I was 17 in the summer of 1997. I just started my first job, working at Target. My first check was like a little over $100, and I spent it all on CD's. One of them was this album, and to this day, I still remember that, and it's special cause of that. Spent the whole summer rocking out to it. Money well spent. Great band.
I went into the navy two days after turning 18 in 97. Had this album taken a few times by, um, colleagues. I'm not even mad. Hopefully they enjoyed the CDs.
i will never understand why MTV makes or thinks they make more money by those inane fake reality shows when they could instead be showing videos such as this
You might then injoy their inspiring modern bands like seether....very cool when pure talent on both ends egknowleges eachother then in turn gives the world more AWSOME MYSIC!
As a teen girl in the 90s I remember being mesmerized by all the rock women on the scene from Veruca Salt to Courtney Love and Shirley Manson etc. What a fucking time to be alive and know the true feeling that we as women can do ANYTHING! So thankful for these women and so many others and hope they have received their credit that’s due!!!!
Underrated comment for the range. I may have got in trouble a few times back then ordering videos from the Box when mom saw the phone bill. Dad was too but he understood.
True. As a musician-I used to explore '8 Arms to Hold You' album way deeper than most listeners with the help of Skyy vodka. 8 Arms to Hold You album+Chicken Supreme Stuffed Crust Pizza+Skyy Vodka was a KICK ASS 90's night.
This song came out when I was 15 and I always love top 40 pop music.I meet my bf at the time and he loved rock, heavy metal music. he always had the radio on a rock station called 99.5 Kiss here where we lived.I hated it but I loved him so I just left it alone (it was his car)..lol.When this song came out and the station would play it all the time.I feel in love with it and the genre of this music.If it weren't for him I would've never have known this song.I'm still with that same guy.20 years together ,married and 3 boys (one graduating in the spring)later.This song brings back so many memories.
We were sweet summer children in the 80s and 90's. We thought our youth and way of thinking would transcend everything. We didn't fight hard enough. We grew up, raised families, and became part of the system we hated. I'm sad for what we lost.
they needed a good manager and to check their ego's at the door. As is the case with a lot of very talented bands it seems they couldn't get out of their own way, became more interested in promoting themselves and their individual work. Which is fine, but they got tossed back in with the rest mankind heh. What made them special was what they did together. Shame really, they had a massive impact (think the modern band Seether) but it could have been bigger really
It's as simple as the pair is far more valuable than either one of it's parts. Nina solo and Veruca Post neither were that great. But together they rock some killer harmony and unique separate vocal parts. I love Ghost Notes, too.
@@chuckeecheeze4649 gonna have to disagree with you Nina went in a complete different direction on her 2 solo albums which shows how diverse she really is. I happen to love both personally. Everytime I play either album for people they go who the hell is this is album is great !! Then I show them their her veruca salt albums and say wow she's really good. They then hear Louise taking lead vocals on that 1 album which was horrible and they hear her other stuff and they say Nina was and still is the talent of the band.
@@richargrew3162 Love how incapable youtubers are of thinking outside of themselves. You liking something doesn't mean its valuable. 90's record industry wasn't looking for diverse. If anything, they wanted it all to sound the same/ sellable. First comment pretty much nails it on the head. Right move after dropping 2 hit songs is building with what you got, not going solo.
Nina's vocal on this is on another level. So pure yet so full of snarl. And, of course, their voices were meant to harmonize with one another. It's been years since I really listened to them, but I'm looking forward to diving back in.
John Doe yes, but I'm talking about the '90s so your comment is kinda irrelevant, if I may say so...what's more, '90s are far more mature and cool compared to the '80s.... ;))
Born in '69. I wish I would have been born 10 years earlier to see Rush (fave band) in their prime among countless others, but I love the fact that I've experienced the 80's, 90's, and into this era. Cheers to all of you who embrace all eras of music.
Pretty hardcore metal fan right here, but man I love these gals!!!! Was driving home with my 2 year old daughter and this song came on my Sirius radio I was rocking out and she was dancing away in her car seat #prouddad #girlsrock!!
The melody in the verse parts is hypnotizing. Like the way she trails off while singing “...let me knowwowow” lol it just has this certain vibe with the rest of the song too, which I like a lot. Makes me think of the summer and like, good times.
I saw them in 96 I believe maybe 95 with Bush, talk about a high energy concert! I had and still do have a crush on Louise, I thought she was always beautiful! Her and Shirley Manson. Two of the best rockin chicks out there! Now this is what I call music. I hear songs like this, and it floods my mind with memories! Best video they did, and the whole Eight Arms To Hold You CD rocked. I still have my very first copy of it, it's one of the first Cds I bought. I think this genera of music was the best, better then today's by far
One of the best videos of the era. So memorable. Veruca Salt had two pretty commercial songs in "Seether" and this one, "Volcano Girls," and I never understood why they weren't bigger stars.
