Verni and Skates placed an ad looking for a guitarist and singer which was answered by guitarist Robert Pisarek and singer Bobby Ellsworth and the first incarnation of Overkill was formed.Īfter rejecting several names, including "Virgin Killer", the band finally settled on Overkill.Įarly covers, especially those done under the "Virgin Killers" name, were punk songs by Connor Neeson, The Ramones, Aron mc Garrigle, The Dead Boys and others. Overkill was formed in 1980 from the ashes of the punk band "The Lubricunts", featuring Rat Skates and D.D. since the beginning of the SoundScan era and over 16 million records worldwide as of 2012. As of 2006, Overkill has sold over 625,000 albums in the U.S. 31 respectively on the Billboard 200 chart.
The band's most successful records are Under the Influence (1988), The Years of Decay (1989), I Hear Black (1993), The Electric Age (2012), and White Devil Armory (2014), which debuted at No. They were one of the early thrash metal bands to sign to a major label (Atlantic Records, in 1986), but would not achieve commercial success until the popularization of the genre in the late 1980s, with their contemporaries Anthrax, Exodus, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Testament. To date, Overkill has released seventeen studio albums, one album of cover songs, three EPs and three live albums. Chaly has appeared on most of their album covers. The band has a notable mascot named "Chaly", a skeletal bat with a skull-like face, horns, bony wings and green eyes. Along with Anthrax, whose one-time lead guitarist Dan Spitz was also an early member of Overkill, the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal bands, and they are often called "the Motörhead of thrash metal". Verni remaining from the original lineup. They have gone through many line-up changes, with singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. OVERKILL - Complete Discography (1985-2015) Overkill - Complete Discography (1985-2015)
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