Ahhh! I never see them anywhere. I’m friends with USA Mike from Letters To Cleo who knows them well, nearly tripping on him everywhere I go. But I’ve yet to see Nina or Louise during my various excursions, whom I believe are near me in Burbank somewhere.
Veruca Salt is still around. When the original lineup isn’t touring Louise and Nina play lots of shows in L.A. as a duo. They’re once again the best of friends.
They were never grunge, dipshit. Veruca Salt can actually tune their instruments, have lyrics that you can appreciate when you aren't on drugs and their voices are pleasant and enjoyable to listen to; so they do not meet the requirements of grunge. Oh. They also know how soap and water works.
Eight Arms To Hold You was one of the best albums of the '90's. For anyone reading this, if all you've heard is Seether, you've really gotta get that album, its amazing.
And Ghost Notes is a REALLY GOOD record.It's mostly a concept album, exploring the relationship between Louise and Nina and how they came back together across the majority of the songs. It's made me really happy that they could rejoin and make such an artistic work.
@@qtrfoil do you think they’ll ever make another album? Pity the music industry is dead. I don’t think ghost notes sold many units. I guess touring is much more profitable. A shame… a great band.
I saw Veruca Salt at a midnight show on my 21st birthday at Empty Bottle. I also went to Columbia College in Chicago and for one of my classes, we had to break down their equipment at Chicago Dress Rehearsal Studios. Me and my best friend in the class got to meet them and we helped the road crew at a show that weekend and I remember the band “Hazel “ opened for them. Saw them with Dig and Juliana Hatfield at Metro too. I have American Thighs on vinyl, cassette, and cd lol. I also have the Minty Fresh 45 of Seether. I remember being so blown away by them and had the biggest crushes on Nina and Louise. Steve Lack was so nice to me and my buddy. His dad owned Lack Funeral Home in Chicago. Just really cool people.
I was at that Veruca Salt/Dig/Juliana Hatfield show at Metro too! It was 2/14/94. Somebody had given Juliana a PJ Harvey T-shirt she was thanking them for. Juliana had been quoted jokingly saying "Girls can't play guitar," so when she got on stage, she praised Veruca Salt, adding "I know I said 'girls can't play guitar,' but I take it back!"
I saw them open for Hole in the 90’s. So freakin good! The day after the concert I immediately bought 8 Arms To Hold You and American Thighs! Love them today.
Louise Post was able to convince Richard Patrick and Brian Liesegang of Filter to reconcile. I love it. I think it's great when bands can put aside their differences and make music again.
Surprised he didn’t mention Post’s monumental contribution to the greatest song ever written, Everlong. That harmony over the phone is pure brilliance.
I'm glad they didn't. That's nice trivia knowledge. And if you're a foo fighter fan, maybe that means something to you. But I'm glad the video focused on the band.
Just read an article about a Veruca Salt losing master tapes in the UMG fire in 2008. They weren’t the only ones, the fire affected Soundgarden, Audioslave, Nirvana and many, many others. THIS would make a great story to cover here.
Rick Beato discussed this at length how the label basically could be taken into court and demanded to prove ownership of the masters which obviously they don't have thereby giving the bands ownership of their songs again.
yeah that was really tragic.. I remember that. I actually got so sad and nobody else seemed to care. I was like "imagine all the original film rolls for Star Wars, and jaws, and back to the future went up in smoke? now imagine that along with all the original paintings from the masters went with them... well this was worse.
@@flipnap2112 Absolutely. There were irreplaceable master tapes going all the way back to the 1940s great Jazz labels. Worse yet, they didn’t even contact the artists to let them know.about the loss. So many learned years afterward, I’m sure there are still artists that haven’t heard. The care and management of these irreplaceable items sounds like it’s always been slipshod at best.
Still love Veruca Salt, they're one of my favorites. I seen them at a club called Watermelon Sugars in Santa Barbara around like 2008, 2010 somewhere in there. My bro and I went because we were fans. Most everyone there were just the regular douchy club types of Santa Barbara, not there for the band, just there for the scene. It seemed as if everyone would watch for a minute then go back to socializing. Maybe 40 or 50 people in the whole club and yet me and my bro were front and center at the stage the whole show and it seemed to us that the band noticed this and suddenly were just playing to us. All the movements and eye contact were on us as I feel like they recognized that indeed we were there for them, not the scene. It was like they were playing just for us and it was awesome. When we left my buddy says "dude did you get the vibe that she wanted to hook up with us?" (I cleaned up his language btw) and I was like "lol, no dude, I think they just recognized the true fans there, me and you". anyways that part made me laugh, but if that was the case I wouldn't have been bummed about it either. Good show, glad I'm not a douchy Santa Barbara type.
Veruca Salt was and is AMAZING. I never thought of them as an 'alternative' or 'grunge' act. They had such a unique sound that scratched me right where I itch, especially when they first hit the scene in the early/mid-90s. American Thighs was fantastic from beginning to end. Eight Arms to Hold You was an epic follow-up. Resolver is also good though there's one album in there I just never really listened to. Ghost Notes from 2015 is easily my favorite album of the last 15 years. It's full of that signature sound and I can't get enough. I'm bummed it faded away so quickly after getting really solid reviews.
