Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt is an EP by Veruca Salt released on April 16, 1996. It followed the band's hit album American Thighs (1994). The EP contains four songs, two written 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 "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, 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 Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby.
Charts Chart (1996)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's title on the national chart.194
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