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Johnny "Blackie Onassis" Rowan, drummer of '90s alternative rock band Urge Overkill, has died, the band confirmed in an Instagram post Wednesday.
John Rowan, who drummed for the Chicago band Urge Overkill under the name Blackie Onassis, has died. The group was best known for its cover of 'Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon.' ...
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Johnny Rowan, who drummed for '90s alt act Urge Overkill under the name Blackie Onassis, has died at age 57, the band announced Wednesday (June 14).
John "Blackie Onassis" Rowan of Urge Overkill in 1993. (Bob Berg / Getty Images) John Rowan, the drummer for ’90s Chicago rock band Urge Overkill who performed under the name Blackie Onassis ...
John Rowan, who performed as Blackie Onassis as the drummer for ‘90s Chicago rock band Urge Overkill, died Tuesday, according to The Los Angeles Times. >> Read more trending news He was 57.
Johnny "Blackie Onassis" Rowan, drummer of '90s alternative rock band Urge Overkill, has died, the band confirmed in an Instagram post Wednesday.
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 ...
Urge Overkill Blackie Onassis dies at 57 NEW YORK, NY - CIRCA 1993: Johnny "Blackie Onassis" Rowan, of the American alternative rock band Urge Overkill, poses for a portrait circa 1993 in New York ...