Louise Post
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Louise Post (born Louise Lightner Post on December 7, 1966 in St. Louis, Missouri) is the lead vocalist and guitarist for alternative rock group Veruca Salt. She is a graduate of Barnard College, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Musical career
As of October 2006, Post is on a United States tour with Veruca Salt, promoting their latest album, IV.
She performed a rendition of the song "Spiderman '79" for the independent film The Still Life (in which she also had a small role).[1] The song was performed with Dizzy Reed of Guns N' Roses fame.
During her career, Post has collaborated with other indie rock acts including The Drowners and Frogpond.
Personal life
Post was best friends with Veruca Salt bandmate Nina Gordon, however the latter left the band following acrimonious personal disagreements in the late 1990s; Post also cited creative differences as a reason for the split.[2][3] The next Veruca Salt album, 2000's Resolver, included lyrics that implied hostility towards Gordon. The two had apparently reconciled by 2003 and were friendly once more "but not at the same intensity."[2][4] In October 2006, Post complimented Gordon's pop music.[3]
Post was previously in a relationship with Foo Fighters front man/former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, which ended in a painful break-up. During a combative, inebriated performance in Melbourne in 1997, she announced that Grohl had left her for actress Winona Ryder.[5]
After leaving her old label (Beyond) and the departure of Veruca Salt band members with whom she had made Resolver, Post struggled with weight gain, depression and prescription drugs: "I was definitely exhibiting self-destructive behavior: I saw a doctor who prescribed a lot of supposedly helpful medication, and it didn't do well with my chemistry."[3]
Post and Courtney Love are friends[5] and one-time musical collaborators: "I moved to L.A., and I was in a band with Courtney Love for about five minutes."[3]
Discography
Veruca Salt
- American Thighs (1994)
- Victrola (1995)
- Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt (1996)
- Eight Arms to Hold You (1997)
- Resolver (2000)
- Officially Dead (2003)
- Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things (2005)
- IV (2006)
- The track "Burned" on Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity (2008)[6]
As Louise Post
- The track "Sugar Mountain" on Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity (2008)[6]
References
- ^ "Louise Post of Veruca Salt Interview". Heat Beat Entertainment Magazine. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ a b "Grohl schmoll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2003-07-11. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ a b c d "'I crawled back from a dark place'". Chicago Sun-Times. 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ "Veruca Salt". dBMagazine.com.au. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ a b "From pillow to Post". The Age. 2004-12-31. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ a b "Female artists cover Neil Young on compilation". NME.com. 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
External links
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- Veruca Salt Returns, Illinois Entertainer (2005-12-30).
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