Was my first concert on their first tour,was awesome!!!I've followed them ever since...Ive always loved Jim Shapiros drum playing!very surprised he was learning to play at that time cause his drumming definitely was one of the defining sounds of Veruca Salt!
Read the title of the video and thought, “yeah, what DID happen to Veruca Salt?”. Always liked this band. So it’s (to me anyway) always fun to see where everyone lands. Enjoyed the video! ❤️💜💚
first time I ever heard the song "all hail me" I got shivers down my spine. Eight arms was a sonic masterpiece and the engineering was like gold. im still kicking myself for missing their last reunion tour. hate myself for that one
I met Louise Post in 2006 and she turns to me and says “Oh my god you are beautiful.” It felt like every bone in my body turned to ice in that moment 😲🥶
I’ve followed Veruca Salt through their entire career. Resolver rocks so hard, I feel Ike it could have been as much of a success as 8 Arms To Hold You if the band could have stayed with a big label and had it promoted as much.
@@lesyeuxsansvisage1157 could've swore that's what it wss called. Not too far from the Space Needle. Maybe I'm off on the name after all these years but I definitely remember the concert.
What a fucking heartwarming story. It sounds cliche, but I genuinely wish i had learned far far sooner in my life that little else is more important than kindness and forgiveness. My head was firmly stuck far up my ass for my 20s and most of my 30s. But it's not too late to try to be better.
If you are alive there is always hiope. I'm 50, and just realizing that "most" of what I had learned was really nothing but a load of "bullshit". So starting completel;y new and from scratch at 50, and yes I was like you in my 20's and 30's. So I decided to no longer be a "sheeple". what every one else is doing I'm not. Everyone, yep all the way up to the king and Pope, are a bunch of liars. So now I always tell the truth, even "kill them with truth and kindness" and it agravvates people more than when you lie I learned. :) lol! kicking someone's ass has always been too easy for me, but really for them as well I a week later their fine and your still broke and out how much $$? I learned. lol! You can make people suffer more taking this tactic! (those that deserve it anyway).
This version even leaves out a pretty major detail about them reconciling, which is that Louise, then in her late 30s, was trying to start a family and had had trouble conceiving and then had a miscarriage. She mentioned it to Nina in one of the emails, and Nina had gone through the same thing earlier. Nina helped Louise with referrals and advice from everything she had learned, and provided emotional support. Going through that experience, they realized how much they missed each other, and it reignited their friendship. Louise eventually had a daughter.
Mazzy Star was complicit in the surrender of 10-15 cherry pies... For some reason that "CD" would always start playing after the alternator would mysteriously go out on my 1992 Thunder Bird Turbo coupe... . . . . . . Aka; The Thunder Chicken Aka; The Foghorn Leghorn Good times on the hood of that car, good music coupled with good weed (Mexican brick weed, the only type available back then) and the lack of super sensitive politically correct B.S And cool cops that knew that we were smokin, she was chokin and I was pokin, Officer Parker would pull up on us laughing at me and asking when I'm gonna get that alternator fixed (knowing it was B.S) and how many girls actually fell for it and then run us off instead of shooting us 30 times. If the kids of today could only go back and experience The"America" the way it was meant to be, oh man how great it was!!!
Loudest show I ever saw was Mazzy Star and the Jesus and Mary Chain back when Hope was dating the dude from JAMC. Outdoor show at the Masquerade in Atlanta. Holy shit was it loud. It was right there with Ministry and The Young Gods that I saw at the International Ball room in Atlanta. I still love Mazzy Star and since I am old school I keep their CD's in the car.
I caught them in concert in Atlanta in 1997 quite by accident, but I really enjoyed the show. Local H was their opening act, making that show one of the most “late ‘90s” shows I’ve ever attended 😂
I also believe that this was at the same time that Louise and Dave Grohl had just broken up. And Foo Fighters was one of my favorite bands at that time, just murdering the charts with banger after banger (Monkey Wrench, Everlong, My Hero, etc).
Having grown up in Chicago in the 90s I've seen Veruca Salt live a couple of times including a really awesome show at the Riviera. I still love me some Veruca Salt, American Thighs is a really good album. Excuse me while I go put on Spider-Man 79
No doubt about this group of people having a unique influence on the industry beyond the 90's. There's something magical about a band that has such beautiful chemistry with each other and their fans, producers that transcends beyond description, ty for delving into some of their history @Rock and Roll True Stories
Wow, Veruca Salt, Mazy Star, The Pixies, Sunny Day Real Estate, Pavement, The Breeders, Soundgarden, Nirvana; so many of my favorite bands mentioned all at once! Not to mention a killer pic of David Bowie with two others! 😎
Jez, hearing the timeline on their story just makes me realize how freaking old I am. I was out of high school when they first hit the local Alt Rock station.
I got a chance to see the original line-up in Philly when they got back together. They were absolutely amazing! Ghost Notes is a deep album. It makes me happy and sad at the same time.
For sure one of my top 10bands of the 90's. They are like Black Sabbath with pixie fairies as vocalists, and their incredible vocal harmony sound is like aural honey to me. American Thighs was so good it changed my whole outlook on female-fronted bands. Saw them on the Volcano Girls tour and they were on fire. If you haven't heard the later track "Shutterbug" you HAVE to check that out if you ever liked them. Nina and Lousie are still hot, still great, and if you ever get the chance to see them, do it.
