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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.
 
After buying time with a noisier, harsher EP called ''Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt'', the band moved to [[Geffen Records]] and began working on their next album with Bob Rock, apparently because they were impressed by his production for [[Metallica]]'s [[Self -Titled Album]]. The result was ''Eight Arms to Hold You'', which once again became successful due to a Gordon lead single, namely "Volcano Girls" (the [[Colbert Bump]] it got from being in the credits of ''[[Jawbreaker (Film)|Jawbreaker]]'' may have helped). However, the band failed to sustain its momentum as subsequent singles from the album tanked on the charts and Shapiro left after the album was released, being replaced with Stacy Jones for the supporting tour.
 
The band acrimoniously collapsed only a year later as Gordon left with Lack after arguments with Post. Post reorganised the band, bringing in new members to an almost [[Revolving Door Band]]-like degree, and has since recorded two more albums: ''Resolver'', which got a lukewarm reception due to its unfocused nature and [[Author Tract]]-like tendency to throw [[Take That|potshots]] at Gordon and various other targets, and ''IV''.
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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]].
* [[Cover Version]]: "Bodies" by [[The Sex Pistols]], "My Sharona" by [[The Knack]], "Burned" by [[Neil Young]].
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* [[Metal Scream]]: Occasionally... "Shimmer Like a Girl", "I'm Taking Europe With Me", "Straight" and "Earthcrosser", for starters.
* [[Perishing Alt Rock Voice]]: Mostly present and accounted for.
* [[Pun -Based Title]]: ''Resolver''.
* [[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]]''.
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