Cobain loved them, Tarantino used them... then came the drug-fuelled downfall — MOJO
The Pleasure Principle At the height of Nirvana’s ascendancy, Urge Overkill were a Kurt Cobain-endorsed, Albini-produced acrylic flash of ’70s soul-stylings and Cheap Trick rock optimism. Then heroin, gangs and guns were added to the equation. Keith Cameron looks back on their short, stylish reign. Urge Overkill (l-r): Eddie “King” Roeser, Nash Kato and Blackie Onassis, Los Angeles, 1995. IN LATE 1991, JUST AS SMELLS like teen spirit was lighting a fire under the world, Nirvana toured the US and