Music :: Live Review 16 Dec 2008
Gillian Watson: "The last time we played in Glasgow we were paid £12.50 and two tabs of acid." This is the Vaselines' first official gig in their home city for two decades, and everyone is acutely aware of it, from the crowd, who greet the band with a reverentia...
Music :: Preview 24 Nov 2008
Gillian Watson: Perhaps the most indie and legendary of Glasgow's indie legends, Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee caused a justifiable stir this summer when they reformed The Vaselines to perform at Sub Pop's 20th birthday celebrations after almost two decades in the wi...
Music :: Feature 23 Sep 2008
Ally Brown: In Scotland we like to boast about how brilliant we are at just about everything. We invented pretty much the whole modern world, including television, the telephone, antibiotics, the steam engine, and probably sliced bread and dogs and football and se...
Music :: Feature 07 May 2008
Stuart McHugh: The Vaselines, fronted by Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, had a shortlived career in the late 1980s, retaining a cult status in their native Scotland until Nirvana covered 3 of their tracks, firstly on the Incesticide compailation and then on the MTV U...
