Urge Overkill: Saturation
Ian Christe, Alternative Press, September 1993
JUST WHAT THESE overambitious bastards are attempting this time is anybodys guess. Having severed their ties with practically everyone in the Chicago underground who knew them when they wore army surplus, the boys in Urge Overkill seem ready to take a big step up, but to where?
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