Kostas does it again and looks at the history of the post punk power pop legends Veruca Salt!
Veruca Salt are an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro, and bassist Steve Lack. They are best known for their first single, "Seether", which was released on the 1994 album American Thighs. That success was followed up with 1997's Eight Arms to Hold You. By 1998, Post was the only original member still in the band and continued on with other musicians. Veruca Salt released the album Resolver in 2000 and the album IV in 2006. After a hiatus in 2012, the band reformed with its original lineup. Their fifth studio album, Ghost Notes, was released in 2015.
Named after Veruca Salt, the spoiled rotten rich girl from the 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago in 1992 by Louise Post (guitar and vocals) and Nina Gordon (guitar and vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through mutual friend Lili Taylor, and began playing music together. They wrote songs for a year and a half before placing an ad in the Chicago Sun-Times for an all-female rhythm section. Instead the band was joined by Gordon's brother Jim Shapiro on drums and Steve Lack on bass.[3] Songwriting was shared between Gordon and Post, though the two seldom collaborated. Rather, each would typically submit a complete song to the group and sing the lead vocals on that song, while the other would record backing vocals.
LINE - UP
Louise Post – guitar, vocals
Nina Gordon – guitar, vocals
Steve Lack – bass guitar
Jim Shapiro – drums, vocals (backing)
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
Kay Hanley – vocals
Michelle Lewis – vocals
Christian Lane – vocals (backing)
Joel Mark – handclapping
Sophie Mark – handclapping
Chick Wolverton – percussion
FLAC quality throughout the discography
Nice one!
16 years ago!
VERUCA SALT - SEETHER (Glastonbury 1995)
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