If you haven't known already, this Chicago quartet broke it off on March 1, 1998 after
vocalist/guitarist Nina Gordan walked off without an explanation leaving the remaining three
members shocked.  Weeks later it was revealed that the reason that Gordan left Veruca Salt was
that she found out that her boyfriend, guitarist Blake Smith of Fig Dish, was sleeping with the
vocalist/guitarist of Veruca Salt, Louise Post.  Gordan was humiliated, cut the chords with both
her band and her boyfriend.  
	Today, Gordan is trying to pursue a solo project as the future of the three remaining Salts
is questionable.  No word that Louise is actually seeing Nina's ex-boyfriend anymore, but Veruca
Salt will never be the same again ;*(

I gotten into Veruca Salt about a whole year ago (wow!)...but *really* into Veruca Salt until
probably around school started of last year...It all started one special night at a friends' house by
the name of Tina N.  (Fall of 1997) We were doin' homework when she asked me, "What do you
want to listen to?"  She always had a  huge collection of cds and bootlegs.  As I scanned through
her collection once again, a Veruca Salt cd titled "American Thighs," caught my attention.  At the
time, I heard "Shutterbug" twice on the radio and totally fell in love with it...and knew a band by
the name of Veruca Salt sung it.  At that time I was so-what depressed too and that song made me
a bit happier for some reason.  So I asked her if that cd had that song and told her 'I have to hear
it!.'  But it wasn't the case, as this was VS' first release which contained "Seether."  I didn't recalled
that title as she told me, "You definitely heard it somewhere," so I gave it a shot.  And indeed I did
hear it somewhere-a long time ago though...and I fell in love with that song that night as well...it
had a catchy tune, I was amazed.  We decided to listen to whole album and the first song caught
me attention as well!  I asked her to borrow the cd and only a couple weeks later, I bought the cd
at a used cd store for only $8, not bad for a scratchless cd.
	Anyways with Eight Arms to Hold You, (EATHY), is a different story and it sets earlier
in time than my last story.  It was about the summer of 1997, when the closest store that sold cds-
at the time-was K-mart.  I would always browse through their cds (which they had a descent
amount) and who always fall upon EATHY and always strange feeling about it, fearing I would
like it, but then again not.  I always stared at the octopus wearing a crown on the front cover and
thought it as another Hole album, which at the time I did not enjoy.  I dunno, why I mentioned this
story but this is the first "official" time I "heard" of Veruca Salt because they're first single of that
album was called "Volcano Girls" and that video was playing all the time at K-mart.  I heard it on
the radio also as well as the BOX (Channel 36).  It was when I saw the video when I fell love in
with Nina and Louise as well...they were gorgeous!  It wasn't until my whole summer went by, a
couple months AFTER I borrowed "American Thighs" by Tina when I picked my copy of
EATHY, which Tina had all along but was at her good friends', Anna S., house-after I also
borrowed it.  Then it me and my Veruca Salt forever...

	Band History:
Veruca Salt got formed by pure coincidence, some say-or at least by what I say.  At a New Years'
Eve party (end of 1991), Nina's close friend, Lilli Taylor, introduced her to Louise and after that,
it was all magic.  Later Nina and Louise hit it off musically and personally putting an ad in the
paper to form an all-girl band when a guy by the name of Steve Lack came into the picture.  Later
they hired Nina's brother Jim to (temporary) join and it was all history.

	Who are they?
You mean who WERE they?  Nina Rachel Gordan (the one who ditched the band) and Louise
Lighter Post (the hottest chik to roam the earth) on guitars and vocals, Steve Joseph Lack on bass
and vocals, and Stacy Jones (Letters to Cleo) on drums after Nina's brother, James Gordan
Shapiro, departed after the release of EATHY.  He said he was going to "temporary" play the
drums until they found a fill-in.   He's currently back with his old band, Ultra Swiss.
	They have technically have three albums under their Outpost/DGC Record label,
"American Thighs" (1994), "Blow It Out On Your Ass" EP (1996), and "Eight Arms to Hold
You" (1997).  Its said they have three more albums to make under that contract, no one knows yet
whether three more albums will be released in the future or will be released as live, unreleased
tracks, demos, etc.  They do have a meloncholy single "Somebody" which can be found on the
"Depeche Mode Tribute Cd."

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