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, ...

Once upon a time, in the 1990s, women ran amok with guitars and dominated the alt-rock landscape. A couple of these ladies — Nina Gordon and Louise Post — made up one half of the Chicago quartet ...