The Vaselines are a Bellshill indie band from the late 1980s. Comprising Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, the band only released two EPs and one album. Although they split in the same week that the album, Dum Dum, was released, they later received rightful recognition when Nirvana covered three of their songs. The Vaselines' music is visceral, capturing perfectly the raw feelings of being young. What I particularly love about them was the endearingly ramshackle approach to the band which included not being able to play their instruments very well and forgetting to take instruments to the very few rehearsals they had.
One song, Rory Rides Me Raw, is supposedly about Frances McKee's bike Rory, although an eyebrow must be raised at this. I certainly don't have such a relationship with Mr Spencer. Mind you, his saddle is quite comfy.
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