My Name Is Dan Gibson And I Like Urge Overkill

Earlier this month, I posted about (the band) Phoenix’s mix disc for the Kitsune series, briefly mentioning that I appreciated the inclusion of a track by Urge Overkill. Sadly, my mentioning of Urge Overkill brought out some of the band’s fans who have been oppressed by the scourge of popular opinion. I know it might not be cool—especially after hearing the cover of “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon” for the thousandth time—but I’m here to stand up and say that I really like Urge Overkill, especially their 1993 desperate grasp at alternative stardom, Saturation. Sure, their albums for Touch and Go are probably more artistically credible, and the production is beyond glossy, but any album that has a tribute to All My Children star Erica Kane is one I’m going to appreciate and enjoy. Some of my favorite tracks beyond the cut.

“Erica Kane”:

“Dropout”:

“Positive Bleeding (live on David Letterman)”:

“Sister Havana” (since the geniuses at Universal won’t let me embed a live performance of this song from some ’90s talk show and MTV’s site seems to do wacky things to the site, you get Dallas Mavericks highlights) :

Urge Overkill [Official site]