Time to go back to the glory years of the 90's with some good ol alt girl rock. Veruca Salt made a splash in the 90's alt scene by having two solid records, catchy singles and two hot females playing guitar and singing. It was every teenage boys dream. Formed in 93 by Nina Gordon and Louise Post, the band quickly gained attention in 94 with the release of the song 'Seether' from their
'American Thighs' album.Catchy and good, the band found itself opening up for the like of bands like Hole. By 97 the band was riding high offtheir second album
'Eight Arms To Hold You With', but turmoil soon reared its head and by 98 Nina Gordon had left the band in an ugly spat. The band continued on, but never regained the same level of success. A few more albums have been released, but the band is currently on an indefinite hiatus. But for old times sake lets revisit the debut
'American Thighs'
I seem to forgot about this band until I hear either 'Seether' or 'Volcano Girls' then I go back and dust off the albums and remember the glory days of alt girl bands. Seems like there was a rash of really good alt girl bands that came out round this time. Bands like Hole, L7, Babes In Toyland, Seven Year Bitch and many more. Makes me miss the ol grunge/alt rock days, you know when rock was dirty and raw and not some overproduced hunk of crap. Hard to believe that was nearly twenty years ago. Seems like yesterday I was a grungy teen.
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