WEHT Veruca Salt?

jaywa · #1 07-01-2010, 09:16 AM

Anyone remember this band from the 90s? Are they still around?

I have two of their CDs, "American Thighs" and "Eight Arms To Hold You", then after that I really didn't hear much more about them. I think one of the two girls left after "Eight Arms", beyond that, I don't know much more.

James Hart · #2 07-01-2010, 09:39 AM

I remember when they hit with Seether... fun tune. Google got me a wiki page saying they've had a few new releases... as recent as 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veruca_Salt_%28band%29

jaywa · #3 07-01-2010, 09:49 AM

I have a story about them... I lived in Chicago back in the mid-90s and was playing in a band, and we practiced in one of these huge old warehouses that had been split up into a bunch of different rooms. Well one night my band is practicing and we take a break and we hear "Seether" coming from another part of the building... not being played very well at all. So we're wondering who this awful cover band is that's practicing in our building, and at the end of the night we're leaving and out of another room -- carrying a Marshall guitar cab between them -- were the two Veruca Salt girls themselves! Oops.

jmorbita · #4 07-01-2010, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jaywa

I have a story about them... I lived in Chicago back in the mid-90s and was playing in a band, and we practiced in one of these huge old warehouses that had been split up into a bunch of different rooms. Well one night my band is practicing and we take a break and we hear "Seether" coming from another part of the building... not being played very well at all. So we're wondering who this awful cover band is that's practicing in our building, and at the end of the night we're leaving and out of another room -- carrying a Marshall guitar cab between them -- were the two Veruca Salt girls themselves! Oops.

Lol!! i have a couple of their albums, their last one (that i know of) is the one i liked the best: Resolver. this one came out right after Nina Gordon left the band. I also have Nina Gordon's solo album, tonight and the rest of my life, it's got some good songs in it... I believe james iha from smashing pumpkins played in a couple of tracks. i think they were good friends.
apparently when nina didn't leave the band in good terms...
there was a rumour nina and louise were lovers? don't know if this is true.

ps just googled this. apparently louise reformed the band?
http://www.verucasalt.com/bio.php

bass_snake · #5 07-01-2010, 05:02 PM

Is their old bass player now with Smashing Pumpkins?

Fred

Mike N · #6 07-01-2010, 08:07 PM

I saw them sometime in the mid/late 90's, at the height of their commercial popularity. Ok show I guess, we were really there to see the opening act, Local H.

JAUQO III-X · #7 07-01-2010, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jaywa

I have a story about them... I lived in Chicago back in the mid-90s and was playing in a band, and we practiced in one of these huge old warehouses that had been split up into a bunch of different rooms. Well one night my band is practicing and we take a break and we hear "Seether" coming from another part of the building... not being played very well at all. So we're wondering who this awful cover band is that's practicing in our building, and at the end of the night we're leaving and out of another room -- carrying a Marshall guitar cab between them -- were the two Veruca Salt girls themselves! Oops.

Was that practice spot called Dress Rehearsal? I remember rehearsing there a lot and Veruca Salt was always there a lot as well.

MatticusMania · #8 07-02-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike N

I saw them sometime in the mid/late 90's, at the height of their commercial popularity. Ok show I guess, we were really there to see the opening act, Local H.

Local H puts on a good show!

bigtexashonk · #9 07-02-2010, 10:16 AM

Great power pop.

jaywa · #10 07-02-2010, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X

Was that practice spot called Dress Rehearsal? I remember rehearsing there a lot and Veruca Salt was all there a lot as well..

I wasn't aware of the place having a name... but I didn't cut the rent checks for the band, either. We never heard it called Dress Rehearsal while we were there.

electracoyote · #11 07-02-2010, 10:19 AM

I had to look because I still think "Volcano Girls" is a cool power pop tune.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veruca_Salt_(band)

JAUQO III-X · #12 07-02-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jaywa

I wasn't aware of the place having a name... but then I didn't cut the rent checks. We never heard it called Dress Rehearsal while we were there.

It sounds like the place you described.

It was ran by an older couple and the man who owned it, name was Don.

Din Of Win · #13 07-02-2010, 10:25 AM

Veruca Salts were/are awesome. The guitar tone was crazy heavy for how poppy the music was.

The bassist used some kind of Jaco-looking jazz bass (at least in the videos).

puberty-ridden 14 year old me <3'd the video for Shutterbug (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHtVv...eature=channel)

jaywa · #14 07-02-2010, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by electracoyote

I had to look because I still think "Volcano Girls" is a cool power pop tune.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veruca_Salt_(band)

That whole CD is pretty good. And the production (Bob Rock) kicks ass. It sounds light-years better than the CD before it that had "Seether" on it.

jaywa · #15 07-02-2010, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X

It sounds like the place you described.

It was ran by an older couple and the man who owned it, name was Don.

Near as I can remember, it was located in either the Bucktown area or maybe a little further west of that. Definitely not near the lake but not in a real scummy area either. Not sure if it was a converted warehouse or maybe it had been an office building too. Big building but only 2 or 3 stories tall IIRC and no elevator. It was our band's 2nd rehearsal location and a definite upgrade from the 1st place we rented which was in a truly scummy part of town just a few blocks from Oprah's TV studio.

tekhedd · #16 07-02-2010, 10:34 AM

So they didn't completely disappear after Eight Arms, then? I've had Earthcrosser stuck in my head for months now.

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And the ringing in my ears from playing too loud
I hear the ocean, I hear the crowd

More albums to buy, just what I need.

jmorbita · #17 07-02-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by tekhedd

So they didn't completely disappear after Eight Arms, then? I've had Earthcrosser stuck in my head for months now.

More albums to buy, just what I need.

there's a line in a song from resolver that apparently everyone heard differently... to me it said i would rather die than take your bullets (which actually doesn't really make much sense... if you take my bullets you're probably gonna die... anyways...)
apparently the lyrics said something like "i would rather die than drink your cool-aid"...

edit:just checked the lyrics online... it was actually the other way around...

tycobb73 · #18 07-06-2010, 07:26 AM

I put Volcano Girls on my want to do list with the band. I figured the rest of the band wouldn't know what it was. got a new drummer and its one of the songs he suggests too. I love the clever Beatles nod in Volcano Girls.

MJ5150 · #19 07-06-2010, 08:10 AM

Yeah, I remember. I was just listening to Volcano Girls yesterday.

-Mike

Relic · #20 07-06-2010, 08:20 AM

We worked on a professional level with someone who was very close to them. I heard some cool stories and saw a photo album full of their private pics.
Nothing x or r rated, just cool stuff.
Alls I know is that they are still doing something albeit with a different lineup.