Johnny “Blackie Onassis” Rowan of Urge Overkill, positions for a picture circa 1993 in New York. Bob Berg/Getty Images
Johnny Rowan, that drummed for ’90s alt rockers Urge Overkill under the name Blackie Onassis, has actually passed away at age 57, the band revealed Wednesday (June 14).
“Urge Overkill is saddened to report that Blackie has passed away,” reviewed a message on the band’s social media sites accounts. “Please respect our privacy at this time. We are sending much love to his family and all his fans. We know he will be missed.” In a 2nd article, the band gave thanks to followers for their “love and support” adhering to the information and also shared a current picture of Rowan with actor/musician Jack Black. “Thank you for the love and support today. We wanted to share this photo of Blackie, we hope you like it as much as we do.”
Rowan — that signed up with the band in 1991, in advance of the band’s major-label finalizing to Geffen — drummed on Urge Overkill’s best-known hit: their cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” for the Pulp Fiction soundtrack in 1994. The track was the Chicago band’s only Billboard Hot 100 entrance, coming to a head at No. 59. It peaked at No. 11 on the Alternative Airplay graph, and also the track’s video was chosen for finest video clip from a movie at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. The Pulp Fiction soundtrack came to a head at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 and also invested a substantial 107 weeks on the graph.
Urge Overkill additionally had a leading 10 rock and also alternate hit in “Sister Havana” from Saturation, their initial cd for Geffen in 1993. “Sister Havana” came to a head at No. 6 on Alternative Airplay and also No. 10 on Modern Rock Airplay.
Exit the Dragon, the band’s 2nd and also last cd for Geffen in 1995, was additionally the last UO cd for Rowan, that didn’t rejoin the team when it re-formed in 2004. Onassis did, nonetheless, group with Urge Overkill frontman Nash Kato to co-write 6 tunes on his 2000 solo launching Debutante.
