Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt Explained

Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
Type:	EP
Artist:	Veruca Salt
Cover:	Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt.jpg
Released:	April 16, 1996
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	19:08
Label:	DGC/Minty Fresh
Producer:	Steve Albini
Prev Title:	American Thighs
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Eight Arms to Hold You
Next Year:	1997

Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt is an EP by Veruca Salt released in 1996. It followed the band's hit album American Thighs (1994). The EP contains four songs, two by Nina Gordon and two by Louise Post.

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

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

Personnel

• Louise Post – guitar, vocals
• Nina Gordon – guitar, vocals
• Steve Lack – bass guitar
• Jim Shapiro – drums, vocals
• Steve Albini – producer
• John Golden – mastering
• Paul Elledge – photographer

Usage in popular culture

"Shimmer Like a Girl" is often used as the main theme song for Shimmer Women Athletes, a Chicago-based all-female wrestling promotion.

"I'm Taking Europe with Me" was featured in the closing credits for Matthew Bright's motion picture .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Veruca Salt chart history, received from ARIA on June 14, 2024. Imgur. June 14, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's title on the national chart.