The Vaselines - "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam"

1986 - Edinburgh: The Vaselines formed.

1987/1988 - Edinburgh: They released the 'Son of a Gun' EP and 'Dying For It' EP respectively. (the latter EP featured "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam")

1989 - Edinburgh: They released their debut album 'Dum Dum' and then broke up.

1990 - Edinburgh: They reformed to open for Nirvana when they played in that city... after Kurt Cobain had revealed his love of their music.

1992 - Seattle: Nirvana released the 'Incesticide' compilation, which featured two Vaselines covers "Son of a Gun' and 'Molly's Lips".

1993 - New York: Nirvana recorded the 'MTV Unplugged in New York' album, which was released the following year. They covered The Vaselines' "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" for that album.

1994 - The World: Now we all love them as well.

(there is more but I think I've made my point)




A more recent (reformed) performance.