[4] They eventually formed Veruca Salt with bassist Steve Lack and drummer Jim Shapiro, and the four had been a full band less than a year when they signed with the independent label Minty Fresh.

"Seether" became a hit on college and alternative radio stations, and the band recorded the album American Thighs with producer Brad Wood.

[4][5] The album was released through Minty Fresh on September 27, 1994, the title is a reference to a line from the AC/DC song "You Shook Me All Night Long".

"[16] Eric Gladstone of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "the album works an infectious formula: thick harmonies layered over attack-formation guitars and drums, with lyrics shifting from childlike innocence to guiltless brutality.

[17] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called American Thighs "a pure pop album masquerading as the next big thing.