Lol... busted my as to this part, riding my bike back from Blockbuster. That part hit and I got way too pumped, did an unplanned wheelie and crashed. Good times
I saw this video in 1997 when i was 15 years old and i am still in love with these ladies.... Sweet F**king Jesus they were beautiful.. more than likely still are..
More than a few comments about how commercial and slickly produced this song was compared to their earlier work, but it still comes across as about a thousand percent more genuine than anything on the radio these days.
The main difference is Bob Rock recorded this song - if Seether had been recorded and produced like this rather than being raw like it was (they were on an independent label at the time and had only played a handful of shows), it’s likely they would have been absolutely massive with millions of sales rather than just being big as they were. They also made a bit of a gaff pulling their second single off of MTV after Seether, which tanked sales of their debut album just after it had hit gold status. Great band nonetheless.
My cousin used to work at Z95.3fm in Vancouver in promotions and back in around 98' I believe, she surprised me and my sister with not only tickets to see Bush X with Veruca Salt but also backstage passes to meet each band after their sets. Pretty cool nght for a 16 year old me, even if I didn't know much about Veruca Salt. I remember thinking both these gals were babes when I met them in person 😅🥳
IN CASE ANY GUITARISTS WERE WONDERING WHAT GUITAR MODELS Nina and Louise are using in this video (and for-that-matter-, that they routinely used during Veruca Salt's heyday): They both are using Gibson "Melody Maker" guitars. The red one that Louise used is a 1965-66 vintage guitar; whereas the one that Nina used is a somewhat " 'SG'-shaped" Melody Maker version, that Gibson revamped the model into during the period from 1967-through-1970. ~ Ladies have long preferred Melody Makers -, because they are LIGHT-WEIGHT. Joan Jet also has long used a 1965-66 vintage Melody Maker, which (according to Rock lore) she bought from Eric Carmen after he left the band The Raspberries.
@Brandon Sampare: [quote] "Who gives a shit". WELL -, that is PRECISELY my sentiment concerning YOUR moronic, juvenile "comment". BY THE WAY -, Veruca Salt fans -, or (for-that-matter) ANY ladies who might use that band as role-models concerning becoming a "Rocker chick", MAY-WELL like to know what models of guitars were used Nina and Louise.
charliebe28 Also, it's just a good bit of information. I love knowing about the equipment used by bands. Different guitar models make different sounds, and there are probably plenty of people of all genders who would want to know what guitars Nina and Louise used.
I remember I saw this song on the intro to the movie Jawbreaker, loved the song so much I bought the soundtrack and realized after that the song wasn't even on the CD!! Thankfully I found it on Napster haha!
Those 86/87 Era Gibson Melody Makers with the single bridge PAF and the tune a matic bridge are the best ones-a one pickup rock and roll machine! Sort of a poor mans les paul junior...I am glad to see someone else using one-I love the one I own. Plug it into a 80's Marshall JCM-800 and you have the sound that launched a thousand bands.
I was 13 in 1997 and I was just getting introduced to the whole “Paul is dead” thing from the Beatles and I was convinced “the Seether’s Louise” was some grand clue that I locked away
Last era? Nah You really think Rock and Roll will die? Has Punk? Has Metal? NEVER believe what the press and hype tells you. You want to hear good music? GO OUT AND SUPPORT LOCAL BANDS PLAYING LIVE DAMNIT! Ok, sometimes it goes wrong (Yeah, I'm looking at YOU Stereophonics). But if you love rock and (like me) ain't got the talent to actually MAKE rock, then at least make the effort to get out there and shout out loud "I WANNA ROCK!". No good muttering at the end of an evening "Man, I wish they'd put something I like on the jukebox in that bar", or "Dude, why didn't that DJ play anything I like?" or MOST IMPORTANTLY "Why won't this bar have a DECENT band play?". DEMAND! Go back there week after week and annoy the hell out of them until they DO!
yeah, last era. rock & rolls dead bro. your generation killed it. you have your opinion , i have the truth. these nerds today, have zero heart. who cares what they wear and how they talk.
duke My generation killed it? Man, I'm older than God! My generation IS the punk / NWOBHM / 2 Tone etc generation. Child of the seventies, teen of the eighties right here. :D And you really mean to tell me there's no new bands coming up, that none of the kids have 'heart'? BULLS**T! There's PLENTY! And as for 'nerds' Hell, I'm PROUD to be a nerd. Even AFTER 1977 I wasn't ashamed of my love for ELP. F**k's SAKE, when will you people learn the basic truth: Cool is WHATEVER the hell YOU, YOURSELF decide is cool. and anyone that tries to tell you different, well man, they AIN'T cool. You or anyone else tries to tell me that because when I was a little 'un listening to my mam's Beatles and Stones and 60's California sounds or my dad's Wagner and Mahler and Bach, or my absolute FAVOURITE as a kid The happy Monsters LP, I can't now enjoy ANYTHING that I DO enjoy, from all of the previous through to The Mentors through to Lilly Allen, through to WHATEVER DAMN SONG WORKS FOR ME, and that anyone younger than me can't feel the exact SAME way about the music THEY like just seems utterly f**king retarded to me. Sorry that this is a bit of a rant and possibly not entirely coherent, but I'm drunk and currently listening to OMD. :D
I remember seeing Veruca Salt waaaay back then. They opened for Hole in a massively over capacity tiny lil club in o Portland. It was amazing but my gf at the time passed out in the packed crowd and I had to pull her out. Fun times.
