"Volcano Girls" is a single by the American

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band

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 1997 on their album ''

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''. It was written 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'' ( ...

who also sang lead vocals, with

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 ...

performing backup vocals. This song was used at the beginning of the dark comedy movie '' Jawbreaker'', released in 1999. The song was also featured as a playable track in the 2008 video game, '' Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades''. "Volcano Girls" features a partial interpolation of the lyrics to

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' "

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", and also includes a reference to Veruca Salt's earlier single "

Seether Seether are a South African rock band founded in 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion wit ...

Music video

The highly energetic

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for "Volcano Girls" was shot over two days at Essenay in

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, in 1997. This video consists of the band in the central arena attached to

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s, on which Post (right side and airborne),

(left side and performing), and other band members bounce erratically. The video also shows Post and Gordon performing the song while a camera circles around them. Surrounding this arena stand a group of fans, watching them perform several takes of the song.

Charts

References

1997 singles 1997 songs Veruca Salt songs Geffen Records singles Songs written by Nina Gordon Song recordings produced by Bob Rock {{1990s-rock-song-stub