Artist:Urge Overkill
Song:Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
Album:Pulp Fiction: Music from the Motion Picture
Urge Overkill had their only chart single with this cover of Neil Diamond's Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction. The problem was by the time the song was a hit, the band wasn't getting along and they soon split up. Nash Kato (real name-Nathan Kaatrud) and Eddie "King" Roeser met at Chicago's Northwestern University in 1985. Both sing, play guitar and write songs. It looks like the rest of the band membership was fluid. Guys were constantly coming and going. The name Urge Overkill comes from the Parliament song Funkentelechy. They released an EP in 1986 produced by Kato's friend and veteran producer Steve Albini. This was followed by the 1989 album Jesus Urge Superstar also produced by Albini. Urge Overkill's cover of Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon appeared on the 1992 EP Stull. It was around this time that they signed with Geffen Records and the single Sister Havana reached #6 on the Alternative Rock chart. So now they are starting to get somewhere. They toured opening for Pearl Jam. Then Quentin Tarantino used Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon in his 1994 film Pulp Fiction. The single reached #59 on the Billboard Hot 100. And of course the Pulp Fiction soundtrack was a big success. But during the recording of the 1995 album Exit the Dragon, Kato and Roeser weren't getting along. By the time the album was released, Roeser left and formed a couple of bands. Kato tried to keep Urge Overkill going and signed with Sony's 550 Music. But nothing came from that and Kato released a solo album in 2000. The Pulp Fiction soundtrack is available as a budget CD. Kato and Roeser reformed Urge Overkill in 2004. They toured and released an album in 2011. They continue to tour and released a new album last year. Here's the video for Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon by Urge Overkill.
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