I think I know what that private matter is that they are referring to. Back in November of 1997, I saw Veruca Salt at the Madison Theater in Peoria, illinois. A friend of mine who ran the lighting for the show that night told me that a big blowout occurred backstage between Nina and Louise, after it was discovered that one of them was screwing the other's boyfriend who happened to be a member of the opening band. Looking back, Louise seemed very disconnected from the live experience that night and chain smoked like crazy. But she did wear the Reo Speedwagon shirt that night as seen in this video.
This actually matches the rumor of that period. Louise probably had a secret affair with Blake Smith, member of Fig Dish, the band opening for VS in Peoria, Nov. 1997. But at the end of 1997 Nina had already dumped him, he was her ex-boyfriend (she was flirting and dating with Stacey Jones, the new drummer for the tour) ... but this fact did not lessen her enraged reaction to Louise's backstabbing and dude-stealing.
@@michelergo iirc, they had two openers that night, and they both sucked. I saw Louise sitting stage right watching the second opener with stink eye most of the time. Probably the band with mr. boy toy.
Cool video! And thanks for the info! I never knew much about this band. It certainly is a feel-good story at the end for a bunch of very talented people!
8 Arms is still their masterpiece.. Though a local Chicago band, when they did their '15 come back, it was rare to hear the new stuff on any Chicago radio station, even WXRT. They played a couple songs for like 2 months, and that was it. Still a big fan here though!
'American Thighs' is one of the best Rock albums of the 90's! 'Spiderman 79' and 'Wolf' are 2 of my all time favourite songs! And, oh man, i had a serious crush on Louise! 🎸❤✌
When I was 12, I recorded the shutterbug video off of TV from a pay for video service called The Box- .50 cents per request! Racked up about $50 that season to my parents phone bill. Four years later sophomore year I rediscovered them and fell in love with Louise. They remain one of the most important bands of my life.
Another great band from my youth, i used to listen to them non-stop! i remember being at a bowling alley of all places and they were on a TV set, with no volume on, in the background. It was their appearance at the Glastonbury festival. I remember just seing them perform and be like "who are these guys!? they look awesome"
I saw The Donnas in Nov '04 in Denver and I was pinned up against the front of the stage. Allison's Marshall amp was aimed right at my head and was the perfect volume. I was in Heaven!! I did not get to meet any of the girls, but I got one of Allison's guitar plectrums. Torry Castellano wrecked up her wrists buy gripping the drumsticks too tightly and she got really bad tendonitis. She was getting Cortisone shots for about 2-3 years and finally, about the end of '07, she had to quit the band. She went back to the Bay Area and went to college. The Donnas tried to get another drummer to replace her but I don't know if they ever found anyone that truly fit well enough to stay for long. Since then, I haven't heard a thing from them............ where did they go? I don't know.
Louise Post is the back bone, common dinominator.... she kept it going with killer albums and band mates. She's also going on tour now with her own solo album. 2023 ❤
I saw them and PJ Harvey open up for Live at The Gorge Amphitheater in 1997...I really don’t remember what they sounded like though. The only thing I remember about PJ Harvey is the lead singer was wearing just a bra and panties with a see through fishnet dress over them that was neon orange and lit up by a stage light directly on her.
We saw them in 97 also at Star Lake Amphitheater in Burgettstown,PA with PJHarvey and Live.Great show .My dtrs first concert at 16 ! We got hit by a bottle of pee from some West Virginians behind us. It was a very memorable night 🌙 ✨. Lol
I've seen them a few times. Way better than that Hole. I like Nina's use of a delay pedal to make wild oscillating sounds that abruptly stopped, going into the next part. Just a cool trick that I tried everywhere for the next week.
You should do a video on Patty Schemel leaving Hole during the recording of Celebrity Skin because the producer replaced her parts with a session drummer. Funny enough it's the same thing that happened with the Foo Fighters during The Colour and the Shape which was recorded around the same time.
@@daveg4236 Obviously. The point is in both scenarios the drummer for the band was determined not good enough when they were recording and their parts were scrapped. And in both scenarios the drummer ended up leaving the band because of this.
Um hi was in a major movie in 99. With thie hit Volcano Girls. Just saying cuz more than a one hit wonder in my eyes. But we are people who comment on UA-cam. Meanwhile they are still collecting on Jawbreaker movie gig.
@@wilcross50 sure as long as you check your attitude. Bro have you looked at it out there above your screen? There are FAR MORE WORSE THINGS TO BE PISSED OFF AT! Obviously you dislike the band. Not asking you to agree with me on something you clearly did watch or listen to. You keep it up keyboard cowboy people like you are whats wrong with today. Eh karma will get to you eventually...................Wait maybe it has since you bully on social media 🤔🎤
Another great vid dude. Love your channel and been a sub since you had 30 thousand subs. I'd love to geek out with you over a pint and talk about music!
How about a story on Wire and their first album, “Pink Flag,” released in 1977. For a band who was part of the first wave of UK ‘77 punk like The Sex Pistols, Clash, et al., their album completely threw the punk rock “rules” out the window and created the beginnings of post-punk and was a huge influence on bands like Minutemen, Mission of Burma and early 1980’s American hardcore thrash.
So we still dont know exactly what happened, only that it is private. Which is fine. I loved their music and always hoped they would reunite. I had a great time at their shows!
