Veruca Salt

Veruca Salt

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American alternative rock band, Veruca Salt, from Chicago, Illinois, was formed in 1993 by Louise Post and Nina Gordon. The group derived its name from a character in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. After writing together for over a year, they were joined by Jim Shapiro on drums and Steve Lack on bass. Their breakthrough came with the release of their debut single "Seether" / "All Hail Me" in 1994, which led to a deal with Minty Fresh Records. The same year, Veruca Salt released their first album American Thighs, featuring "Seether" and "All Hail Me", both of which gained significant airplay on MTV. In 1996, they signed with Geffen Records and released the EP Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt. Their second album, Eight Arms to Hold You (1997), included the single "Volcano Girls", which became the theme for the film Jawbreaker. The band toured extensively, opening for acts like Bush and replacing Pavement on their clip for Painted Soldiers. In 1998, Nina Gordon left Veruca Salt to pursue a solo career. Louise Post continued with new members, releasing Resolver in 2000 under her own label Velveteen Records. The band underwent several lineup changes and released additional albums including IV (2006) and Ghost Notes (2015). In 2013, the original lineup reunited and continued to perform and release new music.

Top tracks

02
Volcano Girls
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:18
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
03
Seether
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:16
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
02
All Hail Me
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:05
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
04
Spiderman '79 (Album Version)
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
05:16
Composers: Louise Post
06
Wolf
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
04:19
Composers: Louise Post
08
Shutterbug
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
04:16
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
01
Get Back
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:12
Composers: Nina Gordon
05
Forsythia
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
04:44
Composers: Nina Gordon
07
Celebrate You
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
04:20
Composers: Louise Post
03
Officially dead
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:50
13
Hellraiser
Veruca Salt
Resolver
03:54
06
Best You Can Get
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:46
09
Number One Blind
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:44
Writer: Nina R. Gordon - James Shapiro / Composers: Nina R. Gordon - James Shapiro
13
The Museum of Broken Relationships
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
02:35
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
01
Straight
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:32
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
01
Guilty
Louise Post
Guilty
02:19
02
Yeah Man
Veruca Salt
Resolver
03:30
04
Awesome
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:33
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
07
Used to Know her
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:34
04
Only You Know
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:09
10
All Dressed Up
Veruca Salt
Resolver
05:54
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
03
Don't Make Me Prove It
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:29
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
10
Victrola
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
02:18
Composers: Louise Post
06
With David Bowie
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:25
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
11
Twinstar
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:16
Composers: Nina Gordon
01
The Gospel According to Saint Me
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:49
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
13
Venus Man Trap
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:29
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
02
I'm Taking Europe With Me
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
03:45
Composers: Louise Post
01
Shimmer Like A Girl
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
04:03
Composers: Nina Gordon
03
Eyes on You
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:17
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
01
It's Holy
Veruca Salt
It's Holy
03:24
09
Come Clean, Dark Thing
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:22
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
05
Discnnected
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:47
07
Laughing in the Sugar Bowl
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
02:16
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
10
Sound Of The Bell
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:58
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
14
Earthcrosser
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
05:28
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
10
Wet Suit
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:24
11
Loneliness Is Worse
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
05:00
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
02
Born Entertainer
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:40
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
12
Stoneface
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:44
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
06
Love You Less
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:09
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
13
Sleeping Where I Want (Album Version)
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:19
Composers: Nina Gordon
10
I'm Telling You Now
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:29
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
03
New York Mining Disaster 1996
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
04:56
Composers: Nina Gordon
04
Sleeper Car
Veruca Salt
Volcano Girls EP
04:05
Composers: Nina Gordon
09
The Morning Sad
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:08
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
09
Don't Give Up
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
04:42
12
Imperfectly
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:15
05
The Sound of Leaving
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:32
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
05
One Last Time
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
04:45
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
11
Triage
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:36
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
05
Killer
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
02:45
11
Aurora (O.S.T.)
Veruca Salt
Tank Girl Soundtrack
04:03
Writer: Nina Gordon
04
All Messed Up
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
03:24
08
All These Years
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
04:13
04
Disinherit
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
06:25
Composers: Louise Post
02
Black and Blonde
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
04:07
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
07
Benjamin
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
04:05
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
04
Prince of Wales
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
05:35
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
01
Queen Of The Pirates
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
02:52
01
What About
Louise Post
What About
04:31
06
Hollywood Hills
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
03:26
14
Alternica
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
05:58
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
12
Lost to Me
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
04:10
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
06
Burned
Veruca Salt
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
02:57
Composers: Neil Young
07
Secrets
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
04:27
08
Empty Bottle
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
05:53
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
10
God I Know
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
03:36
02
Pale Green
Veruca Salt
Volcano Girls EP
05:27
Composers: Louise Post
11
The Way We Live
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
04:53

