Veruca Salt - MMXIV 10''

Released for Record Store Day on 19 April 2014, MMXIV is a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl EP that marked the official reunion of Veruca Salt's original four-piece lineup after a 14-year hiatus. The release served as a bridge to their 2015 comeback album, Ghost Notes, reuniting co-frontwomen Nina Gordon and Louise Post with bassist Steve Lack, drummer Jim Shapiro, and American Thighs producer Brad Wood. The record features two exclusive, high-energy alt-rock tracks—"The Museum of Broken Relationships" and "It's Holy"—alongside a 20th-anniversary reissue of their 1994 breakout grunge hit, "Seether".

Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls

"Volcano Girls" is a high-energy alternative rock anthem released in 1997 as the lead single from Veruca Salt's second studio album, Eight Arms to Hold You. Written by co-frontwoman Nina Gordon and produced by Bob Rock, the track is defined by its heavy post-grunge guitar riffs, infectious power-pop harmonies, and driving tempo. The song famously features a meta-lyrical bridge—"The seether's Louise"—which cleverley solves the mystery behind the subject of their 1994 breakthrough hit, "Seether", by pointing to co-founder Louise Post. A quintessential staple of late-90s guitar rock, the single reached the top ten on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and gained further pop-culture status when it was featured in the opening credits of the 1999 dark comedy film Jawbreaker.

Veruca Salt - Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt EP

Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt is a four-track EP by the American alternative rock band Veruca Salt, released on April 16, 1996, via DGC Records and Minty Fresh. Recorded by acclaimed producer Steve Albini, the release captures a rawer, heavier, and more abrasive grunge sound than the band's polished studio albums, serving as a fierce transitional bridge between their 1994 debut American Thighs and 1997's Eight Arms to Hold You. The tracklist splits songwriting duties down the middle between co-frontwomen Nina Gordon and Louise Post, delivering aggressive fan favourites like "Shimmer Like a Girl" and "I'm Taking Europe with Me." Visually defined by its playful cover art featuring the band wrapped in toilet paper, the EP remains a celebrated, punchy snapshot of mid-90s underground alternative rock.

Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes

Ghost Notes is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Veruca Salt, released on July 10, 2015, through El Camino Media. The record serves as a major milestone for the band, marking the first time the complete original four-piece lineup recorded together since 1997's Eight Arms to Hold You. Following a long and highly publicised estrangement, co-frontwomen Nina Gordon and Louise Post reconciled in 2013, subsequently reuniting with bassist Steve Lack and drummer Jim Shapiro. To capture their signature 1990s sound, the band also brought back producer Brad Wood, who had previously helmed their acclaimed 1994 debut album, American Thighs.

The album was widely praised by critics as a triumphant return to form, seamlessly reviving the band's trademark sonic blend of heavy, scuzzy grunge guitars and infectious pop harmonies. Across its 14 tracks, Ghost Notes explores themes of shared history, heartbreak, forgiveness, and moving forward, acting as an emotional and musical continuation of where the original lineup left off. Supported by singles like "Laughing in the Sugar Bowl" and "The Gospel According to Saint Me", the release re-established Veruca Salt's influence in the alternative rock landscape and was promoted by an extensive North American tour.

Veruca Salt - IV

 IV is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Veruca Salt, released in September 2006 on Sympathy for the Record Industry. The album represents a distinct era for the band, fronted by founding co-singer and guitarist Louise Post alongside a completely new lineup including Stephen Fitzpatrick, Nicole Fiorentino, and Kellii Scott. It serves as the heaviest, most grunge-infused record in their catalog, moving away from their iconic 90s pop-grunge fusion toward a raw, aggressive, and guitar-dominant alternative metal sound.

The lyrical themes across the 14 tracks heavily reflect emotional recovery, resilience, and personal turmoil, highlighted by intense songs like "So Weird" and "Centipede". Though it did not match the mainstream commercial success of their 1994 platinum debut American Thighs, IV earned praise from core fans for its uncompromising energy and Post's powerful vocal delivery. The album remains a unique sonic chapter in the band's history, predating the 2013 reunion of the original lineup by several years.