I played base in a band that opened for Veruca salt in northern California when they were supporting resolver. It turned out the town we’re not big on the band so no one showed up, the band mostly hid in their RV put back with only the manager hanging out inside. Their set wasn’t bad but it would have been cool for the rest of the band to at least hang out with the rest of us nobodies even for one drink.
I see Nina and Louise all the time around town. Still gorgeous.
Ahhh! I never see them anywhere. I’m friends with USA Mike from Letters To Cleo who knows them well, nearly tripping on him everywhere I go. But I’ve yet to see Nina or Louise during my various excursions, whom I believe are near me in Burbank somewhere.
SIMP
@@OnAir21 cucky
What town?
Not true. You are just looking for likes.
Veruca Salt is still around. When the original lineup isn’t touring Louise and Nina play lots of shows in L.A. as a duo. They’re once again the best of friends.
Ghost Notes is a great record. Eyes On You and Laughing In The Sugar Bowl are excellent singles.
They were a non-Seattle grunge band. American Thighs is so underrated, really great album
I was about to say the same thing about American thighs. I still think it is a solid album,.not one weak song on it and still very listenable today.
They were never grunge, dipshit.
Veruca Salt can actually tune their instruments, have lyrics that you can appreciate when you aren't on drugs and their voices are pleasant and enjoyable to listen to;
so they do not meet the requirements of grunge.
Oh. They also know how soap and water works.
Twinstar 🙏
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No, they aren’t a grunge band.
They are an alternative rock band.
Their latest album Ghost Notes (made with the original lineup) is killer.
Eight Arms To Hold You was one of the best albums of the '90's. For anyone reading this, if all you've heard is Seether, you've really gotta get that album, its amazing.
I couldn't agree more!
Ghost notes is excellent too
And Ghost Notes is a REALLY GOOD record.It's mostly a concept album, exploring the relationship between Louise and Nina and how they came back together across the majority of the songs. It's made me really happy that they could rejoin and make such an artistic work.
@@shanewilson199 Second, I think it's superb.
@@qtrfoil do you think they’ll ever make another album? Pity the music industry is dead. I don’t think ghost notes sold many units. I guess touring is much more profitable. A shame… a great band.
I saw Veruca Salt at a midnight show on my 21st birthday at Empty Bottle. I also went to Columbia College in Chicago and for one of my classes, we had to break down their equipment at Chicago Dress Rehearsal Studios. Me and my best friend in the class got to meet them and we helped the road crew at a show that weekend and I remember the band “Hazel “ opened for them. Saw them with Dig and Juliana Hatfield at Metro too. I have American Thighs on vinyl, cassette, and cd lol. I also have the Minty Fresh 45 of Seether. I remember being so blown away by them and had the biggest crushes on Nina and Louise. Steve Lack was so nice to me and my buddy. His dad owned Lack Funeral Home in Chicago. Just really cool people.
Wait, you were required to roadie for free as part of your college class? WTF?
@@nobodyknows4590 beats the ones who had to "groupie" for an A
@sunsetRider You really need to listen to this: ua-cam.com/video/o4A8dTu3NJc/v-deo.html and this: ua-cam.com/video/FjHzKaI3yHo/v-deo.html
I was at that Veruca Salt/Dig/Juliana Hatfield show at Metro too! It was 2/14/94. Somebody had given Juliana a PJ Harvey T-shirt she was thanking them for. Juliana had been quoted jokingly saying "Girls can't play guitar," so when she got on stage, she praised Veruca Salt, adding "I know I said 'girls can't play guitar,' but I take it back!"
I saw them open for Hole in the 90’s. So freakin good! The day after the concert I immediately bought 8 Arms To Hold You and American Thighs! Love them today.
Louise Post was able to convince Richard Patrick and Brian Liesegang of Filter to reconcile. I love it. I think it's great when bands can put aside their differences and make music again.
God bless Louise! I love Filter.
Well that's great!
A band I was in opened for them in Nashville back in 2015 or 2016. They sounded great and were super sweet.
Cool. What band were with? I play in Nashville now.....well we still rehearse/practice until gigs start up.
Wow that's nice
Facts: You still can’t fight the seether
the seether? i can't fight this either
@@cuesgirl I can't fight this either!
The Seether’s Louise.
@@richarddiaz1241 1-2-3 WOOOOO
@@startervisions you can't see her till you're foaming at the mouth.
Surprised he didn’t mention Post’s monumental contribution to the greatest song ever written, Everlong. That harmony over the phone is pure brilliance.
What did she do?
@@tuchesuavae did the harmony’s on Everlong over the phone. That’s why it sounds so lo-fi
@@modernastronomers2596 and the song is also about her.
I'm glad they didn't. That's nice trivia knowledge. And if you're a foo fighter fan, maybe that means something to you. But I'm glad the video focused on the band.
She did.. when he phoned her from the studio in the middle of the night, but then seemingly Grohl re-recorded them without her 😢
Just read an article about a Veruca Salt losing master tapes in the UMG fire in 2008. They weren’t the only ones, the fire affected Soundgarden, Audioslave, Nirvana and many, many others. THIS would make a great story to cover here.
Rick Beato discussed this at length how the label basically could be taken into court and demanded to prove ownership of the masters which obviously they don't have thereby giving the bands ownership of their songs again.
This would be a good story.
