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Infobox musical artist| name = Veruca Salt| image = Veruca_Salt_2005_2.jpg| caption = Current lineup. From left: Stephen Fitzpatrick, Kellii Scott, Louise Post and Nicole Fiorentino| background = group_or_band| origin = Chicago, Illinois , United States | genre = Alternative rock , post-grunge | years_active = 1993–present| label = Minty Fresh , DGC Records|DGC , Beyond Music, MGM, Embryo Records (independent label)|Embryo , Sympathy for the Record Industry |associated_acts = American Hi-Fi , The Smashing Pumpkins | current_members = Louise Post Stephen Fitzpatrick Kellii Scott Nicole Fiorentino | past_members = Nina Gordon Suzanne Sokol Jimmy Madla Jim Shapiro (drummer)|Jim Shapiro Stacy Jones (musician)|Stacy Jones Eddie Livingston Gina Crosley Zach Ingraham Solomon Snyder (musician)|Solomon Snyder Michael Miley Steve Lack Veruca Salt is an alternative rock band founded in 1993 in music|1993 in Chicago, Illinois . Since its inception, the band has featured vocalist-guitarist Louise Post . Guitarist Stephen Fitzpatrick has been with the band since 1999, drummer Kellii Scott intermittently since 1999cite news | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429651/19990629/gordon_nina.jhtml | title = Veruca Salt: New Band, New Look, New Label | author = | work = MTV | date = June 29, 1999 | accessdate = July 4, 2009 , and bassist Nicole Fiorentino since 2006.
Biography
1993-1998: formation and growth
Named after Veruca Salt , the spoiled rich girl from the children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl , Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago by Louise Post (guitar/vocals) and Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through mutual friend Lili Taylor , and began playing music together. They wrote songs for a year and a half before being joined by Gordon's brother, Jim Shapiro (drummer)|Jim Shapiro , on drums and Steve Lack on bass guitar.
The band had done a handful of shows when Jim Powers of Minty Fresh Records asked them to sign to the independent label. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-dnzd_c7xIk Eric Blair Interview With Louise Post, 2006dead link|date=October 2011 The band's first release was the single "Seether"/"All Hail Me" on Minty Fresh Records, in 1994 in music|1994 . The single was a success and Veruca Salt accompanied Hole (band)|Hole on a tour, before releasing their first full-length album, American Thighs , which eventually reached Music recording sales certification|Gold status .
After signing to Geffen Records , the band quickly gained in popularity as "Seether" became an MTV hit. A stop-gap EP recorded by Steve Albini , '' Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt , was released in 1996.
Veruca Salt's popularity skyrocketed after their second full album, Eight Arms to Hold You , was released in 1997 in music|1997 . Produced by Bob Rock , the album generated the hit lead single " Volcano Girls ", which gained exposure as the opening theme to the teen comedy film Jawbreaker (film)|Jawbreaker . Veruca Salt performed another single, " Shutterbug (Veruca Salt song)|Shutterbug ", on Saturday Night Live ; however, instead of the featured musical group performing two songs as had been tradition, the musical performances were split between Sting (musician)|Sting and Veruca Salt. Shapiro left the band soon after the release of Eight Arms and was replaced by Stacy Jones (musician)|Stacy Jones (of Letters to Cleo and nowWhen|date=June 2010 American Hi-Fi ). Jones toured with the band on the Eight Arms tour, but never recorded with them.Citation needed|date=April 2008 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.
In 1996, Veruca Salt appeared as Pavement (band)|Pavement 's replacement band in their video "Painted Soldiers".
1998-2005: Gordon's departure, reformation and Resolver
In 1998, Gordon left the band to pursue a solo career (her first album Tonight and the Rest of My Life , was released in 2000). The undisclosed dispute between Gordon and Post has been described as "one of the greatest rock soap operas since Fleetwood Mac or Hüsker Dü ."Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Allmusic|class=album|id=r473072|pure_url=yes Resolver : Review". Allmusic . Retrieved August 18, 2005.
