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Chicago, Illinois, USA (1993 – present)

Veruca Salt is an 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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  • American Thighs
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  • yoemes

    I like "American Thighs" a lot, what next?

    Tuesday morning
  • Volcomaestro

    Top 5 for me would be 1) Shimmer Like a Girl 2) Number one Blind 3) Seether 4) Spiderman 79 5) Sleeper Car

    last month
  • nathanaelkan

    woah!

    last month
  • My_Sharona

    Can't fight the seether<3

    February 2012
  • death_in_april

    Top 5 would have to be Earthcrosser, Sleeper Car, Seether, Shutterbug, and Get Back

    February 2012
  • EchotheSun

    Developing a new appreciation for IV

    January 2012
  • EchotheSun

    Not sure if I prefer sleeper car or number one blind, now that you mention it.

    January 2012
  • earthcrossing

    According to my scrobbles, these are my top 5 (most listened to least): 1) Sundown 2) Save You 3) Fly 4) 25 5) Number One Blind

    January 2012
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