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The Vaselines
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Glasgow, United Kingdom (1986 – 1990)
The Vaselines are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of only vocalists/guitarists Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene’s brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively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. 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”.
The band released two singles, “Son of a Gun” and “Dying for It”, prior to releasing an album. In 1989 they released their only album, Dum Dum, on the record label Rough Trade. Following the closing of the record label 53rd and 3rd, which they had originally signed to, the band broke up in 1990. However, they reunited later that year to open for Nirvana when they played in Edinburgh.
Though they were not widely known when the band existed, covers of their songs by Nirvana and Kurt Cobain’s tendency to mention them as an influence brought exposure to the band. With their songs “Son of a Gun” and “Molly’s Lips” covered on Nirvana’s album Incesticide and “Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam” covered as “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam” on MTV Unplugged in New York, the band gained a new audience from people who wanted to discover the bands that influenced Cobain (a similar situation happened to the band The Meat Puppets). Due to this new exposure, in 1992 Sub Pop released The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History, a compilation that contained The Vaselines’ entire body of work on one album.
Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain once described Kelly and McKee as his “most favorite songwriters in the whole world”.
The band released two singles, “Son of a Gun” and “Dying for It”, prior to releasing an album. In 1989 they released their only album, Dum Dum, on the record label Rough Trade. Following the closing of the record label 53rd and 3rd, which they had originally signed to, the band broke up in 1990. However, they reunited later that year to open for Nirvana when they played in Edinburgh.
Though they were not widely known when the band existed, covers of their songs by Nirvana and Kurt Cobain’s tendency to mention them as an influence brought exposure to the band. With their songs “Son of a Gun” and “Molly’s Lips” covered on Nirvana’s album Incesticide and “Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam” covered as “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam” on MTV Unplugged in New York, the band gained a new audience from people who wanted to discover the bands that influenced Cobain (a similar situation happened to the band The Meat Puppets). Due to this new exposure, in 1992 Sub Pop released The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History, a compilation that contained The Vaselines’ entire body of work on one album.
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ginanightmare wrote:
haha yeah thanks kurt, they really are great :D
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macijikralj wrote:
Let's get ugly!!!!!!!!!!
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hairspray44 wrote:
this bands great haha thanks kurt!!! the day i was a horse is the best song tho :D
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tjms wrote:
wow. i like them a lot.
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Wolfgarden wrote:
The Day I was a Horse.
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Kunzite wrote:
jeje,sabía que Kurt se había inspirado en varias bandas he aqui algo que me encontré por ahi (que buen gusto tenía de veras) : LOS 10 DISCOS FAVORITOS DE KURT COBAIN (Encontrados en su diario). -Raw Power (1973), Iggy Pop & The Stooges -Surfer Rosa (1988), Pixies -Pod (1990), The Breeders -The Way of the Vaselines: A complete History (1992), The Vaselines -Philosophy of the World (1969), The Shaggs -Landshark/Where the Wild Thing (1982), Fang -Millions of Dead Cops/More Dead Cops (1982), M. D. C -The Greatest Gift (1991), Scratch Acid -Paganicons (1981), Saccharine Trust -Butthole Surfers / Live Pccpep (1983), The Butthole Surfers
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liquidamerica wrote:
the 3 songs nirvana covered also happen to be the best ones so quit being a whiner.
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danpadcas wrote:
Son of a gun is amazing.
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daniel_schober wrote:
the 3 songs nirvana covered from them are the top 3...that pretty sucks
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James_Hartley wrote:
Posting after the most appropriate avatar.
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kelvin1992 wrote:
cool ^^
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asbestos_pie wrote:
"Son of a Gun" is AWESOME.
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ldiot wrote:
<3
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daydreamer__ wrote:
I love the vaselines <3
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evanreyes wrote:
it's a wiki, so you can edit or "cange" it to whatever you want.
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PrissyPrancer wrote:
need to cange "were a indie pop...." there active again =]
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lhwad wrote:
I think I'm on a fuckin trip
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chuuzetsu wrote:
Anyone here like Dip? They've done a few covers by Vaselines.
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Mattatlastfm wrote:
I'm thrown off by the "similarity" between The Vaselines and the vivian girls/ pains of being pure at heart. Those bands take a label like "twee" and misconstrue it to the point were it's homogeneous, over-embellished, and inauthentic (they're both from Brooklyn). Indie-pop was a way to make punk seem week by sounding even more primitive and straightforward. Not sounding overtly cute for the sake of sounding overtly cute and dressing like schoolchildren.
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holysnakes wrote:
Enter The Vaselines rules.
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BRITISH ANTHEMS vol.8
STUDIO COAST, Shinkiba, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Dec 6 BRITISH ANTHEMS Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan
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chansina, Unwounded, ricoroces and 1 other person added The Vaselines to their libraries. 6 hours ago
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tjms wrote about The Vaselines in Another one of these things.. yesterday morning
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Lateks tagged The Vaselines with quirky, twee as fuck, sub pop and one other tag. Monday evening
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metawirt wrote about The Vaselines – Molly's Lips in "Milestone-Tracks". Monday morning
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metawirt wrote about The Vaselines in "Milestone-Tracks". Monday morning
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metawirt wrote about The Vaselines – Molly's Lips in "Milestone-Tracks". Monday morning
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metawirt wrote about The Vaselines in a deleted journal. Monday morning
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metawirt wrote about The Vaselines – Molly's Lips in a deleted journal. Monday morning
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