Nina Gordon (full name Nina Rachel Shapiro Gordon) was born November 14, 1967 and is an American rock singer. Co-founder of the band Veruca Salt, Nina pioneered and revived Bangles inspired pop-rock for the mid-90's grunge generation. She quickly became known for her instantly infectious power-pop hooks and melodies, writing Veruca Salt's biggest hits, Seether and Volcano Girls. Since leaving Veruca Salt in 1998, she has released the successful solo album Tonight and the Rest of My Life, wrote songs for Fefe Dobson and Courtney Jaye and is preparing to release her second solo album Bleeding Heart Graffiti August 8th, 2006.

Veruca Salt

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Veruca Salt was formed alongside the friendship of Nina and Louise Post. Introduced by Nina's good friend, actress Lili Taylor, Nina and Louise quickly bonded and formed what is now known as Veruca Salt. Originally, the band was an Indigo Girls-inspired acoustic act, but Nina and Louise quickly realized this wasn't their sound. They quickly enlisted bass player Steve Lack and eventually Nina's brother Jim Shapiro joined as a drummer, even though he originally was just drumming as a favor for Nina.

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Veruca Salt released a self-funded demo tape and shopped it to labels, and began to play a handful of small club shows. The buzz around the band grew furiously, and after only a few live gigs, Veruca Salt was signed to Minty Fresh Records and began recording with producer Brad Wood. At the time Brad was popular due to having recently produced Liz Phair's critically acclaimed Exile in Guyville.

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