@@TheDamageinc81 We were both actually underage. It was bc there was just FAR FAR FAR too many ppl in the tiny club. The mad crush of bodies, it was crazy hot, no one could breath, no one could really move much but crowd kept squeezing tighter. Many ppl passed out. I remember I was so freaked, thinking like my girlfriend might just die if I can't pull her outta here & her mom's gonna kill me. Good times. 😂😂 ah, the 90s.
This song is on my personal list of the 20 best songs of all time. It is genius on many levels. Here's one genius aspect I haven't heard people talk about: the quatrain ending with "The Seether's Louise" is a direct reference to a similar quatrain in "Looking through a Glass Onion" on the Beatles' White Album. Beatles: I told you about the walrus and me, man You know we're as close as can be, man Well here's another clue for you all The walrus was Paul. Veruca Salt: I told you about the seether before You know the one that's neither or nor Well here's another clue if you please The seether's Louise... Furthermore, each song is a reference to a previous song by its band. "Looking through a Glass Onion" references "I am the Walrus", and "Volcano Girls" references "Seether". This song is art.
I appreciate this song much more today than I did when it was release. This was what it seems like the last of a dying breed. You don’t hear anything like this on the radio these days and I wish I would have supported the band(s) more and maybe the it would have made way to a new gen of rock that would have lasted until 2014. To Veruca Salt - I’m sorry you didn’t get much support from me back when but you are missed today. :(
The first time I heard the song it was when I lived in Colorado Springs and was listening to KBPI from Denver. What a song and this video - what an exciting dynamic watch. My heart - my heart!
My favorite female Vocalist Alternative rock song from the 1990s. This is my first time seeing this video, As I have never had cable TV, so I could not watch MTV. My biggest regret of the 1990s. Particularly 1994 to 1999. Those were the best years of the best decade ever!! And the girls are just as cute as I imagined they would be!
@@RolandDeschain1sorry I like the Breeders but Veruca Salt are so superior …tell me what songs from the Breeders people remember today….I can name a few only. VS I can name 5 albums entirely flawless and timeless
Yep, even though it's the year 2023 here, I'm still listening and loving this amazing song. It's truly a shame that veruca salt had broken up, what a great group and great songs they did. Hoping one day this band gets back together
Still remember you from 94 ish. Before i went to virginia. Still kick butt. Best of that age. All included. You two should be inseparable. Drummer! Bassist! Just great. I could include L's drummer and bassist. But that is another video.
I can't believe I totally forgot about this song until now. This might be like the best girl rock band song of the 90s. Probably either this or Cannonball by the Breeders, but there are definitely other candidates too.
+Redrocketgirl Never heard of jawbreaker but L7 FREE KING RULES! \m/ Saw them like a million years ago at electric factory. Any idea if they're still together? o.o
I haves loved this band since I I first saw their video on 120 minutes in 1994. “American Thighs”, on casette, was my go to record for the whole winter of ‘94. And Louise became my archetype for the kind of woman I needed to have around. Nina- her vocals on the newest record, and in a few places on the “up your ass” EP, are so incredibly wicked - snarling, crazy, great- it’s just wonderful to behold. These girls kick ass. The two men on the rhythm section get overlooked, but they do a hell of a job holding it all down - there is some awesome drumming going on, and the bass kind of weaves in and out of the guitars and beats. Just a really cool band.
I was 17 in the summer of 1997. I just started my first job, working at Target. My first check was like a little over $100, and I spent it all on CD's. One of them was this album, and to this day, I still remember that, and it's special cause of that. Spent the whole summer rocking out to it. Money well spent. Great band.
I was 30 I had three kids and we were all blasting the same music having a good time \m/
I'm 17 now and just found the band on Reddit
I love stories like this.
I went into the navy two days after turning 18 in 97. Had this album taken a few times by, um, colleagues. I'm not even mad. Hopefully they enjoyed the CDs.
What were the other albums you got? I'm curious! We're the same age.
i will never understand why MTV makes or thinks they make more money by those inane fake reality shows when they could instead be showing videos such as this
I thought you were me for a second lol.
Should be RTV anymore your 1000% right bring back the real MTV !!! Head bangers ball lol the 80 s MTV rocked !!!
Why MTV is not considered with one ounce of integrity. A non essential entity.
Less in paid royalties, more money from product placement
didn't they try it before but low ratings, MTVu shows videos all the time, I actually discovered some good music because of it
Easily--EASILY--the most underrated 90s band. I love Veruca Salt!
You might then injoy their inspiring modern bands like seether....very cool when pure talent on both ends egknowleges eachother then in turn gives the world more AWSOME MYSIC!
