Nina Gordon

Nina Gordon is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She co-founded the alternative rock band Veruca Salt and played on their first two studio albums, American Thighs (1994) and Eight Arms to Hold You (1997). During that time, Gordon wrote the band's hit singles "Seether" and "Volcano Girls". After leaving Veruca Salt, she released two solo albums, Tonight and the Rest of My Life (2000) and Bleeding Heart Graffiti (2006). She then rejoined Veruca Salt for their album Ghost Notes (2015).

Nina Rachel Gordon Shapiro was born November 14, 1967, in Washington, D.C. Her father was a law student at the time of her birth. She was raised along with her brother, future bandmate Jim Shapiro, in several different locations, moving between Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin before settling in Chicago when Gordon was a teenager. She is Jewish.

Gordon and husband Jeff Russo, one of the two founding members of the rock band Tonic, have two children. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sources

• "Nina Gordon." Wikipedia, revision of 15 November 2023. < link > Accessed 29 December 2023.