Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

[pa2camp]

Urge fell victim of a bunch of factors. Lack of air play, from when they signed to a major label. They are the best underground band that never made mainstreem ever. They are short of a charismatic frontman, they never would given the right promotion. If you listen to exit the dragon its a masterpiece and it can only be parted from your brains thru surgery. I heard that song so much I fucked up the cd. Miss these guys. Songs like these are timeless. Would sell a lot today.......

[bostweed]

is this the best power pop/rock song ever? May be

[GozerTheGozerian]

Quite possibly.

I haven't heard this song in about 15 years, and somehow got the urge (no pun intended) to find it on Youtube today.

Ah, great 90s rock.

[GoodbyeWhigs]

Yes, it is.

[mojoaman88]

What the hell is he saying in the chorus?...It sure isn't "sister havana"

[GoodbyeWhigs]

"She's gonna ride."

[JamalDOA]

1993

[rocketcar101]

check out The Candidate (full version) and The Kids Are Insane.

[BlackThoughtChannel]

theres no time to looooooooooooooooose!!!!

[injenlang]

fat susie the american wench has all the blow jobs you need, Htfd,CT

[Leilani28702]

Commercially speaking, Blackie was the best thing that ever happened to U/O

Of course, thats just my opinion.....

No offense to Eddie and Nash, but Blackie waas a badass drummer. Too bad about the drugs.

[biscaynenick]

4800 lbs. of Toyota crushing luxury with 6-way power seat and tilt-teloscopic steering at 1:29

[lonemilkman]

There's no time to LOOOSE!

[basicphenomenon]

I wanna go back to the 90's

[greghair01]

AMEN! I wish I had a time machine, like in Napoleon Dynamite, then go back and enjoy GOOD music and GOOD times.

[TomAraya23]

love this one

[toemasie]

This album and exit the dragon LIVE in my car cd player. Has been since the mid 90s. They're so f-ing cool. hope they make a come back album

[Annamandabella]

I agree with FordGuyInNY.

[Catatofish]

Yep, cracking album, fucking great song. It ROCKS!

[FordGuyInNY]

Possibly the most underrated rock album of all time.

[nagboy92]

They kind of remind me of collective Soul In Their Look and Their Sound.

[seekingobscure]

I'm a hardcore METAL head and I still love this record! Used to do this tune in a cover band I was in back in the day....good ol' rock in roll! Awesome track!

[WreathedinHoochSmoke]

Great comment. :)

[Stringprodigy]

The rhythm guitar tone on this song is great..Love the song too!

[tinibug28]

I fell in love with band after hearing this song! Fucking Rocks!!

[sandyclaus05]

God I missed this song!

Reminds me of riding around with my friends with the top down in college, stereo blasting.

Those were the days for sure! Awesome music from an awesome time!

[j3killer]

is it me or does the lead singer look a little like christopher walken?

[JamalDOA]

yeah, i noticed that too...long lost son maybe?

[izituorizitme]

I didn't notice it until I read your question. You are correct. He also looks a great deal like one of my boyfriends who I guess also looks like Christopher Walken.

[joutlan]

Christopher Walken and Tom Petty a little too :)

[stevis78]

Fidel, drop dead, you bearded rat bastard.

This song is a classic.

[herehere14]

viva Fidel, you cow just follow the heard per usual.

[stevis78]

Nah, I'm just more of a Raul fan.

[ggerely]

Me and my mates found this track on a shitty promo cd(contained a lots of rubbish performer)a couple of years ago(I'd say ten haha).This song is absolutely fucking ROCK.I am glad I found it again.Hope Castro likes it too!!!!!

[smcderby230]

Ugliest dudes with the hottest chick. Normally, I'd be jealous. However, 'Sister Havana' will still ROCK 50 years from now. UO has got be be one of the most under-rated Rock Bands in History...... I love them. I hope they steal Motley Crew's hot chicks.

[likytedc]

Saw 'em in '96. They played a place in Raleigh, N.C. that held about 1,000 people. One of the best live shows I ever saw...