@@christinacolasanto530juxtaposed with your sh*ttu spelling and grammar? Yup. Awesome.
No it wasn't!all alternative music was equally heard and popular😡
*enjoy😡😡😡
😡😡😡😡😡
As a teen girl in the 90s I remember being mesmerized by all the rock women on the scene from Veruca Salt to Courtney Love and Shirley Manson etc. What a fucking time to be alive and know the true feeling that we as women can do ANYTHING! So thankful for these women and so many others and hope they have received their credit that’s due!!!!
Then there was the 80s. Go-Gos, Bangles, Pandoras, and a whole slew of punk bands the muffs, slits, Girlschool, etc.
I am so lucky to be an 80's and 90's kid(85 -95) . MTV ruled!!!!
Same. 81 born, 90's raised.
@@tinaprice3497 In my 20s in the 80s and in my 30s in the 90s. Great times
Same I graduated in 98 Loved the 90’s 💜
Veruca Salt, The Cardigans, The Muffs, Republica, Lush, and Luscious Jackson were some of my favorite bands when I was little
@jonathanwilliams2183 who's Brad Wood?
Underrated comment for the range. I may have got in trouble a few times back then ordering videos from the Box when mom saw the phone bill. Dad was too but he understood.
@@eddiez1247 the phone Internet in the 2000's was slow and cost a lot. I'm glad that there's unlimited data now
I assume you forgot to list Tracy Bonham _(who fits on that list & that’s not an opinion, it’s a FACT)_
@@lect0n7 I forgot, thanks for pointing that out for me
why did I get old. I want to be back then. full of hopes, dreams, passion, youth.
Amen
Right there with you.
Same!
*sonic youth 😂
@parkerdavenport2542 *sonic youth?
The 90's was the last great rock genres. I was born in 80. Im so lucky!
Veruca Salt were my "husband at work, kids at school, have the house to myself" days.
I still just blast this in the car and go crazy!! Don’t care who’s looking. I wanna go back to the 90s 😩
True. As a musician-I used to explore '8 Arms to Hold You' album way deeper than most listeners with the help of Skyy vodka. 8 Arms to Hold You album+Chicken Supreme Stuffed Crust Pizza+Skyy Vodka was a KICK ASS 90's night.
give me your hand...and jump..
Rock On!
the 90's were magic.
I do this all the time 😂😂 no shame
This song came out when I was 15 and I always love top 40 pop music.I meet my bf at the time and he loved rock, heavy metal music. he always had the radio on a rock station called 99.5 Kiss here where we lived.I hated it but I loved him so I just left it alone (it was his car)..lol.When this song came out and the station would play it all the time.I feel in love with it and the genre of this music.If it weren't for him I would've never have known this song.I'm still with that same guy.20 years together ,married and 3 boys (one graduating in the spring)later.This song brings back so many memories.
That station is in San Antonio
What the hell are you even! Talking about, you kook.
Timeline.
Impossible. Find another spot to tell weirdolies? Jfc
Congratulations on picking the right guy and staying together. You and your husband are a rarity in this nation today.
tempest411 🙏🏻
@@tempest411 America stopped being a nation a long time ago. Now it's just a shopping mall for the rest of the world.
8 arms to hold you was easily one of my favorite albums growing up! ❤
Life in America was never and will never be better than it was in the 90s. We all thought it would go on forever.
Yeah it did. Fooled us , huh?
You weren't around in the 80s :D
I knew about time in the 90s, and didn't expect anything to go on forever.
I WAS around in the 80s, and I miss the '90s way more.
We were sweet summer children in the 80s and 90's. We thought our youth and way of thinking would transcend everything. We didn't fight hard enough. We grew up, raised families, and became part of the system we hated. I'm sad for what we lost.
@@scrossman27 Who is this "we" you're speaking of?
I am surprised they didn't achieve more success. They are extremely good!
they needed a good manager and to check their ego's at the door. As is the case with a lot of very talented bands it seems they couldn't get out of their own way, became more interested in promoting themselves and their individual work. Which is fine, but they got tossed back in with the rest mankind heh. What made them special was what they did together. Shame really, they had a massive impact (think the modern band Seether) but it could have been bigger really
It's as simple as the pair is far more valuable than either one of it's parts. Nina solo and Veruca Post neither were that great. But together they rock some killer harmony and unique separate vocal parts. I love Ghost Notes, too.
@@chuckeecheeze4649 *Louise Post
@@chuckeecheeze4649 gonna have to disagree with you Nina went in a complete different direction on her 2 solo albums which shows how diverse she really is. I happen to love both personally. Everytime I play either album for people they go who the hell is this is album is great !! Then I show them their her veruca salt albums and say wow she's really good. They then hear Louise taking lead vocals on that 1 album which was horrible and they hear her other stuff and they say Nina was and still is the talent of the band.
@@richargrew3162 Love how incapable youtubers are of thinking outside of themselves. You liking something doesn't mean its valuable. 90's record industry wasn't looking for diverse. If anything, they wanted it all to sound the same/ sellable. First comment pretty much nails it on the head. Right move after dropping 2 hit songs is building with what you got, not going solo.
