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Chicago, Illinois, USA (1993 – present)

Veruca Salt is an alternative rock group from Chicago, Illinois, USA formed in 1993.

Veruca Salt was formed alongside the friendship of Louise Post and Nina Gordon. Introduced by Gordon’s good friend, actress Lili Taylor, Gordon and Post quickly bonded and formed what is now known as Veruca Salt. Originally, the band was an Indigo Girls-inspired acoustic act, but the women quickly realized this wasn’t their sound. They quickly enlisted bass player Steve Lack and eventually Gordon’s brother Jim Shapiro joined as a drummer, even though he originally was just drumming as a favor to his sister.

Veruca Salt released a self-funded demo tape and shopped it to labels, and began to play a handful of small club shows. The buzz around the band grew furiously, and after only a few live gigs, the band was signed to Minty Fresh Records and began recording with producer Brad Wood. At the time Brad was popular due to having recently produced Liz Phair’s critically acclaimed Exile in Guyville.

The band released an orange 7” single for the song “

Seether” to radio. “Seether” was a bratty, distorted alt-rocker about an angry and misunderstood woman. Compared to the rest of Veruca Salt’s material, “Seether” was very pop, so much so that Gordon said that when she wrote it, she didn’t think the rest of the band would like it. They sent “Seether” to radio, as it was the most radio-friendly song they had written and the reaction was unexpectedly positive. Unfortunately, the album wasn’t complete and they found themselves rushing to complete the album, before “Seether” lost its radio momentum. It ended up peaking at #8 on the Modern Rock charts.

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TooCrazyToCare wrote:
last month

Haven't heard Veruca Salt for ages... Memories...

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AFISH89 wrote:
last month

Last night I dreamt you were gay it was all you needed to say finally an answer for why you don't want me that way!

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metalmachine wrote:
October 2009

God, I feel 17 again! [2] i had the biggest crush on Louise back then.

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ReDfEsTeR wrote:
September 2009

@soulbleed - me too! :D

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soulbleed wrote:
September 2009

i had the biggest crush on nina gordon in high school. the video for "volcano girls" was watched many-a-time.

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blackjackbones wrote:
September 2009

wheres my lip glosssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss?

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djnonplus wrote:
September 2009

Louise still kicks ass, but its not the same without Nina. She's half of one of the best bands of the 90s, and that's still great, but man, they could have been so much more if they didn't split.

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ginanightmare wrote:
August 2009

I found out about them 3 years ago -.-, bands this awesome make me wish I wasn't born in the 90's. it's really frustrating. <3

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heylisaaa wrote:
August 2009

there should be more bands like this!!! i miss you guys....or girls... (:

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JudeRuth wrote:
August 2009

adventuremouse U make it sound like they've gone somewhere?!

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adventuremouse wrote:
August 2009

great band, wish i had heard of them in their heyday

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dominicgeinosky wrote:
August 2009

God, I feel 17 again!

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NASc wrote:
July 2009

Stay straight for MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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arkanoid74 wrote:
July 2009

THE BEST BAND OF ALL THE WORLD!

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APRILELIZ wrote:
July 2009

high school fave, 15 years ago!

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dandreasen wrote:
June 2009

One of my absolute favorite band names.

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T-O85 wrote:
June 2009

Absolutely the best band EVER!!! Thats Absolutely right!!!!!

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annehrpr wrote:
June 2009

Absolutely the best band EVER!!!

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glowkitten wrote:
May 2009

Memories!!! I had a girl crush on Louise Post when I was in highschool. Now I totally have to YouTube the "Seether" music video.

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3RetroXCUPCAKE wrote:
May 2009

Recommended by last.fm Brilliant! :D

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