That must explain the fire in the video “laughing in the sugar bowl”
yeah that was really tragic.. I remember that. I actually got so sad and nobody else seemed to care. I was like "imagine all the original film rolls for Star Wars, and jaws, and back to the future went up in smoke? now imagine that along with all the original paintings from the masters went with them... well this was worse.
@@flipnap2112 Absolutely. There were irreplaceable master tapes going all the way back to the 1940s great Jazz labels. Worse yet, they didn’t even contact the artists to let them know.about the loss. So many learned years afterward, I’m sure there are still artists that haven’t heard. The care and management of these irreplaceable items sounds like it’s always been slipshod at best.
veruca salt and salt n pepa went on tour together; the tour was promoted by McCormick spices...
thanks dad
Oh yeah? Sweden’s “Salt” must have dropped from that bill.
That's really clever comment,I thought it was promoted by Morton salt?
Didn’t They tour with Toni Basil?
Edit: Maybe it was the spice girls?
Surely Simon & Garfunkel should have headlined.
I used to have a huge crush on Nina Gordon. Okay, I still do.
I love flat chest girls she was my favorite
They got better looking with time, too
Nina Gordon AND Kathleen Hanna 🤩🥰
I think a lot of us do
Louise was my personal crush.
Still love Veruca Salt, they're one of my favorites. I seen them at a club called Watermelon Sugars in Santa Barbara around like 2008, 2010 somewhere in there. My bro and I went because we were fans. Most everyone there were just the regular douchy club types of Santa Barbara, not there for the band, just there for the scene. It seemed as if everyone would watch for a minute then go back to socializing. Maybe 40 or 50 people in the whole club and yet me and my bro were front and center at the stage the whole show and it seemed to us that the band noticed this and suddenly were just playing to us. All the movements and eye contact were on us as I feel like they recognized that indeed we were there for them, not the scene. It was like they were playing just for us and it was awesome. When we left my buddy says "dude did you get the vibe that she wanted to hook up with us?" (I cleaned up his language btw) and I was like "lol, no dude, I think they just recognized the true fans there, me and you". anyways that part made me laugh, but if that was the case I wouldn't have been bummed about it either. Good show, glad I'm not a douchy Santa Barbara type.
"Blended the sound of My Bloody Valentine and the Pixies"
So every post-grunge alternative rock band of the mid-90s
Ugh. I still think half of those bands were conceptualized, named, and formed in record company board rooms.
Even one of my favorite artist says he drew abit of inspirations from pixies when it comes down to his vocal range
Trends fade fast. Could have been a 3-second video if he'd just said that.
Hum and Failure would like a word with you...
Nina Gordon was a star athlete in high school and eventually chose music over the Olympic trials. An ankle injury helped her to decide.
Veruca Salt was and is AMAZING. I never thought of them as an 'alternative' or 'grunge' act. They had such a unique sound that scratched me right where I itch, especially when they first hit the scene in the early/mid-90s. American Thighs was fantastic from beginning to end. Eight Arms to Hold You was an epic follow-up. Resolver is also good though there's one album in there I just never really listened to. Ghost Notes from 2015 is easily my favorite album of the last 15 years. It's full of that signature sound and I can't get enough. I'm bummed it faded away so quickly after getting really solid reviews.
Was my first concert on their first tour,was awesome!!!I've followed them ever since...Ive always loved Jim Shapiros drum playing!very surprised he was learning to play at that time cause his drumming definitely was one of the defining sounds of Veruca Salt!
I was in the front row of veruca salt show and couldn't hear out of my one ear for 3 days.
That was the last concert I went to without earplugs.
American Thighs is full of well-crafted songs. It still holds up in 2021.
Ghost Notes is like they never broke up and continued creating great music. It is a great album. Love those guys.
I still listen to American Thighs. Love Nina and Louise.
Veruca Salt should remaster that album and re-release it. It is a very good, very 90's album
Still the best album
Same here..that album is very personal to me..I cry everytime I listen to it
American Thighs is a really good album.
Ima listen to it once I have the time cause these girls seem real interesting
Their reunion album Ghost Notes from 2015 is great, everyone should pick it up
Truth
Great, just listened, great album. I never knew, and thanks for the tip.
Guitars needed to be louder.
Totally agree! I just wish they would release some new tunes and tour again.
Their material stands the test of time. I listen to them on my Spotify all the time.
8 arms to hold you......listened hundreds of times.......obsessed with the harmonies.
Read the title of the video and thought, “yeah, what DID happen to Veruca Salt?”. Always liked this band. So it’s (to me anyway) always fun to see where everyone lands. Enjoyed the video!
❤️💜💚
Great band! One of the very few from the 90s that I didn't grow tired of.
first time I ever heard the song "all hail me" I got shivers down my spine. Eight arms was a sonic masterpiece and the engineering was like gold. im still kicking myself for missing their last reunion tour. hate myself for that one
I met Louise Post in 2006 and she turns to me and says “Oh my god you are beautiful.” It felt like every bone in my body turned to ice in that moment 😲🥶
Mmm hmmm
Guessing that's why this is your super secret spot bc of the lies you spit out... Did she stalk you after that and make you do sexy stuff 🤣👎
I believe you, I’ve met and run into a few celebs over the years. It happens when you live in a big city.
Because you are beautiful... probably
I thought your body turned to salt.
These videos make me feel old and young again at the same time!!