Over twenty years old and this song still kicks ass.
Yep facts🔥🤘
Fuck yeah!
I agree Thekingcobra63.
And my tastes in women haven't changed.. bummy grunge girls all the way! Lol
Totally agree!
I saw veruca salt when I was 15 and got to second base at the concert with a random girl. Still top 10 happiest moments ever 🙂
Lusty teen sex and rawk rules, Neil!😋👌👍
and a lifetime supply of hep
Awesome!!!
@@aldrianalfonso5638 don't be jelly
I'd like to be the lucky bastard to get all the way around the bases with Nena Gordon after she finished playing the show.
This was my favourite song when it came out, I couldn’t get enough of it, pure & total addiction. It felt like love.
Nina's vocal on this is on another level. So pure yet so full of snarl. And, of course, their voices were meant to harmonize with one another. It's been years since I really listened to them, but I'm looking forward to diving back in.
Watching "Jawbreaker" again, and remembering being 24 in 1997 brought me here.
Watching now, came here. Nuff said.
Sameeeeee! ❤
it was the nineties that I spend most of my time on MTV........well it was worth it!!!!!!!! ;))
kids born in the 80s spent their pre-teen and teenager days watching MTV like it was religion
John Doe yes, but I'm talking about the '90s so your comment is kinda irrelevant, if I may say so...what's more, '90s are far more mature and cool compared to the '80s.... ;))
+antonios diamantidis bro, kids born in the 80s were watching MTV in the 90s is what i was saying so i was agreeing with you the whole time
antonios diamantidis back when the "m" stood for "music", not "moronic"
You mean, when MTV was still about Music?
Born in '69. I wish I would have been born 10 years earlier to see Rush (fave band) in their prime among countless others, but I love the fact that I've experienced the 80's, 90's, and into this era. Cheers to all of you who embrace all eras of music.
Born in 71. Rush didn't have a prime, they're not NFL players. I saw them in St Louis in 1994 with Primus.
@@DrJ-hx7wv I stand corrected, and retract my statement about Rush. The Holy Trinity were superior throughout their entire career. Better? 👊
Born 63 and no other band was like Rush "We have assumed control" live back in 76.....lol!!
@@JoseMTamez AMEN, BROTHER!! There will NEVER be another Holy Trinity! CHEERS!
Pretty hardcore metal fan right here, but man I love these gals!!!! Was driving home with my 2 year old daughter and this song came on my Sirius radio I was rocking out and she was dancing away in her car seat #prouddad #girlsrock!!
The legends pass on ❤️
I'd be dancing too!!
Who calls anyone gals anymore?
@@crustpunkjesuschrist terms like 'gal' don't have expiration dates...
This is not metal, it's Grunge
These girls know how to rock. ❤❤❤
90s cool girls. We miss you so much! 😉❤
The melody in the verse parts is hypnotizing. Like the way she trails off while singing “...let me knowwowow” lol it just has this certain vibe with the rest of the song too, which I like a lot. Makes me think of the summer and like, good times.
I saw them in 96 I believe maybe 95 with Bush, talk about a high energy concert! I had and still do have a crush on Louise, I thought she was always beautiful! Her and Shirley Manson. Two of the best rockin chicks out there! Now this is what I call music. I hear songs like this, and it floods my mind with memories! Best video they did, and the whole Eight Arms To Hold You CD rocked. I still have my very first copy of it, it's one of the first Cds I bought. I think this genera of music was the best, better then today's by far
90s in general is the best, compare it to all ERAS of MUSIC, it's undefeated
90’s rock chicks were awesome!
Hell yes!
Very clean too....
The nostalgia that songs like this evoke is absolutely amazing.
Get me a time machine please so I can go back and appreciate the 90s more fully
That'd be amazing.
One of the best mid-song screams in rock and roll history.
Vertical Salt ROCKS!! I'm SO lucky to have seen them as a backup band for Bush back in the late 90's! LOVED them!!!!
I meant Veruca Salt!! Stupid auto-correct.
Paola Gabbi Madrid
But Vertical Salt is a cool band name too!
I simply cannot watch 0:47 without getting weak in the knees, dang Louise ❤️❤️❤️ You Rock, in every possible sense.
That extra little groove she throws on it at 1:09 is the reason I keep coming back...
totally agree
Greatest rock song ever recorded. No exaggeration, no contest.
Drummer smacking that bell like it owes him money. 👍
It's not a bell
@@jasonkoon6513It’s the bell of the cymbal bro. 😂
That’s the way to do it, just gotta pay for a lot of sticks!
This comment brought to you by Christoper Walken...cause all good songs need more cowbell
One of the best videos of the era. So memorable. Veruca Salt had two pretty commercial songs in "Seether" and this one, "Volcano Girls," and I never understood why they weren't bigger stars.
I feel like Nsync kinda jacked the bouncing on strings thing for that one video of theirs.