[toasticles99]

DUDE! I was at that show! What a fuckin blast then had drinks with "King" Roeser and Blackie Onassis at the Comet Lounge. Definitely a brush with greatness!

[WreathedinHoochSmoke]

The Comet Lounge. I like the sound of that, bro.

[cletus2941]

anyone know where to download this at, all i can find is the live version, not so good.

[SlamuKiller]

One of the most fucking sexiest songs EVER!

[ChicagoBandz]

URGE!!!!!

[MelLovesMel]

Love this song Love the band

[Luvysockmunkey]

Love this album!!! LOVE THIS SONG

[GGonTV]

URGE OVERKILL - Is it not well past due for this band to get its due...start demanding air play for this band's material thru your local radio station...as they were the only true indie act from the 90s. Everybody else sold out!!

So looking forward to the new CD...soon I hope!!!

[LBjim]

UO just Smokes!!!

[TIASUMMER]

it's a fucking great rock album, they should have put out a video for night and grey. I miss this band!

[JamalDOA]

Was anyone in high school when this came out?

[orangeoctober33]

I remember eating Hilary Duff out to this song. She was on her period but I still licked that blood soaked pussy clean. Urge Overkill will always kick ass in my book.

[DestroyerofSouls666]

NICE!!! All my forty something buddies talk about passing Hillary around the room! LOL!

[LBjim]

Count me in!!

[PHAEDRIDER]

i cant remember why i bought this album when it came out, but i still cant get over it .. i seriously dont know why , it's full of cliches , the whole thing is practically as over- produced as the boston record, but still , for some reason i just love this album.. when i put this record on i just get happy and start doing chores. .in fact it is indeed the OFFICIAL house cleaning album for me.. i LOVE THIS ALBUM , but i dont know why?

[ronjon9]

Heard of this band because they sung the star-spangled banner in kingpin.

[sciflyer67]

UO!

Under appreciated band for sure.

I still have some UO 76 style antenna balls from back in the 90's.

[lkjiytedc]

Anyone with UO style antenna balls is a god#@%&n badass in my book!

[herehere14]

112,765

[GforceHPS]

Heard this song on The Current Radio this aft. I'd forgot about this band 'til today! Remember drinking beer with Nate & other friends at Flour's place in Mpls. back in early 90's. Good song, guys!

[WINFIELD120]

1 word - POO

[mukhol]

smells like you

[Evski1975]

oops, sorry. thought i was in the grown-ups' area

[uspsionic]

I like their bling.  Wesley Willis wrote a song about these guys!

[Orangeterp218]

i can't beleive they only had two good songs.

[bgnh1]

I can't believe you think they only had two good songs! All of "Americruiser" and "Supersonic Storybook" are fantastic, and Jesus Urge Superstar is great, too.

[quintvisk]

what??? Every record they put out was a winner

[GGonTV]

You've got to listen to their material with fresh ears dude...get a copy of Exit The Dragon....and see what you missed out in the 90s.

[mukhol]

still my favourit song after 15 years of listening to it.

[foghatconcertseries]

THese guys had so much promise then didn't do shit

[BrunHilda2000]

This song came out the year I graduated high school...when music was still good. God I feel old!

[sigdevil]

Is Nash Kato Christopher Walken's son?

[finestbottleofheron]

no its the alternative reality semi-clone of top petty

[sigdevil]

Nash Petty or Kato Walken?

[finestbottleofheron]

*tom petty

[sigdevil]

Just kidding dude. But Nash is a dead ringer for Walken. This is one of those songs I never get sick of. My IPod says so. Video is slighty cheesy but I would love to fly one of those airboats.

[locoro123]

one of the most underestimated bands ever

[sigdevil]

urge Ovekill was going to be the next big thing until "internal problems". Still a great song. Don't forget Pulp Fiction.