I’ve followed Veruca Salt through their entire career. Resolver rocks so hard, I feel Ike it could have been as much of a success as 8 Arms To Hold You if the band could have stayed with a big label and had it promoted as much.
i agree. saw them three times supporting that album
Saw them at all 3 LA gigs. The Amoeba Hollywood in store was sick! The Roxy and El Rey!
I saw them play in Seattle back in '97 (or was it '98) at the Key Arena when they opened for Bush. Epic show!
@@lesyeuxsansvisage1157 could've swore that's what it wss called. Not too far from the Space Needle. Maybe I'm off on the name after all these years but I definitely remember the concert.
What a fucking heartwarming story. It sounds cliche, but I genuinely wish i had learned far far sooner in my life that little else is more important than kindness and forgiveness. My head was firmly stuck far up my ass for my 20s and most of my 30s. But it's not too late to try to be better.
If you are alive there is always hiope. I'm 50, and just realizing that "most" of what I had learned was really nothing but a load of "bullshit". So starting completel;y new and from scratch at 50, and yes I was like you in my 20's and 30's. So I decided to no longer be a "sheeple". what every one else is doing I'm not. Everyone, yep all the way up to the king and Pope, are a bunch of liars. So now I always tell the truth, even "kill them with truth and kindness" and it agravvates people more than when you lie I learned. :) lol! kicking someone's ass has always been too easy for me, but really for them as well I a week later their fine and your still broke and out how much $$? I learned. lol! You can make people suffer more taking this tactic! (those that deserve it anyway).
This version even leaves out a pretty major detail about them reconciling, which is that Louise, then in her late 30s, was trying to start a family and had had trouble conceiving and then had a miscarriage. She mentioned it to Nina in one of the emails, and Nina had gone through the same thing earlier. Nina helped Louise with referrals and advice from everything she had learned, and provided emotional support. Going through that experience, they realized how much they missed each other, and it reignited their friendship. Louise eventually had a daughter.
Mazzy Star were the darlings of 90s L.A. pirate radio station, KBLT.
Hell yeah. This reminds me of HS so much. I need to make a playlist of all these awesome 90's alternative songs.
Mazzy Star was complicit in the surrender of 10-15 cherry pies...
For some reason that "CD" would always start playing after the alternator would mysteriously go out on my 1992 Thunder Bird Turbo coupe... . . . . . .
Aka; The Thunder Chicken
Aka; The Foghorn Leghorn
Good times on the hood of that car, good music coupled with good weed (Mexican brick weed, the only type available back then) and the lack of super sensitive politically correct B.S
And cool cops that knew that we were smokin, she was chokin and I was pokin, Officer Parker would pull up on us laughing at me and asking when I'm gonna get that alternator fixed (knowing it was B.S) and how many girls actually fell for it and then run us off instead of shooting us 30 times. If the kids of today could only go back and experience The"America" the way it was meant to be, oh man how great it was!!!
That chick has the most haunting beautiful voice.
@@johndef5075 You definitely hear it on the song Paradise Circus ft. Massive Attack. Spine chilling at best.
Loudest show I ever saw was Mazzy Star and the Jesus and Mary Chain back when Hope was dating the dude from JAMC. Outdoor show at the Masquerade in Atlanta. Holy shit was it loud. It was right there with Ministry and The Young Gods that I saw at the International Ball room in Atlanta. I still love Mazzy Star and since I am old school I keep their CD's in the car.
I've always loved Volcano Girls, totally rocks!
"Awesome" rules too.
the little wiggle Louise does in the video on the pre bridge was golden,. so gorgeous
Louise Post and Juliana Hatfield are my 90's crushes.
I LOVE Juliana.. my gosh man, I spun her songs til they bled dry. she was so amazingly talented. Don't rush me was awesome
Liz Phair SEXY AF
Anyone here remembers the band Curve? Lead singer is super hawt 🌋
@@sstaners1234 .. And don't forget Darcy of the smashing pumpkins. 😂
@@EmMagna-nd3nx yeah she reminds me a lot of Louise post
haha, seether! I am 90's chick. Im going to tell you right now, my 14 yr old self thought they were the raddest chicks around!
Totally radical! Gnarley dude!
This guy 👆🏼is a fraud
I caught them in concert in Atlanta in 1997 quite by accident, but I really enjoyed the show. Local H was their opening act, making that show one of the most “late ‘90s” shows I’ve ever attended 😂
I also believe that this was at the same time that Louise and Dave Grohl had just broken up. And Foo Fighters was one of my favorite bands at that time, just murdering the charts with banger after banger (Monkey Wrench, Everlong, My Hero, etc).
If you want a better explanation, google the Henry Rollins / Veruca Salt interview.
Having grown up in Chicago in the 90s I've seen Veruca Salt live a couple of times including a really awesome show at the Riviera. I still love me some Veruca Salt, American Thighs is a really good album. Excuse me while I go put on Spider-Man 79
Nina Gordon was and is still such a beauty....music is great and when I saw her I fell over.
Yes, another one of my requests! You're the best!
No doubt about this group of people having a unique influence on the industry beyond the 90's. There's something magical about a band that has such beautiful chemistry with each other and their fans, producers that transcends beyond description, ty for delving into some of their history @Rock and Roll True Stories
Wow, Veruca Salt, Mazy Star, The Pixies, Sunny Day Real Estate, Pavement, The Breeders, Soundgarden, Nirvana; so many of my favorite bands mentioned all at once! Not to mention a killer pic of David Bowie with two others! 😎
UA-cam is the closest thing we have to a time machine!
