Overkill are now 18 studio albums into their ever-consistent career. The Grinding Wheel represents another slab of pummeling thrash from one of the genre's longest enduring acts and they've kept their ...

John "Blackie Onassis" Rowan of Urge Overkill in 1993. (Bob Berg / Getty Images) John Rowan, the drummer for ’90s Chicago rock band Urge Overkill who performed under the name Blackie Onassis, died on ...

The song's message embodies the attitude of thrash's scrappiest band, opening with a swinging rhythm accented by heavy string bends. Bobby Blitz's charming and instantly identifiable voice takes on a ...

Overkill is one of the most reliable thrash bands in existance, and they are coming back strong in 2019. Overkill is one of the most reliable thrash bands in existance, and they are coming back strong ...

Drummer Jason Bittner’s departure from legendary thrash metal band Overkill back in August didn’t really come as a huge shock to anyone. Bittner has long been involved with metalcore act Shadows Fall ...

No marketing team calculated Urge Overkill’s current reunion, but the timing could not be more right on. Nearly ten years after the band’s demise, echoes of the group can be heard in highly stylized ...

John “Blackie Onassis” Rowan, the former drummer of the ’90s rock band Urge Overkill, has died. No details on his cause of death (or his age) were confirmed when the news was revealed on Wednesday.

John Rowan, who performed as Blackie Onassis as the drummer for ‘90s Chicago rock band Urge Overkill, died Tuesday, according to The Los Angeles Times. He was 57. A cause of death was not given. While ...