I feel Nsync ruined music for the next 50 years, at least.
I love the part when she goes "One, two, three, WAOOOOH!" Gives me chills every time.
ME TOO THIS IS LIKE MY FAV SONG EVER
Lol... busted my as to this part, riding my bike back from Blockbuster. That part hit and I got way too pumped, did an unplanned wheelie and crashed. Good times
I love you, Louise! Thanks to you and the band for returning. Your new album is your best.
What?
It's a message to the band member themselves. Not sure how you didn't understand that.
I have fallen in love with Louise, Gosh she's so hot, sizzling hot
I was 24 years old when this came out. I miss those times bad.
I wasn’t even born but hey I can only imagine how awesome it was
The 1990s were some fun times for us 20 somethings!
Got to see Veruca Salt open for Bash back in the 90's in Nashville. By far my favorite Female band...
I saw this video in 1997 when i was 15 years old and i am still in love with these ladies.... Sweet F**king Jesus they were beautiful.. more than likely still are..
Jason Lawrence me too
They absolutely are but Louise is just perfect in this video.
2020 here, can confirm.
this video has aged SO well.
I literally just got home from seeing these guys on stage and they blasted off just as hard as ever. What a fantastic band.
Best girl band ever!
Though, only half girl- band, it's the front half.
More than a few comments about how commercial and slickly produced this song was compared to their earlier work, but it still comes across as about a thousand percent more genuine than anything on the radio these days.
Probably of music video from MTV
"their earlier work" lol
The main difference is Bob Rock recorded this song - if Seether had been recorded and produced like this rather than being raw like it was (they were on an independent label at the time and had only played a handful of shows), it’s likely they would have been absolutely massive with millions of sales rather than just being big as they were. They also made a bit of a gaff pulling their second single off of MTV after Seether, which tanked sales of their debut album just after it had hit gold status. Great band nonetheless.
Dave Grohl wrote the song. Good tune though
@@drewsmiley8092 proof?
Still an unbelievably great song.
For reals tho!
My cousin used to work at Z95.3fm in Vancouver in promotions and back in around 98' I believe, she surprised me and my sister with not only tickets to see Bush X with Veruca Salt but also backstage passes to meet each band after their sets. Pretty cool nght for a 16 year old me, even if I didn't know much about Veruca Salt. I remember thinking both these gals were babes when I met them in person 😅🥳
This whole album is one of my favorites
IN CASE ANY GUITARISTS WERE WONDERING WHAT GUITAR MODELS Nina and Louise are using in this video (and for-that-matter-, that they routinely used during Veruca Salt's heyday): They both are using Gibson "Melody Maker" guitars. The red one that Louise used is a 1965-66 vintage guitar; whereas the one that Nina used is a somewhat " 'SG'-shaped" Melody Maker version, that Gibson revamped the model into during the period from 1967-through-1970.
~ Ladies have long preferred Melody Makers -, because they are LIGHT-WEIGHT. Joan Jet also has long used a 1965-66 vintage Melody Maker, which (according to Rock lore) she bought from Eric Carmen after he left the band The Raspberries.
WHO GIVE'S A SHIT MAN LOL
@Brandon Sampare:
[quote] "Who gives a shit". WELL -, that is PRECISELY my sentiment concerning YOUR moronic, juvenile "comment".
BY THE WAY -, Veruca Salt fans -, or (for-that-matter) ANY ladies who might use that band as role-models concerning becoming a "Rocker chick", MAY-WELL like to know what models of guitars were used Nina and Louise.
charliebe28 Fuck that guy. Great info man! These two girls kick ass
charliebe28
Also, it's just a good bit of information. I love knowing about the equipment used by bands. Different guitar models make different sounds, and there are probably plenty of people of all genders who would want to know what guitars Nina and Louise used.
+Brandon Sampare I do. I love trivia like this :)
Saw them open for Bush in '97 at Thomas and Mack. Great energy!
90's, I miss you.
The close up at 00:46 takes my breath away every time!
If you are back??? Please come to decatur Illinois next year! I want to go.!
Just watching the movie jawbreaker looking up this awesome song. This band is epic. ❤️
Me too, everything you said.
I remember I saw this song on the intro to the movie Jawbreaker, loved the song so much I bought the soundtrack and realized after that the song wasn't even on the CD!! Thankfully I found it on Napster haha!
Those 86/87 Era Gibson Melody Makers with the single bridge PAF and the tune a matic bridge are the best ones-a one pickup rock and roll machine! Sort of a poor mans les paul junior...I am glad to see someone else using one-I love the one I own. Plug it into a 80's Marshall JCM-800 and you have the sound that launched a thousand bands.
1:09 Even in 2020, still the reason I remember this video and the reason I keep coming back to watch it again.
