{"id":2110,"date":"2015-03-04T15:08:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2015-06-10T15:04:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T20:04:27","slug":"chicago-artist-veruca-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=2110","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Artist : Veruca Salt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veruca Salt<\/b>\u00a0is an American\u00a0alternative rock<\/a>\u00a0band founded in\u00a0Chicago, Illinois<\/a>, in 1993 by vocalist-guitarists\u00a0Nina Gordon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Louise Post<\/a>, drummer\u00a0Jim Shapiro<\/a>\u00a0and bassist Steve Lack.<\/p>\n

Named after\u00a0Veruca Salt<\/a>, the spoiled rich girl from the children’s book\u00a0Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Roald Dahl<\/a>\u00a0and its 1971 film adaptation\u00a0Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory<\/a><\/i>\u00a0directed by\u00a0Mel Stuart<\/a>, Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago by\u00a0Louise Post<\/a>\u00a0(guitar\/vocals) and\u00a0Nina Gordon<\/a>\u00a0(guitar\/vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through mutual friend\u00a0Lili Taylor<\/a>, and began playing music together. They wrote songs for a year and a half before being joined by Gordon’s brother,\u00a0Jim Shapiro<\/a>, on drums and Steve Lack on bass. 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 vocal on that song, while the other would record backing vocals.<\/p>\n

The band had performed a handful of shows when Jim Powers of\u00a0Minty Fresh Records<\/a>\u00a0asked them to sign to the independent label.[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The band’s first release was the single “Seether<\/a>“\/”All Hail Me” on Minty Fresh Records, in\u00a01994<\/a>. The single was a success and Veruca Salt accompanied\u00a0Hole<\/a>\u00a0on a tour, before releasing their first full-length album,\u00a0American Thighs<\/a><\/i>, which eventually reached\u00a0Gold status<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After signing to\u00a0Geffen Records<\/a>, the band quickly gained in popularity as “Seether” became an\u00a0MTV<\/a>\u00a0hit. A stop-gap EP recorded by\u00a0Steve Albini<\/a>,\u00a0Blow It Out Your Ass It’s Veruca Salt<\/a><\/i>, was released in 1996.<\/p>\n

Their second album,\u00a0Eight Arms to Hold You<\/a><\/i>, was produced by\u00a0Bob Rock<\/a>\u00a0and released in\u00a01997<\/a>. Lead single “Volcano Girls<\/a>” gained exposure as the opening theme to the teen comedy film\u00a0Jawbreaker<\/a><\/i>. Veruca Salt performed another single, “Shutterbug<\/a>“, on\u00a0Saturday Night Live<\/a><\/i>; however, instead of the featured musical group performing two songs as had been tradition, the musical performances were split between\u00a0Sting<\/a>\u00a0and Veruca Salt. Shapiro left the band soon after the release ofEight Arms<\/i>\u00a0and was replaced by\u00a0Stacy Jones<\/a>\u00a0(of\u00a0Letters to Cleo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0American Hi-Fi<\/a>). Jones toured with the band on the\u00a0Eight Arms<\/i>\u00a0tour, but never recorded with them.[citation needed<\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/sup><\/p>\n

In 1996, Veruca Salt appeared as\u00a0Pavement<\/a>‘s replacement band in their video “Painted Soldiers”.<\/p>\n

In 1997, they opened for the band\u00a0Bush<\/a>\u00a0in a North American Tour.<\/p>\n

