of Buzzmuscle have a healthy sense of humor about themselves but they take their rock 'n' roll seriously.

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Although there was stiff competition for the right to shoot the 'Sister Havana' clip, the band decided to stick with TV Eye. Directing credit goes to TV Eye partners Paul Andresen and George Dougherty, who previously co-produced and directed Urge's 'The Kids Are Insane' and 'The Candidate' videos from the 'Supersonic Storybook' album on Touch and Go. The video was shot in Miami and features the band cruising the beach in a 1972 Cadillac convertible, performing in the lobby of a decrepit Cuban hotel and skimming southern waters in a high-speed air boat. Chicago's TV Eye Film just finished shooting the video for Urge Overkill's soon-to-be-released 'Sister Havana' single for Geffen Records.