Blog: PopMatters

A 16-year hiatus has done little to diminish Urge Overkill's ability to lay down some serious no frills rock n' roll. Few bands ever self-sabotaged as frequently or as willfully as Urge Overkill. Here's a band that made unpopular decisions at every pivotal juncture of its career. By the time they dropped their major label debut, the near-flawless Saturation, in 1993, the band were already pariahs in their hometown of Chicago, having inked a deal with Geffen while still under contract with indie label Touch & Go. It may sound a little absurd to toady's music...