The Vaselines

The Vaselines由尤格尼-凱利(Eugene Kelly)和弗蘭西斯-麥基(Frances McKee)兩人組成，1990年，The Vaselines發(fā)行了他們唯一的專輯《Dum-Dum》。后來，由于涅槃樂隊(duì)(Nirvana)的科特-科本(Kurt Cobain)翻唱了The Vaselines的《Molly's Lips》、《Son of a Gun》和《Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam》等名曲，The Vaselines才開始被更多的樂迷關(guān)注。2008年，The Vaselines宣告重組。2009年5月，The Vaselines推出了精選集《Enter the Vaselines》。
Conventional wisdom dictates that the Vaselines might have been relegated to footnote status were it not for Nirvanas Kurt Cobain, who regularly cited the little-known Scottish quartets influence in interviews with the music press. Cobains gospel-spreading no doubt accelerated their rise to cult sainthood, but truth be told, the Vaselines would have gotten there sooner or later on their own accord — lewd but na?ve and abrasive yet tender, the bands shambling, primitivist squall remains a perfect distillation of pop at its most guileless and euphoric. The group was formed in Edinburgh in 1987 by singers/guitarists Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, who were later joined by Kellys brother Charles on drums and James Seenan on bass. Soon signing to Pastels frontman Stephan Pastels newly formed 53rd and 3rd label, the Vaselines first-ever studio session yielded their debut single, 1987s fantastic Son of a Gun. The follow-up, Dying for It, appeared a year later, with the inclusion of viola player Sophie Pragnell plainly acknowledging the bands debt to the Velvet Underground. The demise of 53rd and 3rd proved fatal to the Vaselines as well, however, and the group dissolved the same week their lone studio LP, 1989s Dum Dum, was released via Rough Trade, although the following year the original lineup briefly reunited to open for Nirvana in Edinburgh. Nirvana would go on to cover the Vaselines Mollys Lips and Son of a Gun (both later compiled on their Incesticide collection) as well as performing Jesus Doesnt Want Me for a Sunbeam on their now-legendary MTV Unplugged appearance. Renewed interest in the band resulted in the 1992 Sub Pop release of The Way of the Vaselines, an assemblage of all 19 of their official recordings. Eugene Kelly later went on to front Captain America (subsequently and rather unfortunately renamed Eugenius), while McKee spent the better part of the decade out of sight before finally resurfacing in Suckle.