Girl Meets 'guyville Again Jun 22, 2008
Conceived as a response to the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main St." (and as an undercover love letter to then-crush object Nash Kato of Urge Overkill), Phair insists the record was a feminist manifesto. "I was hopping mad!" she asserts, retrospectively, about the male-dominated music scene and her own messy relationships. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Diamond in the rough Jun 2, 2008
Your songs have been re-recorded by hundreds of artists, including UB40, Urge Overkill, Deep Purple, Him, The Monkees and of course the late great Johnny Cash who did 'Solitary Man. For you: What's the ultimate Neil Diamond-cover. (iAfrica.com)
Gem of a tunesmith Sep 2, 2007
By MARTIN VENGADESAN. There was a time when Neil Diamond, the king of catchy singalongs, bared his soul to churn out some profoundly poignant music. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Love Live The Queens Jun 3, 2007
Like the way the Stooges used to play it, the earliest version of Black Sabbath, certainly Urge Overkill, "Disreali Gear"-era Cream -- the hard stuff that makes the hairs on your arm quiver and unleashes your inhibitions. Rob Halford, Jack Black, Dean Ween, Billy Gibbons, Mark Lanegan and Dave Grohl have put their regular jobs on hold to be Queens for a day. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
