12 października 2005
Veruca Salt Last Night
Veruca Salt played at Hotel Congress last night (I missed the opening bands, more on that later). It was not the Veruca Salt that we know and love from the 1990's though. The band started as a collaboration between Nina Gordon and Louise Post. Gordon left the band in 1998, one of the problems when you have an extra-curricular relationship with your main band mate (ask Lindsey Buckingham about this one).Post re-formed the band with an entirely new line-up (Original dummer Jim Shapiro was Gordon's brother), and kept recording and touring. She later released an album that seemed to be about her break-up with Gordon.
The only trouble is, even though Gordon and Post traded lead singing and song writing duties, Gordon was important to the sound of the group. Although Post wrote such fan favorites as "Straight" and "Victrola", their two biggest hits are not only written by Gordon, but they were about her relationship with Post. It seemed a bit silly to have Louise Post sing "The Seether is Louise" during the break in "Volcano Girls."
Anyway, why the heck should I complain? They rocked.
Also, Louise kept flirting with the guys in the front row. Damn, I hate it when cute lesbian gals do this. Oh wait, I don't. Afterward, she kissed the female fans. I think this was to make the guys jealous, I don't know.
Louise switched to a Flying V Guitar at one point. This was just in case anyone had any nostalgia for The Scorpions or Zebra.
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
