Veruca Salt

Veruca Salt is an alternative rock group from Chicago, Illinois, USA formed in 1993.Veruca Salt was formed alongside the friendship of Louise Post and Nina Gordon. Introduced by Gordon's good friend, actress Lili Taylor, Gordon and Post quickly bonded and formed what is now known as Veruca Salt. Originally, the band was an Indigo Girls-inspired acoustic act, but the women quickly realized this wasn't their sound. They quickly enlisted bass player <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Steve Lack</span> and eventually Gordon's brother <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Jim Shapiro</span> joined as a drummer, even though he originally was just drumming as a favor to his sister.