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  • Discography
Albums
Sleepwalker
2023 El Camino Media
02-06-2023
Sleepwalker
01
Queen Of The Pirates
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Sleepwalker
02:52
02
Guilty
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
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What About
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Sleepwalker
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All Messed Up
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Killer
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Hollywood Hills
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Secrets
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Ghost Notes
â„— 2015 Are You There God Its Me Music (ASCAP)
10-07-2015
Ghost Notes
01
The Gospel According to Saint Me
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Ghost Notes
03:49
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
02
Black and Blonde
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
04:07
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
03
Eyes on You
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:17
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
04
Prince of Wales
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Ghost Notes
05:35
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
05
The Sound of Leaving
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:32
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
06
Love You Less
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:09
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
07
Laughing in the Sugar Bowl
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
02:16
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
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Resolver
30-11-1999
Resolver
01
The Same Person
Veruca Salt
Resolver
01:03
02
Yeah Man
Veruca Salt
Resolver
03:30
03
Officially dead
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:50
04
Only You Know
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:09
05
Discnnected
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:47
06
Best You Can Get
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:46
07
Used to Know her
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:34
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Resolver
Unidisc Music Inc.
30-11-1999
Resolver
01
The Same Person
Veruca Salt
Resolver
01:03
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
02
Born Entertainer
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:40
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
03
Best You Can Get
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:45
Writer: Brian Liesgang - Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Brian Liesgang - Louise Lightner Post
04
Wet Suit
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:23
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
05
Yeah Man
Veruca Salt
Resolver
03:31
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
06
Imperfectly
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:18
Writer: Louise Lightner Post - Kevin Patrick Tihista / Composers: Louise Lightner Post - Kevin Patrick Tihista
07
Officially dead
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:49
Writer: Louise Lightner Post - Kevin Patrick Tihista / Composers: Louise Lightner Post - Kevin Patrick Tihista
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Eight Arms To Hold You
â„— 1997 Outpost Recordings
01-01-1997
Eight Arms To Hold You
01
Straight
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:32
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
02
Volcano Girls
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:18
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
03
Don't Make Me Prove It
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:29
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
04
Awesome
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:33
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
05
One Last Time
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
04:45
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
06
With David Bowie
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:25
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
07
Benjamin
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
04:05
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
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American Thighs
This Compilation â„— 1994 DGC Records
01-01-1994
American Thighs
01
Get Back
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:12
Composers: Nina Gordon
02
All Hail Me
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:05
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
03
Seether
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:16
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
04
Spiderman '79 (Album Version)
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
05:16
Composers: Louise Post
05
Forsythia
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
04:44
Composers: Nina Gordon
06
Wolf
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
04:19
Composers: Louise Post
07
Celebrate You
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American Thighs
04:20
Composers: Louise Post
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EPs
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
