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[[File:verucasalt_7377.jpg|frame|Don't be fooled, they can rock out hard enough.]]
{{quote|''Veruca Salt was built around a pair of singer-songwriters, one of whom was talented. Nina Gordon wrote catchy songs and sang them adorably; Louise Post wrote plodding songs and sang them poorly.''|'''[[Adam Cadre]]'''}}
[[Veruca Salt]] are an [[Alternative Rock]] band from [[The Windy City|Chicago]], formed in 1993. Named after a character from ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', the band had some initial success in [[The Nineties]] before fading out of view.
The first and most famous incarnation of the band coalesced around Louise Post and Nina Gordon, who both played guitars, sang, and wrote almost all the band's songs (barring some covers and a co-write). Soon enough, they filled out the band with bassist Steve Lack and Nina's brother Jim Shapiro on drums, and gained a record deal with Minty Fresh Records. Their first album, ''American Thighs'', boasted their trademark [[Pixies]]-influenced [[Power Pop]] and became reasonably successful, chiefly due to Gordon's "Seether" being released as a single and [[Liz Phair|Brad Wood]]'s [[Grunge|Grungey]] production helping it appeal to the alt-rock audience.
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'''Members''':
First incarnation (1993-1998):
* Nina Gordon - guitar, vocals
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* Kellii Scott - drums (2005-present)
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* ''American Thighs'' (1994)
* ''Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt'' EP (1996)
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* ''Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things'' (2005)
* ''IV'' (2006)
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* [[Brother-Sister Team]]: The band's first incarnation; Jim only joined because he owed his sister a favour.
* [[The Cameo]]: They cameoed as a replacement band in the video for "Painted Soldiers" by [[Pavement]].
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* [[Record Producer]]: Brad Wood (''American Thighs''), [[Nirvana|Steve]] [[PJ Harvey|Alb]][[The Pixies|ini]] (''Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt''), [[Metallica|Bob Rock]] (''Eight Arms to Hold You''), and self-production since.
* [[Revival by Commercialization]]: "Volcano Girls" in the opening credits of ''[[Jaw Breaker]]''.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Let's see... ''American Thighs'' is a line from [[ACDC|"You Shook Me All Night Long"]], ''Eight Arms to Hold You'' was the working title for ''[[The Beatles (band)|Help!]]'', ''Resolver'' is another Beatles pun, ''Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt'' could be a reference to ''Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's [[The Sex Pistols]]'', the bridge of "Number One Blind" quotes [[The Pixies]]' "Stormy Weather", and "Volcano Girls" simultaneously referenced "Glass Onion" and their first hit with the verse:
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''You know the one that's neither or nor''
''Well here's another clue if you please,''
''[[The Walrus Was Paul|The Seether's Louise]]'' }}
* [[Surprisingly Gentle Song]]: "Aurora".
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