Louise Post

A fixture of alternative rock since the 1990s, Veruca Salt co-founder and solo artist Louise Post is a lyrically frank singer/songwriter who reimagines her influences into a brashly catchy sound. With the smash hit "Seether" and 1994's gold-selling debut album American Thighs, Veruca Salt reshaped the jagged sounds of Nirvana, Pixies, and the Breeders into a more accessible, riff-driven power pop formula that also borrowed from rockers like Cheap Trick, then doubled down on their love of hard rock with 1997's Eight Arms to Hold You. When the rest of the band's original lineup ...