The Vaselines

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Name = The Vaselines


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Origin = Glasgow, Scotland
Genre = Indie rock, punk, Twee Pop
Years_active = 1986–1990
Label = K Records, 53rd & 3rd, Rough Trade, Sub Pop
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Current_members = Eugene Kelly, Frances McKee, James Seenan, Charlie Kelly
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The Vaselines were an indie rock and punk band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of only Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively from the band Secession.cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |year= 1999 |publisher=Canongate |isbn=0-86241-913-1 ] McKee had formerly been a member of a band named The Pretty Flowers with Duglas T. Stewart, Norman Blake and Sean Dickson. Eugene had formerly played in 'The Famous Monsters'.

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain once described Kelly and McKee as his "most favorite songwriters in the whole world".

History

The band formed in 1986, and released two short EPs, "Son of a Gun", which featured a reworking of Divine's "You Think You're a Man" on its B-side, and "Dying for It", which featured the songs 'Molly's Lips' and 'Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam', both of which Nirvana would later cover. In 1989 they released their only album, "Dum-Dum", on 53rd and 3rd Records. The band broke up shortly after its release. They briefly reformed in 1990 to open for Nirvana when they played in Edinburgh.

Though they were not widely known outside of Scotland during their short career, their association with Nirvana brought exposure to the band. With their songs "Son of a Gun" and "Molly's Lips" covered on Nirvana's album "Incesticide" and "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" covered on "MTV Unplugged in New York", the band gained a new audience. At the 1991 Reading Festival, Kelly joined Nirvana on stage for a performance of "Molly's Lips". In 1992, Sub Pop released "", a compilation that contained The Vaselines' entire body of work.

Kelly went on to found the band Captain America (later renamed Eugenius after legal threats from Marvel Comics), supporting Nirvana on their U.K. tour. He currently performs solo and released a solo album 'Man Alive' in 2004. McKee founded the band Suckle and released her first solo album, "Sunny Moon", in 2006.

In summer 2006, McKee and Kelly took to the stage together for the first time since 1990 to perform a set of Vaselines songs, as part of a joint tour to promote their individual solo albums.

The Vaselines reformed on the April 24, 2008 for a charity show for the Malawi Orphan Support group at Glasgow's MONO venue. Invitation was by word of mouth with no press announcements and the Vaselines played to a packed, enthusiastic audience.On May 7, 2008, it was announced in "NME" and "Exclaim!" that the Vaselines would perform on May 16 at Scotland's Tigerfest. [ [http://www.nme.com/news/vaselines/36456/ NME: The Vaselines set to reform] . "NME", May 07, 2008. Retrieved on June 28, 2008.] [ [http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=121&csid2=844&fid1=31268/ Exclaim! News: The Vaselines Reform] ] The band have stated that members of Belle and Sebastian will support their live set. The band will also perform at Sub Pop Records' 20th Anniversary SP20 music festival on July 12 at Marymoor Park just outside Seattle WA. As a warm-up to the SP20 festival, The Vaselines played two New York City area shows. Their performance at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ on July 9, 2008 was their first-ever U.S. performance.

Members

*Eugene Kelly - vocals, guitar
*Frances McKee - vocals, guitar
*James Seenan - bass
*Charlie Kelly - drum

Discography

ources

*Ankeny, Jason. " [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bfq5g8qxtbtz4 The Vaselines] ". Allmusic. Retrieved May 2, 2004.

References

External links

* [http://www.analoguecat.com Record label for Frances McKee's 'Sunny Moon']