Veruca Salt: New Band, New Look, New Label
Veruca Salt's Louise Post will be returning this fall with a new band,
a new label, and a new look: the dark-haired singer has gone
platinum blonde.
Post, the last remaining original member of the group, is continuing
on under the Veruca Salt banner following the departure of co-star
Nina Gordon in 1998 (see "Nina Gordon Leaves Veruca Salt").
The singer told MTV News on Tuesday that the third Veruca Salt
LP is now finished (with the exception of a few minor overdubs) and
it should be out at the end of the year.
According to Post, the group's new songs include "Officially Dead,"
"Yeah Man," "Bombshells And Pin-Ups," "Pretty Boys," "Wet Suit,"
"Used To Know Her," "Imperfectly," "The Same Person,"
"Hellraiser," "Best You Can Get," "Disconnected," and "Born
Entertainer." She declined to reveal the title of the upcoming album.
The bulk of the recording was done at Gravity Studios in Chicago
with partner Brian Liesegang (Ashtar Command, ex-Filter), who
also co-wrote several of the new tracks, at the controls. Other
tracks were recorded in Liesegang's home studio.
Musicians on the album include drummer Jimmy Madla (a.k.a. Tasty
Jimmy or Tasty J) as well as guitarist Steve Fitzpatrick, who played
with Post on a song cut for the soundtrack to "The Avengers." Matt
Walker (ex-Filter, Smashing Pumpkins, currently in the Cupcakes)
makes guest appearances on three songs, and Eric Remschneider
(who has played with the Pumpkins and Hole) provides some cello.
Former Triple Fast Action bassist Kevin Tihista also helped out, as
did former Failure drummer Kelly Scott.
Post is also currently putting together a new set of back-up
musicians at home in Chicago. According to her co-manager, Pete
Riedling, Post's live band will most likely include Madla, Fitzpatrick,
and a female back-up vocalist.
Meanwhile, Post is temporarily without a label, but she told MTV
News she is being courted by several and expects to sign a new deal
in the very near future. She takes exception to reports that say she
had been dropped by her old label, Outpost, and sets the record
straight in a message on a Veruca Salt fan site called "The
Saltshaker."
"The fact is, my management advised me to request departure from
this new corporate conglomerate with my most recent masters in
hand -- a request that was, thankfully, granted," Post explained in
her message. She added that none of the Geffen personnel who
previously represented her had survived the label's merger with
Interscope. "They all either jumped ship before it hit the iceberg, or
were unceremoniously canned via video," wrote Post, adding that
she is now a free agent and the owner of "the best music I have ever
made."
In her message to "The Saltshaker," Post also revealed that the new
album will include "a collection of songs coming straight from my life
and my heart, undiluted by the unavoidable clutter and complications
of collaboration." She added that she is "carrying the V.S. torch in
the spirit for which it was originally intended." The departed Gordon,
meanwhile, is set to release her solo album, "Tonight And The Rest
Of My Life," on Outpost in August.
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