Veruca Salt - Resolver

Resolver is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Veruca Salt, released on 16 May 2000 through Beyond Records. The album represents a major turning point for the group, serving as the first release following a bitter lineup fracture in 1998 that left co-founder Louise Post as the sole remaining original member. Rebuilding the band with a new roster, Post took full creative control, using the project to process the intense emotional fallout of her severed friendship with former co-leader Nina Gordon and her painful romantic breakup with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

Musically, the record shifts away from the polished, radio-friendly pop-grunge of the band's earlier hits like "Seether." Instead, Resolver embraces a darker, much heavier, and more aggressive alternative rock sound, characterized by abrasive guitars and raw, cathartic lyrics. Despite the sonic aggression, Post maintains her signature gift for melodic hooks, creating a gripping contrast across tracks like "Born Entertainer" and "Officially Dead." While the album divided some long-time fans due to the drastic lineup shift, it remains a critically respected testament to Post's resilience and artistic survival during a turbulent era.

Veruca Salt - Eight Arms To Hold You

Eight Arms to Hold You is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Veruca Salt, released on 11 February 1997 through Outpost/Geffen Records. Following the massive success of their 1994 indie debut American Thighs, the band recruited legendary hard-rock producer Bob Rock, famous for his work with Metallica and Mötley Crüe. This collaboration shifted the band's sonic landscape away from their original raw indie-grunge style, leaning instead into a polished, stadium-ready wall of sound. The record is characterized by massive, multi-tracked guitar riffs, driving rhythms, and the distinct, intertwined vocal harmonies of co-frontwomen Nina Gordon and Louise Post.

The album's title pays homage to the original working title of The Beatles' 1965 film Help!. Its lead single, "Volcano Girls", became a major alternative rock radio hit and served as a direct thematic sequel to their signature track "Seether", complete with a self-referential lyric confirming "the seether's Louise." Despite featuring further popular singles like "Shutterbug" and "Straight", the intense recording process and subsequent touring strained the band's internal dynamics. This release ultimately marked the final collaborative effort between Gordon and Post for nearly two decades, as Gordon departed the group shortly after the tour, making the album a bittersweet milestone in the band's history.

Veruca Salt - American Thighs

When Louise Post and Nina Gordon met, they had a dream that they could make a female super group. They would call her Veruca Salt, after Roald Dahl’s character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They would play a fragile grunge which rocked enough to let them play the songs that they so wanted to play - the songs that other such committed feminists would play. During auditions they decided that talent, or at least desire, was more important than gender and employed an all-male rhythm section of drummer Steve Lack and Nina’s brother Jim Shapiro on bass. Onwards… There was something unashamedly beautiful about watching the ladies spitting ‘Seether’ at you. Their evident vulnerability thwarted by a reverie which saw them tear at their steel with such lack of ferocity: they stroked their guitars; their melodies lilting and harmonies wavering overhead. It was exquisite.
Minty Fresh snapped them up and ‘American Thighs’ was henceforth released upon the ears of the Geffen-appreciating community who had been experiencing would-be classics from Hole, Nirvana and Beck, en masse. The record captured for me, what was one of the most striking sounds of the ‘90s. With more in common with The Breeders than The Pixies, Veruca Salt were immense. The quality is evidenced by the fact that both the pseudo-epic ‘Spiderman ‘79’ and the boisterous flux of ‘Get Back’ still sound so hot from the oven, even listening to them after nigh on twenty eight years. Veruca Salt do what other female-oriented bands wish they could: Rock. Without. Trying.
American Thighs is a definitive slice of 90s alternative rock that balances heavy, fuzzed-out grunge with sugary, melodic power-pop. Produced by Brad Wood, the album is anchored by the dual-vocal harmonies of Nina Gordon and Louise Post, creating a sound that is both abrasive and accessible—often described as "The Pixies meets The Breeders." While the breakout hit "Seether" remains its most famous export, the record is praised for its raw energy and clever songwriting on tracks like "All Hail Me" and "Spiderman '79." Decades later, it stands as a cult classic that perfectly captures the "loud-quiet-loud" dynamic and feminine-led rock aesthetic of its era.