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
03
Eyes on You
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:17
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
02
All Hail Me
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:05
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
01
Straight
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:32
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
13
Hellraiser
Veruca Salt
Resolver
03:54
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
09
Number One Blind
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:44
Writer: Nina R. Gordon - James Shapiro / Composers: Nina R. Gordon - James Shapiro
08
Shutterbug
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
04:16
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
06
Love You Less
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:09
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
05
Forsythia
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
04:44
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
01
Get Back
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:12
Composers: Nina Gordon
06
With David Bowie
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:25
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
04
Spiderman '79 (Album Version)
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
05:16
Composers: Louise Post
02
Black and Blonde
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
04:07
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
06
Wolf
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
04:19
Composers: Louise Post
10
Victrola
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
02:18
Composers: Louise Post
11
Loneliness Is Worse
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
05:00
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
07
Benjamin
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
04:05
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
06
Best You Can Get
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:46
07
Celebrate You
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
04:20
Composers: Louise Post
13
The Museum of Broken Relationships
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
02:35
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
09
Come Clean, Dark Thing
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:22
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
11
Triage
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
03:36
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
03
Officially dead
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:50
13
Venus Man Trap
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:29
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
12
Stoneface
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
02:44
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
03
New York Mining Disaster 1996
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
04:56
Composers: Nina Gordon
07
Used to Know her
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:34
01
Guilty
Louise Post
Guilty
02:19
02
Yeah Man
Veruca Salt
Resolver
03:30
05
One Last Time
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
04:45
Writer: Louise Post / Composers: Louise Post
14
Earthcrosser
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
05:28
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
04
Only You Know
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:09
08
All Dressed Up
Veruca Salt
Resolver
05:55
11
Aurora (O.S.T.)
Veruca Salt
Tank Girl Soundtrack
04:03
Writer: Nina Gordon
02
Born Entertainer
Veruca Salt
Resolver
02:40
Writer: Louise Lightner Post / Composers: Louise Lightner Post
09
The Morning Sad
Veruca Salt
Eight Arms To Hold You
03:08
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
01
Shimmer Like A Girl
Veruca Salt
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
04:03
Composers: Nina Gordon
11
Twinstar
Veruca Salt
American Thighs
03:16
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
01
It's Holy
Veruca Salt
It's Holy
03:24
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
Wet Suit
Veruca Salt
Resolver
04:24
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
04
Sleeper Car
Veruca Salt
Volcano Girls EP
04:05
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
Killer
Louise Post
Sleepwalker
02:45
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
04
Prince of Wales
Veruca Salt
Ghost Notes
05:35
Composers: Jim Shapiro - Louise Post - Nina Gordon - Steve Lack
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

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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
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Sleepwalker
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What About
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Sleepwalker
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All Messed Up
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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
Veruca Salt
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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Heavy Metal Workout Music
â„— 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
20-03-2020
Heavy Metal Workout Music
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I Stand Alone
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Heavy Metal Workout Music
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02
The Kids Aren't Alright
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02:36
Writer: Josh Homme - Nick Oliveri - Mario Lalli / Composers: Josh Homme - Nick Oliveri - Mario Lalli
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Volcano Girls
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Heavy Metal Workout Music
03:18
Writer: Nina Gordon / Composers: Nina Gordon
07
Lit Up
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03:35
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Yellowjackets Season 2 (Music From The Original Series)
â„— 2023 Showtime Networks Inc., under exclusive license with Universal Music Canada
20-10-2023
Yellowjackets Season 2 (Music From The Original Series)
01
No Return (Extended Version)
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Yellowjackets Season 2 (Music From The Original Series)
03:04
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02
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04:34
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03
Something In The Way
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Yellowjackets Season 2 (Music From The Original Series)
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04
Lightning Crashes
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Yellowjackets Season 2 (Music From The Original Series)
05:07
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06
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04:48
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07
Sorted For E's & Wizz
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Yellowjackets Season 2 (Music From The Original Series)
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Female Rock & Alternative
â„— 2026 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Female Rock & Alternative
01
Zombie (Remastered 2020)
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Automatic Sun
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03
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04
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04:55
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05
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06
lighthouse
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07
brutal
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02:24
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