Nina Gordon
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Nina Gordon performing in 2015
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nina Rachel Gordon Shapiro |
| Born | November 14, 1967 |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Genres | Alternative rock, power pop, grunge |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | Veruca Salt, Fig Dish |
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Gibson Melody Maker Green Gibson SG |
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Nina Rachel Gordon Shapiro (born November 14, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She is probably best known for being vocalist and guitarist of alternative rock band Veruca Salt. She left the band in 1998 due to creative differences, pursuing a solo career and releasing two albums, Tonight and the Rest of My Life (2000) and Bleeding Heart Graffiti (2006). In 2013, after 15 years of personal and professional estrangement from Veruca Salt co-founder Louise Post, Gordon returned to the band.
Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1992 by Nina Gordon and Louise Post. Introduced by Gordon's good friend, actress Lili Taylor, Gordon and Post quickly bonded and began playing music together. Originally, the band was an Indigo Girls-inspired acoustic act, but the women soon realized that this wasn't their sound. They enlisted bass player Steve Lack and Gordon's brother Jim Shapiro, a guitarist who joined as the band's drummer as a favor to his sister.
Veruca Salt released a self-funded demo tape and shopped it to labels while playing a handful of small club shows. The buzz around the band grew furiously, and after only a few live gigs, the band was signed to Minty Fresh Records and began recording with producer Brad Wood who had recently worked on Liz Phair's critically acclaimed Exile in Guyville.
The band released an orange 7" single for the song "Seether". The song was a distorted alt-rocker about an angry and misunderstood woman. Compared to the rest of Veruca Salt's material, "Seether" was very pop, so much so that Gordon said that when she wrote it, she did not think the rest of the band would like it. They sent "Seether" to radio, as it was the most radio-friendly song they had written, and the reaction was unexpectedly positive. The album was not complete, and they found themselves rushing to complete it before "Seether" lost its radio momentum. It ended up peaking at #8 on the Modern Rock charts.
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