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Dominic
11-28-2005, 12:52 PM
inspired by the recent "chicks that rock" posts, I wanted to give special props to a band I really, really liked...

Veruca Salt.

for some reason, I always seem to be the only one who liked them. They got horrible reviews. Didn't sell that many albums. But damn, I loved those two Veruca Salt albums:

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V114/N65/veruca.65.gif
http://fusionanomaly.net/verucasalteightarmstoholdyou.jpg

Plus, they had Nina Gordon in the band then, who was pretty smokin':

http://www.hereinheaven.com/blog/images/nina.jpg

Saw them live three times, and all three times they brought the house down. Am I the only one who actually thinks this band was any good?
trying2learn
11-28-2005, 12:57 PM
and here i was thinking this was a willy wonka thread. j/k...they were alright. they started getting popular (semi-popular) at an odd time...the breeders, the cranberries, alanis, etc...were all breaking and it seemed trendy to have females in the band...

i never saw them live.
IndieMatty
11-28-2005, 01:01 PM
American Thighs is the [censored].
Georgia Avenue
11-28-2005, 01:05 PM
Where the Domisright gimmick account? /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Other overlooked awesome 90s chick bands: Sleeper, Clare Quilty, 5678s, Team Dresch.

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11-28-2005, 01:06 PM
I'm with you Dom, they rocked! I had a particular ex I deemed seether after our split up because of them! One of the kick-butt chick bands of the 90's!
bwana devil
11-28-2005, 01:06 PM
yes, i have their first album. never saw them live though. i dug the breeders a lot and thought they sounded a bit like them so it was a natural buy. i heard the second album a few times but it didnt do much for me.

bwana
cwsiggy
11-28-2005, 01:07 PM
Saw them in Boston. Forget who they opened for, but they were good.
miajag81
11-28-2005, 01:08 PM
Don't forget Elastica.
correia
11-28-2005, 01:10 PM
She sang the song Seether right?
DarkForceRising
11-28-2005, 01:26 PM
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Don't forget Elastica.

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Man, I almost forgot about them. They always drove me nuts with how short their songs were. They were so catchy I didn't want them to end.

Add me to the Veruca Salt club, too. I remeber reading that they got known at the Austin South by Southwest festival or whatever it's called. The article said they could hardly play but they still won the crowd through sheer attidude.
NotMitch
11-28-2005, 01:34 PM
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Don't forget Elastica.

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5 [censored] years for a follow up album and then they broke up right after. I listen to the first album a lot.
Dominic
11-28-2005, 01:41 PM
elastica was the [censored], too.
MEbenhoe
11-28-2005, 01:42 PM
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Plus, they had Nina Gordon in the band then, who was pretty smokin':

http://www.hereinheaven.com/blog/images/nina.jpg



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if you still need your nina fix, she's solo now.
2planka
11-28-2005, 01:53 PM
Agreed. American Thighs is a classic.... so full of masturbatory overtones...
DrCool
11-28-2005, 08:58 PM
Veruca Salt is by far my favorite chick band (even thought there were a couple dudes in the band I still consider them a chick band). Their 8 Arms to Hold You album is great.

I saw them open for Live back in the 90's and they were great live as well. I really wish they hadn't broken up.