It’s certainly understandable if you, like many, suffer band band reunion fatigue. Nowadays, it seems, no band actually breaks up. But this is a reunion we’re generally thrilled about: Veruca Salt.

Band reunions have become almost ubiquitous, but few come with a more harrowing backstory than Veruca Salt’s. Like the petulant Willy Wonka character for whom their band is named, its two vocalists, ...

Julie Dawn Cole, beloved for her iconic role as Veruca Salt in the classic original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, provides the intro for the music video for "I WAS NEVER THAT WAY," the latest ...

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