by Amanda NusbaumNina Gordon, former singer/songwriter/guitarist for Veruca Salt, began getting ready for her first solo release soon after leaving the band in early 1998. Tonight and the Rest of My Life, her first album without the Veruca Salt gang, was filled with the hard guitar sounds and mad lyrics that made Veruca Salt popular with such songs as "Seether" and "Volcano Girls." The album was produced by Bob Rock, who also handled production duties on Veruca Salt's 1997 album Eight Arms to Hold You. After a five-year hiatus, Gordon reunited with Rock for her second album, Bleeding Heart Graffiti. A concept album about the beginning, middle, and end of a relationship, Bleeding Heart Graffiti arrived in summer 2006.