The Urge

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The Urge

The Urge is an American Funk Band who rose to fame via their album, Master of Styles.

Members

Steve Ewing

Jerry Jost

John Pessoni

Karl Grable

Todd Painter

Matt Kwiatkowski

Bill Reiter

[edit] About

The Urge was formed in 1987 by "Jeff Herschel" on drums, "Karl Grable" on bassm "Pat Malecek" on guitar and "Steve Ewing" as the lead singer. Their first casette, "Bust Me Dat Forty" was issued in 1989. After one year, their first LP, "Puttin The Backbone Back" was released. In 1992, "Matt Kwiatkowski" was added on the line-up on trombone. In that same year, they released their album, Magically Delicious. A year later, another members were added like, "Tood Painter" and "Bill Reiter" on keyboard. They released their live LP, Fat Babies in The Mix in 1993. Pat and Jeff left the band in 1004 and were replaced by, "Jerry Jost" on guitar and "John Pessoni" on drums. They released their next album, Receiving The Gift of Flavor in 1995. In 1998, they next album, Master of Styles was released. It landed at #1 on US Billboard Heatseekers. Their next album, Too Much Stereo was issued in 2000 which chartered at #12 on US Billboard Heatseekers. They were disbanded in 2001 due to their musical differences. Steve went solo and other members joined other bands.

[edit] Chart Toppers

Year	U.S. Billboard Heatseekers	Album
1998	1	Master of Styles
2000	12	Too Much Stereo

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[edit] Tours & Concerts

There are no current tour and concert schedules for The Urge.

[edit] Announcements

There are no announcements as of this time

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Bust Me Dat Forty 1989 Neat Guy	Putting the Backbone Back 1990 Neat Guy	Magically Delicious 1995 1995 Neat Guy	Receiving The Gift of Flavor 1996 Immortal
Master of Styles 1998 Immortal	Too Much Stereo 2000 Immortal