Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John "Blackie Onassis" Rowan of Urge Overkill in 1993. (Bob Berg / Getty Images) John Rowan, the drummer for '90s Chicago rock ...

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 ...

Filmmaker and former OVERKILL drummer Rat Skates recently sat down for a chat with Metal Asylum in New Jersey about his latest DVD release, "Born in the Basement". He talks in depth about how he ...

In a new interview with DJ Ramo (a.k.a. Omar Rodriguez) of The Metal Mixtape, bassist D.D. Verni of New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL was asked about how he and his bandmates go about seeking replacement ...

Overkill bassist D.D. Verni has swapped his four strings for six, handling guitar and lead vocals with his new swing band D.D. Verni and the Cadillac Band. A music video for the first single, ...

Well, you know, I think one of the things about us is that we're really opportunists when it comes to this and we love to have new opportunities come our way, especially when we're the ones who have ...

One of the best exports to come out of the Garden State is the thrash metal band Overkill. Dudes have been doing it for a long time and they continue to put out killer tunes even after all these years ...

Onassis (real name: Johnny Rowan) drummed on the band's biggest hit: a cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" for the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. By Katie Atkinson Executive Digital ...

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.