In 1998, Gordon left the band to pursue a solo career (her first album\u00a0Tonight and the Rest of My Life<\/a><\/i>, was released in 2000). The undisclosed dispute between Gordon and Post has been described as “one of the greatest rock soap operas since\u00a0Fleetwood Mac<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0H\u00fcsker D\u00fc<\/a>.”[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Post, as the only remaining band member, contributed the song\u00a0Somebody<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0Depeche Mode<\/a>\u00a0tribute album\u00a0For The Masses<\/a>\u00a0before recruiting a new lineup. Guitarist Stephen Fitzpatrick joined and went on to become one of Post’s principle songwriting partners during the next decade. Jimmy Madla and Suzanne Sokol joined on drums and bass guitar respectively. The new version of the band signed with Beyond Records and released\u00a0Resolver<\/a><\/i>\u00a0in 2000 which spawned both a single and video for\u00a0Born Entertainer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suzanne Sokol left the band at the end of 2000 and was replaced by Post’s friend, Gina Crosley. The band continued to tour through the summer of 2001 in the UK. Post and Crosley also attempted to form a supergroup with\u00a0Courtney Love<\/a>\u00a0ofHole<\/a>\u00a0and others but the project soon imploded.[5]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0This allowed the pair to focus on new material for Veruca Salt which eventually yielded the\u00a0Officially Dead<\/a><\/i>\u00a0EP that was primarily distributed on during the band’s 2003 tour of Australia (followed by a 2005 tour of Australia). Crosley is specifically credited with co-writing “Smoke & Mirrors.” She also worked on songs that later appeared on\u00a0IV<\/a><\/i>, but no credit is officially given and she left before the album was completed.<\/p>\n

By 2005, Madla left to enter the restaurant business and Crosley was also dismissed. Veruca Salt began 2005 by touring Australia undertaking both headline festival appearances and club shows. They were replaced in the studio by Solomon Snyder and Michael Miley respectively. This session resulted in the\u00a0Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(LOSALT)<\/i>. The band went on tour with Post, Fitzpatrick, drummer\u00a0Eddie Livingston<\/a>, and bassist Nicole Fiorentino.\u00a0LOSALT<\/i>\u00a0was released independently by the band and included six new songs. The title of the EP is an extract from\u00a0Zora Neale Hurston<\/a>‘s\u00a0Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/a><\/i>. This lineup then recorded a full-length album,\u00a0IV<\/a><\/i>, and released it in September\u00a02006<\/a>\u00a0(like Resolver before it, this album was released a month apart from a Nina Gordon solo album). The band then went on what would prove to be the last tour of Louise Post’s solo incarnation of the band. A single, “So Weird”, was released to radio at the end of October 2006 but neither the song nor the album did well commercially.<\/p>\n

In 2007, the band recorded a cover of\u00a0Neil Young<\/a>‘s song “Burned” for a 2007 Breast Cancer Benefit album and then went almost entirely dormant. Louise Post took time to have a child while Fiorentino went on to play bass with the\u00a0Smashing Pumpkins<\/a>\u00a0and The Cold and Lovely. Kellii Scott returned to his original bandFailure<\/a>. On March 14, 2012, the band announced on their official website that they were on an indefinite hiatus.<\/p>\n

On March 15, 2013, the band announced the reunion of its original line-up (Nina Gordon<\/a>,\u00a0Louise Post<\/a>,\u00a0Jim Shapiro<\/a>, and Steve Lack) with a message on the band’s official Facebook page which read, “for now let’s just say this: hatchets buried, axes exhumed.” The band have also mentioned that they might be open to adding material from their time apart into their sets at some point.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

On September 29, 2013, the band announced via social media that they were working on new material. Their first release since reforming came in the form of a release for\u00a0Record Store Day<\/a>\u00a02014. The band released a 10-inch vinyl EP,\u00a0MMXIV<\/a>, which contains two new songs, “It’s Holy” and “The Museum of Broken Relationships” on one side and a twentieth anniversary re-release of\u00a0Seether<\/a>\u00a0on the other. The band then toured both the USA and Australia.<\/p>\n

On May 19, 2015, the band announced the release of their fifth full-length LP,\u00a0Ghost Notes<\/i>. The album, scheduled for release on July 10, 2015, is the first to feature the band’s original lineup since 1997’s\u00a0Eight Arms to Hold You<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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