Nina Gordon and Louise Post: Full Life Interview

In this oral history, Nina Gordon and Louise Post of Veruca Salt talk about their respective childhoods, introductions to music, and eventual meeting. Both Post and Gordon talk about their early connection to harmonies as children, and have musical parents. Gordon and Post speak to how they have always complemented each other’s strengths, but also how the music industry and their quick success impacted their friendship. After discussing how Veruca Salt broke up, Gordon and Post outline their solo careers and individual journeys towards motherhood. The artists ultimately credit their reunion to their shared experience of having multiple miscarriages and subsequently supporting one another. Both express that their creative process has become easier and more fun now that they are older and co-write songs. Gordon and Post talk about the experience of aging in the public eye and the pressure to look young. The interview concludes with their thoughts on the visibility and documentation of women in rock and what they are most proud of. Nina Gordon is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She is most well known for co-founding and leading Veruca Salt with Louise Post. Gordon lives with her husband and two children. Louise Post is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She is most well known for co-founding and leading Veruca Salt with Nina Gordon. Post lives with her husband and daughter. Learn more at: WomenofRock.org Interviewed by Tanya Pearson for the Women of Rock Oral History Project The Women of Rock Oral History Project is a collection of digital interviews and written transcripts, housed at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College—one of the oldest women’s history archives in the United States. Started by Tanya Pearson in December, 2014, WOROHP documents the lives and careers of women in rock whose work and careers have been underrepresented or omitted from rock journalism and historical scholarship. With a collection of publicized and accessible primary source documents, the Women of Rock Oral History Project seeks to facilitate a more comprehensive, inclusive, and accurate cultural history. #rock #punk #interview #music #history