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Veruca Salt

Band Chicago United States Formed 1993

Veruca Salt formed in 1993 in Chicago, United States. Veruca Salt has 80 chart appearances on 69 radio countdowns from 31 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Seether”, which appears on 52 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Veruca Salt most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.

80appearances
69countdowns
6songs charted
31stations
0#1 finishes
1994–2025years

Veruca Salt came roaring out of Chicago built on a double act: Nina Gordon and Louise Post, both singing and playing guitar, with Steve Lack on bass and Jim Shapiro on drums. The 2 voices wound around each other in sugary harmony over guitars that could turn from fuzzy to full-on grunge crunch in a heartbeat, a pop band hiding in a very loud rock band.

"Seether", their first single, set it all out: a sweet, chiming verse that curdles into a snarling, pounding chorus, the kind of whiplash that made it their signature song. It landed on American Thighs in 1994, alongside "Number One Blind", and Eight Arms to Hold You followed in 1997 with "Volcano Girls", even brawnier and more polished.

It didn't hold. By 1998 Post was the last original member left, and she kept the name going with other players on Resolver in 2000, home of "Born Entertainer", and on IV in 2006. After a break, the original four got back together, and Ghost Notes arrived in 2015.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Veruca Salt on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Seether
2,623		 52 #3 – 1994
2 Volcano Girls
1,107		 23 #5 – 1997
3 Laughing In The Sugar Bowl
53		 1 #56 – 2016
4 The Seether
46		 1 #483 – –
5 Number One Blind
41		 2 #78 – 1995
6 Born Entertainer
15		 1 #91 – 2000

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

94 95 97 00 16

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2025 500 Seether WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s
2024 1034 Seether WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2023 309 Volcano Girls 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2023 328 Seether 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2023 551 Seether 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time
2023 594 Volcano Girls 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time
2023 147 Seether The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022 301 Volcano Girls 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 340 Seether 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 488 Seether X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time
2022 51 Seether The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2022 581 Volcano Girls The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021 304 Volcano Girls 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 337 Seether 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 61 Seether 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021 657 Volcano Girls 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020 335 Volcano Girls 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2020 363 Seether 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2016 56 Laughing In The Sugar Bowl WBER Listener Countdown 2016
2014 483 Seether CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 501 Seether CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 511 Seether CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 528 Seether CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 471 Seether Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009 542 Seether CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 545 Seether CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 545 Seether CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 483 The Seether WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time
2007 368 Seether KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 333 Seether Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 180 Seether WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2005 196 Seether WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005 1230 Seether CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 457 Seether 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2005 838 Volcano Girls 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 76 Seether Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004 268 Seether The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 1230 Seether CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 204 Seether WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 1230 Seether CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 223 Seether WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 1245 Seether CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1103 Seether Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 263 Seether WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 1246 Seether CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 232 Volcano Girls WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 91 Born Entertainer WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000
2000 262 Seether WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 1274 Seether CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 747 Volcano Girls Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 853 Number One Blind Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 320 Seether WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 658 Seether The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 666 Volcano Girls The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 317 Seether WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 1273 Seether CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 266 Seether WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1999 311 Volcano Girls WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1997 75 Volcano Girls KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997
1997 86 Volcano Girls Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997
1997 5 Volcano Girls Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997
1997 22 Volcano Girls WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997
1997 28 Volcano Girls The End Top 107 Songs of 1997
1997 14 Volcano Girls WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997
1997 18 Volcano Girls KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997
1997 19 Volcano Girls KISW Top 25 Songs from 1997
1997 41 Volcano Girls X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997
1997 14 Volcano Girls Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997
1997 14 Volcano Girls WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997
1995 78 Number One Blind The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95
1995 236 Seether KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1994 44 Seether KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994
1994 27 Seether 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994
1994 33 Seether Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994
1994 6 Seether Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994
1994 40 Seether WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994
1994 3 Seether John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994
1994 25 Seether KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from 1994
1994 6 Seether Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994
1994 36 Seether Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994

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