The insatiable rock machine that is Urge Overkill returns with their first release in 16 years - all aboard the Rock&Roll Submarine. Almost two decades since Exit the Dragon and their Pulp Fiction hit cover of 'Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon,' founding members Nash Kato and Eddie Roeser have reformed the band that sold over 2.5 million albums and epitomized rock star personality in the early 90s with their celebrated releases on Chicago's Touch & Go Records.
Joined by former Gaza Strippers guitarist Hadji Hodgkiss on bass and Cherry Valence's Bonn Quast on drums, the Chicago band released the first song off the new album, 'Effigy,' in the fall of 2010 to great response from critics and fans alike. With the energy of past albums' fusion of arena rock and punk coupled with the evolution of Kato and Roeser's songwriting over the years, Rock&Roll Submarine is set to deliver its cargo of a new breed of UO rock torpedoes to fans hungry for new material.
'In a span of about three years in the mid-'90s, Chicago rockers Urge Overkill dropped a hotly-tipped major label debut, 1993's Saturation; released a wildly popular cover of Neil Diamond's 'Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon' on one of the decade's most beloved soundtracks, Pulp Fiction; then, on the verge of breakout success, flamed out and broke up. Now, fifteen years after their last album, they're back with a brand new album.' - Peter Gaston for SPIN.com