Veruca Salt – More Than A Roald Dahl Character – Alt Hit Wonders

Volcano Girls is the superior single. I said it.

Nina Gordon was also influenced by the music of Scott Miller (Game Theory/The Loud Family), plus the Chicago area (which some might extend down to Champaign-Urbana and nearby, with Screams, 3 Hour Tour, etc.) had a long tradition of power pop to which many connected Veruca Salt and Liz Phair: Cheap Trick, Material Issue, Urge Overkill, The Elvis Brothers, Shoes, even Enuff Z’Nuff. Plenty of people saw Veruca Salt as much in this tradition as they did grunge. It is undoubtedly true that the reason they got a major label deal so quickly is that they could be associated with grunge, just as The Breeders (also not really “grunge”) could, despite being so melodic.

0:41 Calling men in bands industry plants has been happening just as long, what's your point? Why did you specify "women in bands" like it's any different for women than it is for men? Because it's not.

I was never a lying sack of shit. I was an occasional embellisher. But I have an excuse. It was in order to cover up my alleged drug use. Therefore, I plead the 5th Amendment right to withhold testimony on the advice of my imaginary counsel that I cannot afford. Damn, if I can’t afford imaginary legal representation I might be broke as a joke. And that ain’t funny- it’s hilarious. 👽🛸🖖

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Of note for detail: Bend Me Shape Me WAS originally sung by a female duo called The Models, who were actually models, and who basically recorded it as a weird sexy psychedelic pop novelty, a year before the Rare Breed (and Amen Corner in the UK) versions. So the '' female perspective twist'' was there decades before Veruca Salt. Cool wellresearched video though.

Never saw Veruca Salt as fake.
They were awesome l.

Listen to them all the time, bloody love them. Elastica are a constant on my playlist too, wish we got more from them.

I never really considered them at the time and still don't care about the band now.

Veruca Salt had very good catchy Alternative songs at that time. Anytime I hear Seether & Volcano Girls just brings me back to my youth (late teen / early adulthood). When I heard Nina Gordon went solo with a minor hit song back in 2000, I was like guess that’s it for the band. Nice to see they patched up their differences & are still out to today all while a new crop of 90s Alt guitar driven bands are influenced by them.

I don't remember them but I remember liking "Tom Petty Loves Veruca Salt" by Terrorvision. Years later I saw them performing Seether on here and yes I would have liked them at the time if I had been aware of them and not so absorbed in listening to Nirvana and Oasis.

Foid rock

"Spider monkey is a good lie"

I saw them at Tractor Tavern in Seattle, the second show of their 2014 reunion tour. It was a fantastic show. Man, that was a good year for tours. I also saw Shonen Knife at the same venue and The Breeders at Showbox, among some other less alt rock shows.Being smack in the middle of secondary school when a lot of this story took place this is the stuff that most influenced me in those formative years.

Hey is there any chance of video on the Wildhearts with the recent cancer diagnosis of Ginger

Veruca salt were amazing

Just like how Larry Ellison’s daughter is blowing her inheritance on woke identity politics making propaganda movies and industry plant video games like Mixtape. 🪴

Exile In Guyville is one of my favorite albums from the 90s.

I love when you do a section highlighting modern similar bands/bands inspired by the subject artist, the Beabadobee and Charly Bliss shoutouts were cool!

My first Rock Show!!!! 1995, at "The Edge" in Orlando Florida on their American Thighs tour. Bass player looked like he was puffin a J for the first half of the set, too.

Many rock artists were dismissed and underrated for being females, and Veruca Salt was in my opinion the biggest "victim" of this process. Such a genuine, creative and talented band, whose influence is so big and important to these days, like this video also shows very well, and they never got half the success and praise they deserved. Ironically, even a genius like Dave Grohl or one of the biggest bands from the 2000's like Seether were directly influenced by them, but nobody ever questioned their talent or authenticity. Because they're male, and had a "manly" appeal. This kinda thing annoys me cause gender should not matter especially when it comes to art. Anyway, the entire Veruca Salt discography is definitely worthy checking out and exploring, not just their "hits".

Nauseatingly awful music

I saw them open for Hole when i was 14 in 94. I met Louise, she was cool. Have you ever done Elastica?