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Eugene Kelly formed The Vaselines in Glasgow, Scotland in 1986 with Frances McKee and was a member until 1989 when the band disbanded the week their first and only full-length album, Dum-Dum, was released. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana was a big fan of the band, covering three of their songs.
Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain once described Kelly and McKee as his "favorite songwriters in the whole world". [7] [8] 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.
Jan 24, 2024 · I was there the night that Eugene met Kurt Cobain for the first time, and I remember Kurt coming in, and saying, "Oh, wow! Eugene Kelly! I can't believe I'm meeting Eugene Kelly! I'm such a big fan!" And he really was. You could tell he was blown away by meeting Eugene. Aside from the Edinburgh show, Nirvana even pulled Eugene to the stage when ...
Apr 15, 2021 · I was with [Vaselines frontman] Eugene Kelly when he met Kurt on the ‘Bleach’ tour because he’d covered their songs and asked them to reform to play a show.
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May 4, 2024 · EUGENE KELLY: “I bumped into Kurt at the hotel [the Ramada in central Reading]. He was with Eric [Erlandson] from Hole. He wasn’t smiling or saying hello. It was only later that we started reading about what was going on in Kurt and Courtney’s life and the things they were going through.”
Oct 4, 2021 · The Vaselines were initially a duo made up of Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, who Cobain had nothing but admiration for. “I just have this feeling they had a really cool relationship,” explained Cobain in 1992.
Aug 14, 2013 · The Vaselines. Nirvana covered two of their songs and Kurt Cobain once called them his favorite songwriters in the whole world. After a 20 year hiatus, the Scottish indie pop couple, The Vaselines, reunites to make music. Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee talk with Kurt and play songs from their new album Sex with an X.
