The Vaselines were a rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of only Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively. McKee had formerly been a member of The Pretty Flowers with Duglas T. Stewart, Norman Blake and Sean Dickson. Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain once described Kelly and McKee as his "most favourite songwriters in the whole world". St Andrews Church, Bellshill Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles north of Motherwell. ... This article is about the country. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... This article is about the genre of music. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that enjoyed its original period of wide success in the United States and Canada, from 1963 to 1967. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Rough Trade Records, now a member of the RIAA[1], began as an independent record label, based in London, England. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ... Eugene Kelly is a Scottish musician who was a member of the band The Vaselines and has had a number of solo releases. ... Frances McKee is a singer and songwriter known best for her work in the Scottish indie band The Vaselines. ... Charlie Kelley was an early pioneer in the development of modern mountain bicycles. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... St Andrews Church, Bellshill Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles north of Motherwell. ... This article is about the country. ... Eugene Kelly is a Scottish musician who was a member of the band The Vaselines and has had a number of solo releases. ... Frances McKee is a singer and songwriter known best for her work in the Scottish indie band The Vaselines. ... Duglas T. Stewart (born 30th December 1964). ... Norman Blake is a singer-songwriter in the Glasgow band Teenage Fanclub. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967, Aberdeen, – c. ...

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 Dont Want Me For A Sunbeam, by American folk legend Leadbelly, both of which Nirvana would famously 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. Son of a Gun was the debut release by Edinburgh soft-punk group The Vaselines. ... Divine is the name of a R&B-based girl group who are best known for their 1998 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single Lately. Group members include Kia Thornton, Nikki Bratcher and Tonia Tash. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Dying for It was the second release by Edinburgh alternative rock group The Vaselines, following their debut single Son of a Gun. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... Dum Dum is the debut album of The Vaselines, released in 1989. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the American rock band. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ...

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 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. In 1992, Sub Pop released The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History, a compilation that contained The Vaselines' entire body of work. Incesticide is a compilation album of rare songs, b-sides and studio outtakes released by Nirvana on December 14, 1992 in Europe, and December 15, 1992 in the U.S. It was released through Geffen Records. ... Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam is a song originally done by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines off their album Dying for it. ... MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ... The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History is an album by the rock band The Vaselines. ...

Kelly went on to found the band Captain America (later renamed Eugenius) and became rhythm guitarist with BMX Bandits. He currently performs solo. McKee founded the band Suckle and released her first solo album, Sunny Moon, in 2006. Eugenius (Band) Eugenius was an important and influential “Pop Rock” band from scottland, that existed from 1990-1995. ... BMX Bandits is the name of a film and a band. ... Sunny Moon is the first solo album by Frances McKee. ...

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.

Members

• Eugene Kelly - vocals, guitar
• Frances McKee - vocals, guitar
• James Seenan - bass
• Charlie Kelly - drums

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Discography

Son of a Gun was the debut release by Edinburgh soft-punk group The Vaselines. ... Dying for It was the second release by Edinburgh alternative rock group The Vaselines, following their debut single Son of a Gun. ... Dum Dum is the debut album of The Vaselines, released in 1989. ... The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History is an album by the rock band The Vaselines. ... All the Stuff and More. ...

References

• Ankeny, Jason. "The Vaselines". All Music Guide. Retrieved May 2, 2004.

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External links

• Record label for Frances McKee's 'Sunny Moon'