[jwahh]

Excellent song from the 90's and of course every fucktard kid has to come on here and give some dippy comment. What's wrong man, little hard for ya'? How about some Jonas brothers? There's your contribution.. A pack of Faggots.

[codysockeye]

honestly... im ashamed to admit that i'm a teenager, after considering the mindless zombies that are my peers.

[23FiXeR23]

lol

[danielion999]

Gotta love the big Caddy !!!

[danielion999]

He's got a fever.....

[ninjaman42oo]

queer ass band

[mukhol]

that must be the reason you watch the video clip, but dont get a moist bum, they are straighter than you. & they rock hard, but not on cock like you.

[FordGuyInNY]

The CD this is on, "Saturation," is one I can't live without. This is the first track, and there are much better ones on the CD. Listen to it with an audio that has very good bass, and the second track, "Tequila Sundae" will shake your house apart. It has low notes that even above average systems can't hit right.

[hearforall]

Is that Christopher Walken on lead vocals? ;-)

[orangeoctober23]

No...you fucking dipshit.

[Joshuapwnzu1516]

Is that Christopher Walken on lead vocals?

[hearforall]

Nice one bro. I was totally serious. Are YOU Christopher Walken?

[Joshuapwnzu1516]

No, but I do get that a lot. Apparently I resemble him. Last week an old lady chased me down in the grocery store parking lot and almost got me killed, yelling "chris, chrissy, chrissy!"

[jonjons1]

LOL, dude. i dig your rebutall

[leezer233]

I kicked the lead singers ass at a bar one night.

[MEATWAD50]

yup, just keep telling yourself that

[whitesox505]

My dad lived down the street from the drummer in chicago.

[M3T4LH34D812]

...Rock oriented, this would simply be good Rock-n-Roll, guitar has too much crunch and the upbeat pace and vocals are rough around the edges, however it is a catchy melody, too Rockin' for bubble gum *pop but not Heavy enough to be METAL, there's a hint of KISS "I was made for Lovin You" in that break, a comparable style IMO would be Loverboy "Workin' for the Weekend" just Rock n Roll without subcategory entanglements or limitations, Boston "Smokin'" is another good one

[tommyrock69]

Classic Chicago RAWK!

[tonfan]

brilliant---love the sitar-y break.....one great,great song....

[pyenapple]

What sitar? I think it's just effected guitar...no sitar.

[tommyrock69]

Yes, there is a sitar. It's an electric sitar run through a flanger. The electric sitar was very popular in the 60s with bands like The Strawberry Alarm Clock and the Lemon Pipers. Look it up.

[pyenapple]

Really? When they play it live, it sounds the same, and they don't have an electric sitar on stage.

[pyenapple]

And I do know what one is, but thanks for the patronizing "look it up."

[madchester187]

i liked this song when it came out, and it is now a reborn favorite. classic radio jam. wait, what's a radio?

[tarathetarantula]

The lead singer looks like Christopher Walken

[ssoultrain]

Nice pop song. At least they had the world by the ass for a couple years there....oh, well!

[Joshuapwnzu1516]

Pop?

[ssoultrain]

I said pop, I meant pop. Yes, this is rock, too, but there is a spit shine on it, and the content is vacation, holiday, and getting it on....subject matter that has been done, and done pretty well by say, Grand Funk (American Band), Cheap Trick (I want you to want me), to say, that band that does "Hey now you're an all-star" to say, Sheryl Crow (soak up the sun)....all I'm sayin' is that this song is perfect, fun, and I love it. Joshuapwnzu1516 you won't hear from me again, POP: I disappeared!

[Joshuapwnzu1516]

Well you are simply wrong, assgoblin.

[stormriderWI]

I understand what you are saying but POP just puts a bad taste In everyone's mouth. How bout catchy rock that bring me back to my youth?

[ssoultrain]

Sounds good to me...

[Babsie310]

if its pop its pop, and pop music is created by industry, and industry only cares about your money, therefore the music suffers because of the hidden agenda it was created for, to get your money, tool, and that goes for all pop music, including this terrible band.

