''Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt'' is an EP by

Veruca Salt Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro and bassist Steve Lack. They are best known for their first single, " Seether", that ...

released in 1996. It followed the band's hit album ''

American Thighs ''American Thighs'' is the 1994 debut studio album by American alternative rock band Veruca Salt. The album features the hit single " Seether" and received positive critical reviews. Background and release Singer-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louis ...

'' (1994). The EP contains four songs, two by

Nina Gordon Nina Rachel Gordon Shapiro (born November 14, 1967), known as Nina Gordon, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She co-founded the alternative rock band Veruca Salt and played on their first two studio albums, ''American Thighs'' ( ...

and two by

Louise Post Louise Lightner Post (born December 7, 1966) is an American musician. She is best known for being a vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Veruca Salt, which she co-founded with Nina Gordon in 1993. Early life Post was born in St ...

. The album art shows the band dressed in toilet paper. In the liner notes, bassist Steve Lack is credited under his actual name, Stephen J. Lackiewicz.

Track listing

# "Shimmer Like a Girl" (Nina Gordon) – 4:03 # "I'm Taking Europe with Me" (Louise Post) – 3:45 # "New York Mining Disaster 1996" (Gordon) – 4:56 # "Disinherit" (Post) – 6:25

Personnel

* Louise Post –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Nina Gordon – guitar, vocals * Steve Lack –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Jim Shapiro –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, vocals * Steve Albini – producer * John Golden – mastering * Paul Elledge –

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

Usage in popular culture

"Shimmer Like a Girl" is often used as the main theme song for

Shimmer Women Athletes Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) is an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both him ...

, a

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-based all-female wrestling promotion. "I'm Taking Europe with Me" was featured in the closing credits for Matthew Bright's motion picture '' Freeway II: Confessions of a Trick Baby''.

References

{{Authority control 1996 debut EPs Veruca Salt albums Albums produced by Steve Albini