Post, now the only original band member, recruited a new band, consisting of Stephen Fitzpatrick (guitar), Suzanne Sokol (bass guitar) and Jimmy Madla (drums), and continued to record and perform under the Veruca Salt name. The new band signed with Beyond Records . The first album with the new lineup was 2000's Resolver (Veruca Salt album)|Resolver .
Suzanne Sokol left the band at the end of 2000. Post's friend, Gina Crosley, took her place. The new line-up toured in summer 2001, and spent time promoting Resolver (Veruca Salt album)|Resolver in the UK. Crosley and Post then moved to Los Angeles , where they lived together and wrote songs that appeared on the Officially Dead EP. Crosley is credited with co-writing "Smoke & Mirrors", but left the band before the record was released. She also worked on songs that later appeared on IV (Veruca Salt album)|IV , but no credit is officially given.
In December 2002, both Resolver (Veruca Salt album)|Resolver and its lead single " Born Entertainer " were released, in Australia through Embryo Records/MGM. Following the release of "Born Entertainer", the label released the single "Officially Dead", which contained newly recorded tracks as well as a remix of "The Same Person".
2005-present: VSIV
In 2005, the band went through another line-up change with Crosley and Madla leaving, replaced by Solomon Snyder on bass guitar and Michael Miley on drums for the recording of the EP Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things (LOSALT) . The band went on tour with Post, Fitzpatrick, drummer Scott, and bassist Fiorentino. Fiorentino also plays bass with the Smashing Pumpkins . LOSALT was released independently by the band and included six new songs. The title of the EP is an extract from Zora Neale Hurston 's Their Eyes Were Watching God . This preceded the full-length album, IV , released in September 2006 in music|2006 , accompanied by a U.S. tour. IV failed to chart in the US. The lead single, "So Weird", was released to radio at the end of October 2006; however, a video was not produced and the single failed to receive significant radio play.
In 2007, the band recorded a cover of Neil Young 's song "Burned" for a 2007 Breast Cancer Benefit album.
Discography
Year !! Album title !! Label
1994
American Thighs
Minty Fresh DGC/Minty Fresh (re-release)
1996
'' Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt (EP)
DGC/ Minty Fresh
1997
Eight Arms to Hold You
Outpost/ Geffen
2000
Resolver
Beyond
2003
Officially Dead (EP)
Embryo Records
2005
Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things (EP)
Self-released
2006
IV
Sympathy For The Record Industry (US) and on Shock Records (AUS)
Year !! Single title !! Album taken from
1994
Seether " / "All Hail Me"
American Thighs
1995
" Number One Blind "
Victrola "
1997
" Volcano Girls "
Eight Arms to Hold You
Shutterbug "
"Benjamin"
" The Morning Sad " (Promo Only)
"Straight" (Promo Only)
2000
" Born Entertainer "
Resolver
" Only You Know " (Promo Only)
2003
"Born Entertainer" (Australian Release)
" Officially Dead "
"Yeah Man" (Promo Only)
2006
"So Weird"
IV
Chart performance
Album
U.S. Billboard 200
UK Albums Chart cite book
American Thighs
69
47
Eight Arms To Hold You
55
DNC
Resolver
171
DNC
IV
DNC
DNC
Single
U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks
U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks
UK Singles Chart
Australia Triple J Hottest 100
"Seether"
8
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61
6
"Number One Blind"
20
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68
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"Victrola"
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"Volcano Girls"
8
9
56
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"Shutterbug"
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38
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"Benjamin"
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75
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"Straight"
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39
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See also
List of alternative music artists
References
Reflist
External links
Commons category|Veruca Salt
http://www.verucasalt.com/ Veruca Salt's official web site
allmusic|id=p45074|label=Veruca Salt
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/verucasalt Veruca Salt at Rolling Stone
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