Veruca Salt

Veruca Salt
Formed: 1993 in Chicago, IL
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Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Grunge
Group Members: Stacy Jones, Brian Liesegang, Nina Gordon, Steve Lack, Louise Post, Jim Shapiro, Matt Walker
Biography: Veruca Salt reshaped the jagged, abrasive punk-pop of the Pixies and Breeders into a more accessible, riff-driven power pop formula that also borrowed from pop/hard rockers like Cheap Trick. It was a successful formula, both musically and commercially, yet it didn't ensure them indie rock credibility; ...Read full biography
American Thighs
Released: 1994
Label: Geffen
Critics' Rating:
With their thin, singsong vocals and fuzzed-out guitars, Veruca Salt may sound like the Breeders and the Pixies, but lack either band's talent for inverting pop conventions or taste for the bizarre. What ...Read full review
Veruca Salt IV
Released: 2006
Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry
Critics' Rating:
Surprisingly tough and vicious, Veruca Salt's fourth album -- appropriately and simply titled IV -- is the record Louise Post attempted to make with 2000's Resolver, the album where she took control of ...Read full review
More Veruca Salt albums: Main Albums (4), Singles & EPs (7), Others (1)
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