2023 and this song still SLAPS!👏👏👏❤❤❤
I was 13 in 1997 and I was just getting introduced to the whole “Paul is dead” thing from the Beatles and I was convinced “the Seether’s Louise” was some grand clue that I locked away
Me, My sister, My sister's boyfriend, and My girlfriend all played this song live for friends. man it was so fun.
rock & roll was still alive, but this was its' last era
Last era? Nah You really think Rock and Roll will die? Has Punk? Has Metal? NEVER believe what the press and hype tells you. You want to hear good music? GO OUT AND SUPPORT LOCAL BANDS PLAYING LIVE DAMNIT! Ok, sometimes it goes wrong (Yeah, I'm looking at YOU Stereophonics). But if you love rock and (like me) ain't got the talent to actually MAKE rock, then at least make the effort to get out there and shout out loud "I WANNA ROCK!". No good muttering at the end of an evening "Man, I wish they'd put something I like on the jukebox in that bar", or "Dude, why didn't that DJ play anything I like?" or MOST IMPORTANTLY "Why won't this bar have a DECENT band play?". DEMAND! Go back there week after week and annoy the hell out of them until they DO!
yeah, last era. rock & rolls dead bro. your generation killed it. you have your opinion , i have the truth. these nerds today, have zero heart. who cares what they wear and how they talk.
duke
My generation killed it? Man, I'm older than God! My generation IS the punk / NWOBHM / 2 Tone etc generation. Child of the seventies, teen of the eighties right here.
:D
And you really mean to tell me there's no new bands coming up, that none of the kids have 'heart'? BULLS**T! There's PLENTY! And as for 'nerds' Hell, I'm PROUD to be a nerd. Even AFTER 1977 I wasn't ashamed of my love for ELP. F**k's SAKE, when will you people learn the basic truth: Cool is WHATEVER the hell YOU, YOURSELF decide is cool. and anyone that tries to tell you different, well man, they AIN'T cool. You or anyone else tries to tell me that because when I was a little 'un listening to my mam's Beatles and Stones and 60's California sounds or my dad's Wagner and Mahler and Bach, or my absolute FAVOURITE as a kid The happy Monsters LP, I can't now enjoy ANYTHING that I DO enjoy, from all of the previous through to The Mentors through to Lilly Allen, through to WHATEVER DAMN SONG WORKS FOR ME, and that anyone younger than me can't feel the exact SAME way about the music THEY like just seems utterly f**king retarded to me.
Sorry that this is a bit of a rant and possibly not entirely coherent, but I'm drunk and currently listening to OMD. :D
well you should know better than anyone, rock & rolls dead.
it took us 50 some years to kill what started as an extremely potent, black music.
Best music video ever. Still surprised nothing ever managed to top it.
I remember seeing Veruca Salt waaaay back then. They opened for Hole in a massively over capacity tiny lil club in o Portland. It was amazing but my gf at the time passed out in the packed crowd and I had to pull her out. Fun times.
Just drank too much??? Man that sucks ... I've had to play babysitter a few times myself.
@@TheDamageinc81 We were both actually underage. It was bc there was just FAR FAR FAR too many ppl in the tiny club.
The mad crush of bodies, it was crazy hot, no one could breath, no one could really move much but crowd kept squeezing tighter. Many ppl passed out.
I remember I was so freaked, thinking like my girlfriend might just die if I can't pull her outta here & her mom's gonna kill me.
Good times. 😂😂 ah, the 90s.
Loved this band in high school! Saw them in 1997 in St. Louis at Riverport with Bush!
97 my awesome sister took me to see Veruca salt, No Doubt and Bush. Damn good show.
I would still slam Nina and Gwen's Bush.
Omg
0:47 😍 fell instantly in love with her!
Such a 90’s feel for this song. Brings back good times.
This is definitely one of the BEST songs/videos of the 90s! When the world was fun and music was everything! 🤟🤩🤟
Seeing them clearly having a blast making this video makes me happy!
I remember this song from a Tampax commercial around 2000.
"girls can still rock on their periods."
remember that?
1:09 Not that Nina isn't pretty, but every time they show a close up of Louise's gorgeous face, my heart skips a beat.
Hey, the Seether's Louise.
Those green eyes.
how could you choose? theyre both insanely hot
@@CarolineMartin I mean, yes, they're both hot, but Nina was AAA and Louise was the Show
@@panzer-head I've listened to this song since 1997 and never noticed that was the lyric.
This song is on my personal list of the 20 best songs of all time. It is genius on many levels.
Here's one genius aspect I haven't heard people talk about: the quatrain ending with "The Seether's Louise" is a direct reference to a similar quatrain in "Looking through a Glass Onion" on the Beatles' White Album.
Beatles:
I told you about the walrus and me, man
You know we're as close as can be, man
Well here's another clue for you all
The walrus was Paul.
Veruca Salt:
I told you about the seether before
You know the one that's neither or nor
Well here's another clue if you please
The seether's Louise...
Furthermore, each song is a reference to a previous song by its band. "Looking through a Glass Onion" references
"I am the Walrus", and "Volcano Girls" references "Seether".
This song is art.
That's insane, I JUST noticed that 25 years later.
i never thought about that most people arent into the beatles enough to know glass onion and catch the reference, good that you pointed it out.
