While an arena full of suckers paid a whopping $15 a head to groove to the pathetically-mediocre Of a Revolution this past Sunday, former Urge Overkill front man Nash Kato brought 10 times the rock for one-third the cost to Friends & Co. Halloween night.

Kato began the show with the rollicking “Queen of the Gangsters,” from his debut solo record “Debutante.” The tune set the tone for the night as Kato and his band tore through a set of Urge standards and a smattering of Kato’s recent solo work.

Kato wavered and careened across Friends’ miniscule stage while slinging his B.C. Rich and strangling the mic stand the entire night.

The show’s ferocity was augmented by moments of quiet acoustic strumming, as tunes like “Need Some Air,” from Urge’s 1997 album “Exit the Dragon,” and “Bottle of Fur,” from 1993’s “Saturation,” were buttressed by a mellow cover of Steely Dan’s classic “Dirty Work.”

For the latter third of the show, a shirtless Kato emerged looking oddly reminiscent of Stooges frontman Iggy Pop Decked out in white slacks to match his white tennis shoes, Kato’s stringy blonde locks swayed as the diminutive singer crooned through the remainder of the set.

Ending the show with Urge’s biggest hit, “Girl You’ll be a Woman Soon,” Kato ended the night’s set alone with his acoustic guitar.

Although Urge Overkill reached its pinnacle after Quentin Tarrantino used the aforementioned “Girl” in one of “Pulp Fiction’s” most famous scenes, Kato proved he can still rock harder than most brave enough to pass themselves off as frontmen in modern rock.

Anyone who missed Kato’s performance lost out on one hell of a show.