[stormriderWI]

Thank you...Babsie...for explaining that the music industry is about money becuase I'm such a tool!  Good luck to you spending your obviously valuable time on You Tube setting people strait on the music industry and commenting on videos for "terrible" bands!

[pyenapple]

Pop has new connotations that it didn't have before the '80s. "Power pop", of example, isn't anything like "pop" music today. Don't be scared.

[mukhol]

long live the URGE!!!

[nicky52]

This is one band that I never saw and really regret it. All their albums are good especially 'Saturation'

[cuzzinmiko]

i seen urge play this club in honolulu back in '94 with the breeders. on lsd

[tapupartforpres]

awsome

[toemasie]

EVERY song on both Exit the Dragon and Saturation were excellent. Like getting kicked in the face by a horse, but in a good way!

[bucubiotchs]

saturation is for sure one badass album.

[g0ldbuG]

me 2

[djrealfancy]

one of my fav songs ever. (in case any of ya'all wanna know)  good stuff

[FSU96]

This is a fantastic song.  WAY underrated and among my Top 5 faves of the Nineties. Freakin' awesome.

[bigbadbodine]

Just got back from Miami and it is the shit and the Cuban and Brazilian girls are the most beautiful of all.

[stevemm033]

I looked up this song's lyrics. Which one IS it??

"She's comin on like a bicycle army

Everybody's waitin' for the man to come down from the tower

Every day is just like a vacation with you, YHE King, BLACKIE, and I

I'm watchin you and Fidel Castro in the sand, assassin!", or:

"Every day is just like a vacation with you LAYIN' RIGHT HERE NOW

I'm watchin you and Fidel Castro in the sand, assassin!"

I think it's the former, but don't clearly hear "KING".

[greatfaith2010]

I too Love this song!! Good Great going. Like Rock and 80's music!! 12 out of TEN!!!!

[FSU96]

Not sure exactly what you meant...but this was a 1990's tune. It definitely is a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10 though!

[bliss1083]

OMG I've been trying to remember this song forever and I finally remember some lyrics to it like 5 minutes ago. I always thought he was saying girl you gotta roll, she gone better. So I was always looking up that part until I remember the "there's no time to lose we could have a holiday. I got so lucky...

[RonT882001]

I always thought they were saying "she's no where".I bought the cassette back in the early 90's and I still didn't know all the lyrics to this song.Awesome song,definately in the top 5 songs of the 90's.

[JamalDOA2]

sister havana looks pretty good

[g0ldbuG]

amen, brotha.

[Gogoyubari1976]

sorry dude, he says bicycle army ):

[scandlabra]

Who says that? Christopher Walken? That is Christopher Walken, right?

[cosutton]

Someone please tell me what he's saying in the line..."she's coming on like a ???????"

I swear he's saying advisor caromie, but the internet lyrics search engines say, bicycle army

Dear lord, please tell me it's not bicycle army

[eyeflow9]

These guys were awesome when they toured here (australia) in about 1995-96. Saw 2 of their shows in sydney. I think my friends & I were the only ones there who knew any of their other songs besides this one lol. UO are a good ol rock n roll band.

[eddddddievh]

say them at the ANU on the same tour - they were memorable.

[stevemm033]

"...Nash Kato thought that all the guitars on this album didn't sound "shitty enough"".

I kinda like the 'dirty' guitars... :-)

[Whawhazat]

I saw UO at Bottom Lounge in Chicago on July 12th, a couple of weeks ago. They were pretty good, but Nash and King's vocals together were pretty bad. I assume it's partly because they have played very few live shows together in the past couple of years. More gigs = more practice = better harmonizing? Anyway, I hope they put out a new album soon!

[2112baby]

such a cool song. we started playing it out. it brings back memories for the people in the crowd.

[tonfan]

GREAT! Tune really rocks...thanx...

