Forgotten Fridays is a weekly feature here at
If It’s Too Loud... where we go back and find the lost records of our glory
days. We played these on our college radio shows, put them on countless mix tapes,
and then forgot they existed. Once a week we go back and remind you, and help
decide if they were any good.
In 1996, Salt came
out of Sweden
and became the next Nirvana… for maybe a month. Inspired by the strength of
their single “Bluster” off of the album Auscultate, modern rock DJs and
music journalists gave them the highest praise imaginable. Their show at TT the
Bear’s in Cambridge , MA , was touted as a “must see” show, your
only chance to see them before they became megastars. After the show, it was
reported that they didn’t address the audience until just before the last song,
saying, “We’re Salt, and we don’t do encores,” which is the most and least rock
star thing you can say at the same time. After that… pretty much nothing.
Listening to Auscultate
in 2013, I’m astounded by how mediocre it is. It’s not bad at all; it’s
good. But that’s all it is - just good. Nothing separates it from any of the other
mid-90s “Next Nirvana” bands, such as Silverchair. If anything they sound like
a poor man’s Gits.
Salt released a
follow up, Delay Me Down and Make Me Wah Wah!!, in 1997. After Salt disbanded,
singer Nina Ramsby joined electronica band Baxter and has released 3 solo
albums since 2004.
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