Veruca Salt, circa 1997.
Technically, being named after a character who was named after salt, the band is once-removed from salty associations, but that's fine. Technically I'm named after someone who is simply related to salt as well, instead of me being named Salty McSalterson. That's far too blatant.
Veruca Salt's first single was "Seether"/"All Hail Me" (more like a double, amirite?) in 1994. I thought that "Seether" was just the name of the band that played "Fine Again" in 1080º Avalanche, but apparently it's a type of pot for boiling things. Who knew?
Anyway, this first video is the music video for "Seether," featuring cats and dogs, two girls kissing, and one absentee bra:
The next one is the music video for "All Hail Me," featuring a baby-killer and creepy/violent children at a party:
And last but not least, a song off their third album, Eight Arms to Hold You (1997), called "Shutterbug." This one features giant dresses concealing awesome bicycle contraptions, more giant dresses, unfortunate censorship of the virtually harmless word "shit," and very visible suspension cables.*
*Which is fine, actually, considering that the cables in the bubble scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory were also notoriously visible. Possible homage to a namesake? Who knows.
I still rock out to Veruca Salt occasionally, Seether is a tune.
ReplyDeleteI've actually heard of them before :)
ReplyDeleteIve like VS since the early 90's good article
ReplyDeleteNot bad! :D
ReplyDeleteHow fitting, a band called Salt.
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty cool actually; thanks
ReplyDeletei know that song "eight arms to hold you"
ReplyDeleteNot my kind of music...
ReplyDeleteI remember them! There videos got lots of play on the music video channel! Remember before youtube when you had to wait hours to see your favorite song played on TV?
ReplyDeleteAlso their best song was Volcano Girls.
ReplyDeleteI never watched the video, but I always liked Veruca Salt. Although I cannot say I remember any song other than seether.
ReplyDeleteEhhh... Odd that they would name themselves after her. Can't say their songs really stuck out for me.
ReplyDeleteNot my type of music
ReplyDeletenice tunes, I have a friend that will love that. She might get a CD for xmas
ReplyDeleteNice article, no "suspension cables" in the Shutterbug video. You're probably thinking of the bungee cords in the Volcano Girls video.
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