One of my favorite bands as a teen. I got to see Nina on her solo tour and it was great.
I love Veruca Salt!! Thanks for this video! Speaking of Mazzy Star, could you do a video over them, too?
Jez, hearing the timeline on their story just makes me realize how freaking old I am. I was out of high school when they first hit the local Alt Rock station.
I got a chance to see the original line-up in Philly when they got back together. They were absolutely amazing! Ghost Notes is a deep album. It makes me happy and sad at the same time.
For sure one of my top 10bands of the 90's. They are like Black Sabbath with pixie fairies as vocalists, and their incredible vocal harmony sound is like aural honey to me. American Thighs was so good it changed my whole outlook on female-fronted bands. Saw them on the Volcano Girls tour and they were on fire. If you haven't heard the later track "Shutterbug" you HAVE to check that out if you ever liked them. Nina and Lousie are still hot, still great, and if you ever get the chance to see them, do it.
Interesting description but really accurate, especially with the Blow It Out Your Ass...EP.
Shutterbug is my favorite song on eight arms.
I think I know what that private matter is that they are referring to. Back in November of 1997, I saw Veruca Salt at the Madison Theater in Peoria, illinois. A friend of mine who ran the lighting for the show that night told me that a big blowout occurred backstage between Nina and Louise, after it was discovered that one of them was screwing the other's boyfriend who happened to be a member of the opening band. Looking back, Louise seemed very disconnected from the live experience that night and chain smoked like crazy. But she did wear the Reo Speedwagon shirt that night as seen in this video.
This actually matches the rumor of that period. Louise probably had a secret affair with Blake Smith, member of Fig Dish, the band opening for VS in Peoria, Nov. 1997. But at the end of 1997 Nina had already dumped him, he was her ex-boyfriend (she was flirting and dating with Stacey Jones, the new drummer for the tour) ... but this fact did not lessen her enraged reaction to Louise's backstabbing and dude-stealing.
@@michelergo iirc, they had two openers that night, and they both sucked. I saw Louise sitting stage right watching the second opener with stink eye most of the time. Probably the band with mr. boy toy.
Cool video! And thanks for the info! I never knew much about this band. It certainly is a feel-good story at the end for a bunch of very talented people!
Their album Ghost Notes is amazing. Especially the song "Prince of Wales".
AMAZING!
8 Arms is still their masterpiece.. Though a local Chicago band, when they did their '15 come back, it was rare to hear the new stuff on any Chicago radio station, even WXRT. They played a couple songs for like 2 months, and that was it. Still a big fan here though!
I only like about 6 songs from 8 arms, but American Thighs and Ghost Notes i listen to start to finish on repeat
they played a free show in vegas 11-12 years ago, one of the best concerts i have ever seen
I dunno but I’ve been crushing on them since the 90’s
A feel good story. Veruca Salt is one of a kind! 😍
'American Thighs' is one of the best Rock albums of the 90's! 'Spiderman 79' and 'Wolf' are 2 of my all time favourite songs! And, oh man, i had a serious crush on Louise! 🎸❤✌
One of my all time favorite bands. Thanks for uploading
When I was 12, I recorded the shutterbug video off of TV from a pay for video service called The Box- .50 cents per request! Racked up about $50 that season to my parents phone bill. Four years later sophomore year I rediscovered them and fell in love with Louise. They remain one of the most important bands of my life.
I was in my late teens and early 20s through the 90s. The decade just friggin rocked!
I don't know what brought this band to mind, but I've been wondering about them for months. Thx for this.
They could do a reunion show & play "Can't
Fight The Geezer "
G'old
😂🤣😂
🤣😂
And bring Geezer Butler up on stage?
LOL!! :)
do a video on helium!, such an underrated alt band
No thanks.
Another great band from my youth, i used to listen to them non-stop! i remember being at a bowling alley of all places and they were on a TV set, with no volume on, in the background. It was their appearance at the Glastonbury festival. I remember just seing them perform and be like "who are these guys!? they look awesome"
Could you do whatever happened to the band the Donnas. There is not much on them but was really good
I saw The Donnas in Nov '04 in Denver and I was pinned up against the front of the stage.
Allison's Marshall amp was aimed right at my head and was the perfect volume. I was in Heaven!!
I did not get to meet any of the girls, but I got one of Allison's guitar plectrums.
Torry Castellano wrecked up her wrists buy gripping the drumsticks too tightly and she got really bad tendonitis. She was getting Cortisone shots for about 2-3 years and finally, about the end of '07, she had to quit the band. She went back to the Bay Area and went to college.
The Donnas tried to get another drummer to replace her but I don't know if they ever found anyone that truly fit well enough to stay for long.
Since then, I haven't heard a thing from them............ where did they go? I don't know.
They're fantastic, I still listen to shutterbug often
8 arms to hold you is a great album.
It's not even very good
@@docsavage8640 right?! That's what he said - it's great! :D
I met Louise at a party thrown by Urge Overkill. Didnt really talk much just "hi...how are you"... that was it. She seemed nice.