[FUDEMECOL]

I remember i heard these guys when I was at my first rehab in chicago, around the time of the 1st gulf war. On one of our outings I went to a used record shop and picked up a casette of "stull" after thta it was "exsit the dragon" Damn I wish they still produced

[barstoolboy1980]

Hold it--did The Darkness still this riff in "Get Your Hands Off My Woman?"

[emowhoreforfrankie]

Nash Keto looks like my friend Ashley...

[hyperform2]

i love this song, but i forgot how silly the video is, who are they simon and simon?

[retrograder22]

hey hper I think they are doin a miami vice parody

[johnfudrow]

I hear cowbell!!!! Nice. I love these guys. Too bad things went south for them.

[diggin4rubies]

I LIKE THIS SONG

[raindance74]

What happened to these guys? This song freakin rocks!!

[relictele]

Blackie O got on the horse for starters

[Catatofish]

hahahaha I agree, Nash Kato is a dead set ringer for Christopher Walken.

[xLEGOx]

hahaha,.. thats what I was thinking,... with a little bit of Tom Petty :)

[zoltar5282]

About as funny as Walken too.

[hoodlumdandy]

Where's my medallion?

[cjjlevins]

Saturation was a great record from start to finish. One of the best Chicago based bands ever! I just wish they would put out some new material and tour some more! Where's Blackie? (Bad news with demons I hear.)

[mukhol]

I agree totally, been listening to this album for 15 years, but woops I pressed the thumbs down! Thumbs up dude! Thumbs up!

[damone70]

Nash Kato is a dead ringer for Chris Walken.

[BAUTISTOV]

Minus anything the Smashing Pumpkins ever did.

[kp3744]

Best Thin Lizzy song that they never did. Still the best Chicago-based band song of the 90's!!!

[nonodont]

Thin Lizzy wrote this?

[nonodont]

I'm sorry i'm a fucking idiot ignore me please. Except:

Besides the fact this song evokes alot of childhood nostalgia for me it's among the greastest songs, by any measure, of all fucking... like, ever

[torturemethodsean]

no urge overkill wrote this .

[allenchampagne]

Can't believe I waited 14 years to buy this CD. Well, better late than never

[JamalDOA]

theres no time to looooooooose

[SEAMUS987]

This CD stayed in my CD player. We jammed 2 this constantly in the early 90`s. Whatever happened 2 real music anyway?

[greatfaith2010]

10 + Cool Song!!Couldnt remember the name of the song for like 12 yrs. Thanks for posting!!!

[SimplyDaBest300]

When I'm watching you and Fidel Castro in the sand... kissing. Lol, great 90's song.

[efil4own1]

Is that what the lyric is? I thought it was "watching you and Fidel Castro in the sand...SHAZAM!" all these years.

[SimplyDaBest300]

Yeah the first time he says "it's you and Fidel Castro in the sand kissin'"; the second time he says "Fidel Castro in the sand... assassin"

[sloppy182]

This album is great...my favorite UO album and song! Great album from start to finish. Wore out the cassette in my car and still have the CD I bought back when I was in high school!

[pjharrison78]

I was thinking of this song recently and it brings back good memories of being a teenager in the early 90's. Thanks for the posting!

[mikebott]

the frida kahlo looking lady at 3:07 is gorgeous.

and if they do come back, i hope they take to scrapping with steve albini again. great song.

[RonT882001]

This is an amazing song and video.Definately in my top 10.

[Mischa77]

Strange, I... got it all worked out

[zukhauler]

This is a great song, but it needs even MORE COWBELL

[CrutialHead]

they're like the presurser to great music now like Queens of the Stoneage...same feel to me.

[landshark25]

ya 90s rocks harder than now for sure

[FordGuyInNY]

Stuff magazine did a list a few years back of the 100 most underrated albums of all time. "Saturation" was #5. With good reason, too. Every song on that CD kicks ass. My favorite track from this same CD is "Nite and Grey." This is my "stranded on a desert island" CD, if you know what I mean.

[Delisle4]

It's with songs like these that I miss the 90s. The music was so good back in the day!!! Thanks for posting the video.