The Vaselines are another Scottish band but this band is not as prolific as 'Belle and Sebastian' in fact, far from it... they released their debut album in 1989 after a couple of EP's in 1987 and 1988. The first EP was 'Son of a Gun' and the second was 'Dying For It' which featured a couple of songs covered by Nirvana "Molly's Lips" and "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam". They broke up after the release of the debut 'Dum-Dum' and only reformed briefly in 1990 at Kurt Cobain's request to open for Nirvana in Edinburgh. Kurt Cobain was a huge fan and gained them some wider exposure. The founding members Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee did other things and had other musical projects and solo material released in the intervening years before they reformed for a couple of concerts in 2006 and 2008 and more regularly in 2009 and finally released their follow up album 'Sex With an X' in 2010. "Son Of a Gun" the title song from their first EP was also covered by Nirvana and it's easy to see why Kurt was such a fan... it is a beautiful song with great vocals from Frances McKee but there is no doubt about the do-it-yourself punk attitude of "anyone can do it" and that is the charm here. The cult status that followed, via a famous fan, meant that we didn't miss out on the fun.... thanks Kurt.
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