Louise Post is the back bone, common dinominator.... she kept it going with killer albums and band mates. She's also going on tour now with her own solo album. 2023 ❤
You should do a video about Liz Phair's Exile In Guyville!
She went to my high school!!!!
@@straymusic you must be from money then 😉
@@larrydavid6852 no not really but i was fortunate enough to live in a nice neighborhood.
You're familiar with the area i take it?
@@straymusic no Sir, I had just been under the impression that she came from a pretty affluent background.
Lovely Liz..... still one of my biggest crushes and one of the sexiest women that ever lived!
Good video. I love this channel
"Wolf" is the best song about a dead cat you will ever hear. Fight me.
I like the band, and i think their two first albuns are really good. Loved the vid!
Nina and Louise are my idols
You must have low standards
I saw them and PJ Harvey open up for Live at The Gorge Amphitheater in 1997...I really don’t remember what they sounded like though. The only thing I remember about PJ Harvey is the lead singer was wearing just a bra and panties with a see through fishnet dress over them that was neon orange and lit up by a stage light directly on her.
We saw them in 97 also at Star Lake Amphitheater in Burgettstown,PA with PJHarvey and Live.Great show .My dtrs first concert at 16 ! We got hit by a bottle of pee from some West Virginians behind us. It was a very memorable night 🌙 ✨. Lol
I've seen them a few times. Way better than that Hole.
I like Nina's use of a delay pedal to make wild oscillating sounds that abruptly stopped, going into the next part.
Just a cool trick that I tried everywhere for the next week.
That first album American Thighs is really good.
Louise Post is who the Foo Fighters song “Everlong” was written about.
You should do a video on Patty Schemel leaving Hole during the recording of Celebrity Skin because the producer replaced her parts with a session drummer. Funny enough it's the same thing that happened with the Foo Fighters during The Colour and the Shape which was recorded around the same time.
Except Foos didn't use a sessions drummer
@@daveg4236 Obviously. The point is in both scenarios the drummer for the band was determined not good enough when they were recording and their parts were scrapped. And in both scenarios the drummer ended up leaving the band because of this.
Strangely enough Patty Schemel often plays with the “Louise & Nina of Veruca Salt” band nowadays in Los Angeles.
@@OriginalGrasshopper Ha actually didn't know that. Small world such as Patty knowing Louise's ex(Dave Grohl) years before they hooked up.
I would have left Hole because of fear about Courtney having me killed. Go to Justiceforkurt.com
Let's go full circle and do a story on the band who took their name from Salt's most popular song...Seether.
Yes please! They're from my country!
Um hi was in a major movie in 99. With thie hit Volcano Girls. Just saying cuz more than a one hit wonder in my eyes. But we are people who comment on UA-cam. Meanwhile they are still collecting on Jawbreaker movie gig.
@@BATMAN7666 Get your eyes checked
@@wilcross50 sure as long as you check your attitude. Bro have you looked at it out there above your screen? There are FAR MORE WORSE THINGS TO BE PISSED OFF AT! Obviously you dislike the band. Not asking you to agree with me on something you clearly did watch or listen to. You keep it up keyboard cowboy people like you are whats wrong with today. Eh karma will get to you eventually...................Wait maybe it has since you bully on social media 🤔🎤
@@BATMAN7666 Haha!
Volcano Girls is an absolute banger!
“All dressed up” really helped me during a dark time in my life.
Want more Veruca Salt look into the band Skating Polly
The lead singer Louise has a great sounding voice and she's cute♡
I didn't realize that the masters were lost, that sucks so hard. :(
I LOVE GHOST NOTES! It's my FAVORITE Veruca Salt record!
They still have it!
I agree, i thinks its their overall best album
It's a really great record, but it's second for me.
It’s a really excellent record.
Bought both first two CD when they came out. YOU GIRLS ROCK.🦅😈🙀
Veruca salt and babes in toyland are still my favorite.
I loved American Thighs, forgot about them when I gave away my cassette tapes
Another great vid dude. Love your channel and been a sub since you had 30 thousand subs. I'd love to geek out with you over a pint and talk about music!
How about a story on Wire and their first album, “Pink Flag,” released in 1977. For a band who was part of the first wave of UK ‘77 punk like The Sex Pistols, Clash, et al., their album completely threw the punk rock “rules” out the window and created the beginnings of post-punk and was a huge influence on bands like Minutemen, Mission of Burma and early 1980’s American hardcore thrash.
Very good story on Varuna Salt. Thanks.
So we still dont know exactly what happened, only that it is private. Which is fine. I loved their music and always hoped they would reunite. I had a great time at their shows!
I always loved "Volcano Girls", great song.
why is most of this video blurred out?
Still love them. VS4 is very underrated
Did they have a song after seether that said something about “ we’ve talked about the seether before” ?
“ I’ve told you bout the Seether before “
@@joeylyons4549 You know, the one who's neither or nor
@@lttfan9185 Well here's another clue if you please...
@@rachellebosak941 The seether's Louise.
@@Axen-dg4ql 1,2,3 yeeoowww
What happened to Elastica???
Thanks.
I played base in a band that opened for Veruca salt in northern California when they were supporting resolver. It turned out the town we’re not big on the band so no one showed up, the band mostly hid in their RV put back with only the manager hanging out inside. Their set wasn’t bad but it would have been cool for the rest of the band to at least hang out with the rest of us nobodies even for one drink.