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Veruca Salt is a character from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, written by Roald Dahl. She appears in the two film adaptations, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). In the 1971 adaptation, she is portrayed by Julie Dawn Cole; in the 2005 adaptation, she is portrayed by Julia Winter. Veruca is the only child of the wealthy couple, Henry/Rupert Salt and Angina Salt (a geography teacher in the revised book only, and named Henrietta in the 1971 film), and is a terribly spoiled brat. Veruca is the second child to find a ticket, and the third to misbehave and get thrown out of the tour.
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Veruca Salt is an alternative rock group of the 1990s, named after Veruca Salt, a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character who refused to accept "no" for an answer. Louise Post (guitar/vocals), Ni
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In the 1971 film adaptation, Veruca Salt has slightly curly brown hair, which comes down to her shoulders. She wears a red dress with black buttons and a white collar folded outward; light-colored tights; and black heeled shoes. Played by 13-year-old Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca's now-famous song "I Want it Now" was actually filmed on Julie Dawn Cole's 13th birthday, and the room-wrecking took a total of 36 takes to film), she looks much older than she does in the book and other film and is starting to develop a womanly figure. She wanted to be the first ticket holder, as well as the first to enter the factory. Before entering the factory, Veruca wears a mink coat and a mink hat; she ... says she has three other mink coats at her home in England. Veruca's mink coat in the 1971 film was made of real mink fur.
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Veruca Salt currently has no plans to tour. Tentatively, they're taking a break to rest and get ready to start writing songs for another album. No further information is known at this time.
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Veruca Salt reshaped the jagged, abrasive punk-pop of the Pixies and Breeders into a more accessible, riff-driven power pop formula that ... borrowed from pop/hard rockers like Cheap Trick. It was a successful formula, both musically and commercially, yet it didn't ensure them indie rock credibility; in fact, they became one of the most harshly criticized bands of the post-Nirvana alternative rock era.Led by guitarist/vocalists Louise Post and Nina Gordon, and also featuring bassist Steve Lack and drummer Jim Shapiro (Gordon's brother), Veruca Salt released their debut single, "Seether"/"All Hail Me," in 1994 on a Chicago-based independent label, Minty Fresh. Produced by Brad Wood (Liz Phair), the record became a word-of-mouth sensation, working its way to alternative and college radio stations. While supporting Hole on their fall tour, Veruca Salt released their debut album, American Thighs, on Minty Fresh, yet they soon cut a deal with Geffen, which re-released the album. "Seether" became an MTV hit as well, and soon the single was an across-the-board success. However, the group received scathing criticism from magazines and fanzines, claiming the band was nothing but rip-off artists, using Minty Fresh as a way to gain credibility.
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As one of Chicago’s breakthrough bands of the early 90’s post – Nirvana alternative rock scene, Veruca Salt quickly became a word of mouth sensation, and one of the most harshly criticized bands of the era. Led by Louise Post and Nina Gordon, Veruca Salt (named after the bratty character in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) signed to Minty Fresh Records and released American Thighs in 1994; a Brad Wood (Liz Phair) produced album that would eventually sell over 500,000 records worldwide. The album brimmed with fuzzy guitars, abrasive punk-pop energy, and sing along melodies. After being picked up by Geffen Records, American Thighs was re-released, and the single ‘Seether’ quickly became a permanent fixture on radio and MTV. It remains one of alternative rocks most snarling and rockin’ music staples to this day. Fanzines and magazines were quick to pounce on the move, accusing the band of using Minty Fresh as a way of gaining indie credibility.
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