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.
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!
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.
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.
Oh God!🤢🤮 They look like grandmother's now and one of them bangs this old boomer geezer named brad wood. I wouldn't listen to them if you paid me 😆 it's disgusting and embarrassing at best 🤣
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.... ;))
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.
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.
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!!
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 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
I was 16 when I got this CD and I practically wore it out in my discman. Still love these four and I'm glad you all got back together and brought the magic back
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..
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.
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.
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
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. :(
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.
Me and an old friend made a band, doing covers with just the 2 of us, and this was one of the first songs we ever played publicly. Hearing it always reminds me of that time! Good memories!
you know what's especially irritating? the music that's in commercials these days is totally devoid of imagination and if it's not some kind of asian video game crap it's a version of the lifeless music played on radio.
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!
Buscando a la actriz de Veruca Salt un dia en RU-vid me encontre esta canción, tenia tan solo 10 años y toda esa energia me hizo amarlas!! Sin duda un gran grupo de los 90s gracias a ella pude conocer a otras cantantes y grupos como (Eve's Plum, Hole, Babes in Toyland, Siouxie and the Banshess)🖤 completamente enamorado de este tipo musica!!
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.
+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
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
Still need to see that film, but I do love this video and the song is kinda kick back good fun. And given the band's title name we are in film referencing haven!
Amazing song. Still!! And forever stunningly gorgeous are these two ladies. Just wow. This and Shutterbug. Fantastic rock. Two smokin hot chicks!! The two dudes in the band never get enough credit either for their contributions. Excellent musicianship.
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.
I found these chicks in the mid 90s. They were one of my faves then, and still are today. Wanna see em live as the original line up one day (or as close as we can get).
Leave me Lying here 'Cause I don't wanna go Leave me Lying here 'Cause I don't wanna go Leave me Lying here 'Cause I don't wanna go Tell me, tell me what you really want from me You got to let me know I'm falling off and I need you terribly One down and one to go, oh Volcano girls we really can't be beat Warm us up and watch us blow But now and then we fail and we admit defeat (Falling down) We're falling off, we are watered down and fully grown Leave me Lying here 'Cause I don't wanna go Leave me Lying here 'Cause I don't wanna go A million miles of running and I hit the wall I bounce back and I run some more But this is it, I'm giving up, I'm calling quits So get down and meet me on the floor Way to go, way to flip off everyone I steal your thunder then I try to bolt But I could stand a little pity now and then (Falling down) I'm falling off, I am watered down and fully grown Go, I don't wanna Go, I don't wanna Go, I don't wanna Go, I don't wanna Go I told you 'bout the seether before (ah) You know, the one that's neither or nor Well, here's another clue if you please (ah) The seether's Louise One, two, three, whoa Leave me (leave me) Lying here 'Cause I don't wanna go Leave me (leave me) Lying here 'Cause I don't wanna go Leave me (leave me) Lying here 'Cause I don't wanna go Leave me (leave me), leave me, leave me Go, I don't wanna Go, I don't wanna Go, I don't wanna Go, I don't wanna Go facebook.com/lvngubrthlss
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 first hear this album and band on 90's rock radio. This video is genius in itself with the bungee chords BUT the song alone was soooo good (as well as the rest of the album which is the exception not the rule for most bands and albums IMO) that it had a life of its own. 8 Arms is my not only my favorite Veruca album but one of my all time top rock albums. Nina is like the 90's equivalent of Iggy Pop-a remarkable creative energy whose music and style leave a DEEP imprint into our minds and hearts. Such a cool band. They owned their creative process with this album-I hope when I go into a studio to make my guitar riffs into an entire album that the Universe will to extend me some of the verve and energy this 90's Chicago alt rock crew had when they made this gem of album in rock history.