â„— 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-1996
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
01
Shimmer Like A Girl
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
04:03
Composers: Nina Gordon
02
I'm Taking Europe With Me
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
03:45
Composers: Louise Post
03
New York Mining Disaster 1996
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
04:56
Composers: Nina Gordon
04
Disinherit
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
06:25
Composers: Louise Post
Singles
What About
2023 El Camino Media
24-05-2023
What About
01
What About
Louise Post
What About
04:31
Guilty
2023 El Camino Media
04-04-2023
Guilty
01
Guilty
Louise Post
Guilty
02:19
The Museum of Broken Relationships
23-06-2014
The Museum of Broken Relationships
01
The Museum of Broken Relationships
Veruca Salt
The Museum of Broken Relationships
02:34
It's Holy
23-06-2014
It's Holy
01
It's Holy
Veruca Salt
It's Holy
03:24
Volcano Girls EP
â„— 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-1996
Volcano Girls EP
01
Volcano Girls
Veruca Salt
Volcano Girls EP
03:20
Composers: Nina Gordon
02
Pale Green
Veruca Salt
Volcano Girls EP
05:27
Composers: Louise Post
03
One More Page Of Insincerity Please
Veruca Salt
Volcano Girls EP
03:10
Composers: Louise Post
04
Sleeper Car
Veruca Salt
Volcano Girls EP
04:05
Composers: Nina Gordon
05
Good Disaster
Veruca Salt
Volcano Girls EP
02:43
Composers: Louise Post
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Women With Attitude
This Compilation â„— 2017 Universal International Music B.V.
12-01-2018
Women With Attitude
01
We Got The Beat
The Go-Go's
Women With Attitude
02:36
Composers: Charlotte Caffey
02
Typical Girls
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Women With Attitude
03:53
Writer: Ariane Forster - Viviane Albertine - Tessa Pollitt - Paloma Romero / Composers: Ariane Forster - Viviane Albertine - Tessa Pollitt - Paloma Romero
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Celebrity Skin
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Down By The Water
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Women With Attitude
03:14
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05
Cherry Bomb
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Women With Attitude
02:18
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06
Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Remastered 1999)
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Women With Attitude
02:50
Writer: Eddie Schwartz / Composers: Eddie Schwartz
07
Who Will You Run To
Heart
Women With Attitude
04:06
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Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
â„— 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
08-11-2019
Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
01
Salvation
The Cranberries
Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
02:24
Writer: Dolores O'Riordan - Noel Hogan / Composers: Dolores O'Riordan - Noel Hogan
02
Awful
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Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
03:16
Writer: Melissa Auf der Maur - Courtney Love / Composers: Eric Erlandson - Melissa Auf Dermauer - Patty Schemel - Melissa Auf der Maur - Courtney Love
03
Just A Girl
No Doubt
Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
03:29
Writer: Gwen Stefani - Thomas Dumont / Composers: Gwen Stefani - Thomas Dumont
04
One Of Us (Short Version)
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Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
05:10
Writer: Eric Bazilian / Composers: Eric Bazilian
05
Tom's Diner (7" Version)
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Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
03:49
Writer: Suzanne Vega / Composers: Suzanne Vega
06
Leaving Las Vegas
Sheryl Crow
Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
05:10
Writer: Bill Bottrell - Kevin Gilbert - David Ricketts - Sheryl Crow - David Baerwald / Composers: Bill Bottrell - Kevin Gilbert - David Ricketts - Sheryl Crow - David Baerwald
07
Mother Mother
Tracy Bonham
Women of the 90s: Alternative and Rock
03:00
Writer: Tracy Bonham / Composers: Tracy Bonham
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Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
(P) 2021 American Laundromat Records, Inc.
12-02-2008
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
01
Heart of Gold
Tanya Donelly
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
04:12
Composers: Neil Young
02
I Am a Child
Britta Phillips
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
03:24
Composers: Neil Young
03
Comes a Time
Kate York
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
03:10
Composers: Neil Young
04
The Needle and the Damage Done
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Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
02:26
Composers: Neil Young
05
Down By the River
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Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
05:45
Composers: Neil Young
06
Burned
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Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
02:57
Composers: Neil Young
07
Cowgirl In the Sand
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Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
05:18
Composers: Neil Young
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