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The Vaselines are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in Glasgow in 1986, the band was originally a duo between its songwriters 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, Janice McBride and Sean Dickson. Eugene Kelly had formerly played in The Famous Monsters. ==History== The band formed in 1986, and released two short EPs, ''Son of a Gun'', which featured a cover 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 first 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. Kelly went on to found the band Captain America (later renamed Eugenius after legal threats from Marvel Comics), supporting Nirvana on their UK tour.〔 Following solo performances Kelly released the album ''Man Alive'' in 2004. McKee founded the band Suckle and released her first solo album, ''Sunny Moon'', in 2006. Though they were not widely known outside of Scotland during their short career, their association with Nirvana brought exposure to the band. Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain once described Kelly and McKee as his "favorite songwriters in the whole world".〔Albertson, Jeff (2008) "("You Think You're A Man, You Are Only A Boy" )", ''Seattle Times''〕〔Sandford, Christopher (2004) ''Kurt Cobain'', Carroll & Graf, ISBN 978-0-7867-1369-1, p.242〕 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."〔 "I've never made any money apart from my Nirvana royalties," Kelly noted. "It was my tiny bit of rock history, but a strange feeling because by then I was striving for recognition with other bands. I still haven't come to terms with it, although it allowed me to go on playing, and get a mortgage without having a job."〔''Q'', March 2000〕 In 1992, Sub Pop released ''The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History'', a compilation that contained The Vaselines' entire body of work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Vaselines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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