I saw them, thinking 97, they opened up for Bush. Great concert!!!
I appreciate this song much more today than I did when it was release. This was what it seems like the last of a dying breed. You don’t hear anything like this on the radio these days and I wish I would have supported the band(s) more and maybe the it would have made way to a new gen of rock that would have lasted until 2014. To Veruca Salt - I’m sorry you didn’t get much support from me back when but you are missed today. :(
i feel that way about Hole, i never bought any of their stuff or took them seriously in their heyday but now im a big fan many yrs too late.
@@joejones9520sooooo many good songs by Hole 💜💯
I saw them in Boston at _The Avalon_ in 1997. (WAAF's Halloween Cash Bash). I won tix to see them that year.
*Truly, one of the best nights ever!*
I would love to hear this drummer back in the band!
Love the self referential bit about Seether in the bridge, and the Beatles homage. Don't know if I fully grasped that as a teenager lol
62 years old and listening in 2022. Just lov it……….
The first time I heard the song it was when I lived in Colorado Springs and was listening to KBPI from Denver. What a song and this video - what an exciting dynamic watch. My heart - my heart!
I loved Jawbreaker and this song so much, really inspired me in my high school years 🤩
Shredding in thigh high boots, hot damn!
Thank you Guitar Hero for introducing me to all these great songs as a kid.
mid to later 90s great band.. so much great music back then.
These girls should still be touring and making music!!! They have too much talent!!!
+wayne paine they do still tour
They are!
2023 u betcha
Volcano Girls by Veruca Salt is both a risque yet also a musically adventurous type of thrilling song.
Reminds me so much of my high school days when I was learning guitar. Played and practiced this song everyday for weeks. I miss the 90s!
My favorite female Vocalist Alternative rock song from the 1990s.
This is my first time seeing this video, As I have never had cable TV, so I could not watch MTV. My biggest regret of the 1990s. Particularly 1994 to 1999.
Those were the best years of the best decade ever!!
And the girls are just as cute as I imagined they would be!
I love how she referenced their other song! 🥰🥰🥰😍
A call back to "Seether" is super clever in a Beatles' "Glass Onion" reference.
My daughter's and my wife truly love all yall! They wanna meet you so badly!!!
Whoa this reeks of 90's... I LIKE IT.
I'll never understand why they received such harsh criticism. Downright inspiring!
People called them derivative of other bands. Notably The Breeders.
Coz they’re women in a man’s world (my opinion)
@@RolandDeschain1 but they're better than the breeders imo.
Probably because one of their two songs referenced the other.
@@RolandDeschain1sorry I like the Breeders but Veruca Salt are so superior …tell me what songs from the Breeders people remember today….I can name a few only. VS I can name 5 albums entirely flawless and timeless
Yep, even though it's the year 2023 here, I'm still listening and loving this amazing song. It's truly a shame that veruca salt had broken up, what a great group and great songs they did. Hoping one day this band gets back together
Man we used to blast this song at the pool hall back when I was in high school. Hard to believe that was over 20 years ago now.
2019 is almost over and I'm still rockin' these chicks!!!🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤
Veruca came a long way with her golden egg. 90s song Playlist staple for sure.
I love the Volcano Girls! I recall this song when I was a young lad! So glad to have lived when the volcano girls first erupted!
Still remember you from 94 ish. Before i went to virginia. Still kick butt. Best of that age. All included. You two should be inseparable. Drummer! Bassist! Just great. I could include L's drummer and bassist. But that is another video.
Saw them open for Bush on the razor blade suitcase tour, I was in 6th grade. Great show!
I can't believe I totally forgot about this song until now. This might be like the best girl rock band song of the 90s. Probably either this or Cannonball by the Breeders, but there are definitely other candidates too.
Richard Routh this is like my favorite band but cannonball is a reallyyy good song too
Jawbreaker brought me here. Luv this song!
Me too! They tried to pass "Jawbreaker" off as another "Heathers" for the late 90's...NOTHING can compare to "Heathers!" What is your damage??
+Redrocketgirl Never heard of jawbreaker but L7 FREE KING RULES!
\m/
Saw them like a million years ago at electric factory.
Any idea if they're still together?
o.o
+Phoenix Archangel I also saw L7 in concert. It was Lollapalooza 1994. They rocked! It was a great show!
Willy Wonka brought me here.
I haves loved this band since I I first saw their video on 120 minutes in 1994. “American Thighs”, on casette, was my go to record for the whole winter of ‘94. And Louise became my archetype for the kind of woman I needed to have around.
Nina- her vocals on the newest record, and in a few places on the “up your ass” EP, are so incredibly wicked - snarling, crazy, great- it’s just wonderful to behold. These girls kick ass.
The two men on the rhythm section get overlooked, but they do a hell of a job holding it all down - there is some awesome drumming going on, and the bass kind of weaves in and out of the guitars and beats. Just a really cool band.
One of the best rock albums of the 90's, hands down.
This is one of my favourite songs from the 90s.