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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 Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of only vocalists/guitarists Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene’s brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively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.

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1	Son of a Gun	664
2	Molly's Lips	421
2	Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam	421
4	You Think You're a Man	318
5	Rory Rides Me Raw	295
6	Dying for It	279
7	Teenage Superstars	255
8	The Day I Was a Horse	247
9	Slushy	229
10	Oliver Twisted	226
11	Sex Sux (Amen)	220
12	Monsterpussy	217
13	No Hope	201
14	Bitch	196
15	Hairy	181

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okstaa68721 wrote:
11 days ago

I will just scream, "Love!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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ricoroces wrote:
19 days ago

seeds for 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000thousands groups

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ginanightmare wrote:
last month

haha yeah thanks kurt, they really are great :D

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macijikralj wrote:
last month

Let's get ugly!!!!!!!!!!

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hairspray44 wrote:
October 2009

this bands great haha thanks kurt!!! the day i was a horse is the best song tho :D

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tjms wrote:
October 2009

wow. i like them a lot.

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Wolfgarden wrote:
October 2009

The Day I was a Horse.

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Kunzite wrote:
September 2009

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:
September 2009

the 3 songs nirvana covered also happen to be the best ones so quit being a whiner.

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danpadcas wrote:
September 2009

Son of a gun is amazing.

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daniel_schober wrote:
August 2009

the 3 songs nirvana covered from them are the top 3...that pretty sucks

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James_Hartley wrote:
August 2009

Posting after the most appropriate avatar.

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kelvin1992 wrote:
August 2009

cool ^^

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asbestos_pie wrote:
August 2009

"Son of a Gun" is AWESOME.

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ldiot wrote:
August 2009

<3

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daydreamer__ wrote:
August 2009

I love the vaselines <3

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evanreyes wrote:
August 2009

it's a wiki, so you can edit or "cange" it to whatever you want.

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PrissyPrancer wrote:
July 2009

need to cange "were a indie pop...." there active again =]

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lhwad wrote:
July 2009

I think I'm on a fuckin trip

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chuuzetsu wrote:
July 2009

Anyone here like Dip? They've done a few covers by Vaselines.

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