Eugene Kelly
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Eugene Kelly is a Scottish
musician who is a member of the group The Vaselines
, a founding member of the now disbanded Eugenius
and has had a number of solo releases.
Eugene Kelly formed The Vaselines in Glasgow, Scotland in 1986 with Frances McKee
and was a member until 1989 when the band split up 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. Molly's Lips
and Son Of A Gun were included on their album, Incesticide
. Nirvana also covered The Vaselines song Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam on their album, MTV Unplugged in New York
.
In 1990, Kelly formed Captain America but was forced to change the name after an objection from Marvel Comics
. The band then became known as Eugenius. He has had a number of collaborations with Evan Dando
of The Lemonheads
and in 2003 Eugene released a solo album, Man Alive.
In 2006, he toured with Isobel Campbell
, replacing Mark Lanegan
when performing songs from Ballad of the Broken Seas
and supporting Mogwai
and The Lemonheads in Europe.
In the summer of 2006, Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee took to the stage together for the first time since 1990 to perform a set of The Vaselines songs, as part of a joint tour to promote their individual solo albums. This led to The Vaselines reforming (minus the old rhythm section) on the April 24, 2008 for a charity show for the Malawi Orphan Support group at Glasgow's MONO venue.
Since 2008, The Vaselines have continued to perform around the world, with members of Belle & Sebastian
supporting their live set. On May 5, 2009, Sub Pop
released Enter the Vaselines
. A deluxe-edition reissue of the 1992 Sub Pop release, it includes remastered versions of the band’s two EPs, album, as well as demos and live recordings from 1986 and 1988.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
musician who is a member of the group The Vaselines
The Vaselines
The Vaselines are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally a duo between its songwriters Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively from the band Secession. McKee had...
, a founding member of the now disbanded Eugenius
Eugenius (band)
Eugenius was an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland that existed from 1990–1995, centred around former Vaselines singer/guitarist Eugene Kelly and featuring members of BMX Bandits and Teenage Fanclub.-History:...
and has had a number of solo releases.
Eugene Kelly formed The Vaselines in Glasgow, Scotland in 1986 with Frances McKee
Frances McKee
Frances McKee is a singer and songwriter known best for her work in the Scottish indie band The Vaselines.The Vaselines formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1986. Following the release of two EPs, Son of a Gun and Dying for It, the first and only full length album, Dum-Dum, in 1989, the band split up...
and was a member until 1989 when the band split up the week their first and only full length album, Dum-Dum, was released. Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
of Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
was a big fan of the band, covering three of their songs. Molly's Lips
Candy/Molly's Lips
"Candy"/"Molly's Lips" is a vinyl-only split-single from the American rock bands The Fluid and Nirvana. It was released in January 1991 on Sub Pop records and includes the live versions of "Candy" by The Fluid, and "Molly's Lips" by Nirvana....
and Son Of A Gun were included on their album, Incesticide
Incesticide
-Personnel:All sessions:*Kurt Cobain – vocals, guitar*Krist Novoselic – bass guitarSeattle, WA: Reciprocal Recording Studios Nirvana's first studio demo tape...
. Nirvana also covered The Vaselines song Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam on their album, MTV Unplugged in New York
MTV Unplugged in New York
MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American rock band Nirvana. It features an acoustic performance taped at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993 for the television series MTV Unplugged. The show was directed by Beth McCarthy and first aired on the cable television...
.
In 1990, Kelly formed Captain America but was forced to change the name after an objection from Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
. The band then became known as Eugenius. He has had a number of collaborations with Evan Dando
Evan Dando
Evan Griffith Dando is an American musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. He is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up, having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in 1986...
of The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band first formed in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member....
and in 2003 Eugene released a solo album, Man Alive.
In 2006, he toured with Isobel Campbell
Isobel Campbell
Isobel Campbell is a Scottish singer, cellist and composer in the indie and rock genres.-History:Campbell was a member of Belle & Sebastian from their formation in Glasgow in 1996 until 2002, when she departed the band for personal reasons. She played cello and keyboards with the band, and sang...
, replacing Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career...
when performing songs from Ballad of the Broken Seas
Ballad of the Broken Seas
Ballad of the Broken Seas is an album released by Isobel Campbell and the first collaboration between her and Mark Lanegan. It made the shortlist for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize and was one of NME's top one hundred albums of the decade....
and supporting Mogwai
Mogwai
The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...
and The Lemonheads in Europe.
In the summer of 2006, Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee took to the stage together for the first time since 1990 to perform a set of The Vaselines songs, as part of a joint tour to promote their individual solo albums. This led to The Vaselines reforming (minus the old rhythm section) on the April 24, 2008 for a charity show for the Malawi Orphan Support group at Glasgow's MONO venue.
Since 2008, The Vaselines have continued to perform around the world, with members of Belle & Sebastian
Belle & Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965...
supporting their live set. On May 5, 2009, Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
released Enter the Vaselines
Enter the Vaselines
Enter the Vaselines is a compilation album by the indie rock band The Vaselines. The release date is May 5, 2009, on the record label Sub Pop.The album is a deluxe reissue of their 1992 compilation The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History...
. A deluxe-edition reissue of the 1992 Sub Pop release, it includes remastered versions of the band’s two EPs, album, as well as demos and live recordings from 1986 and 1988.
Releases
- with The PastelsThe PastelsThe Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK.Their early records for labels like Whaam!, Creation, Rough Trade, and Glass Records, had a raw and immediate sound, melodic and amateur, which seemed at odds with the time...
- Comin' Through EP (1987 Glass House Records)
- Comin' Through / Sit On It single (1987 Glass Records, Ltd.)
- Sittin' PrettySittin' PrettySittin' Pretty is an album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1989. The first track, "Nothing to Be Done" was featured in the soundtrack of 1998's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh' novel "The Acid House".-Track listing:...
(1989 HomesteadHomestead RecordsHomestead Records was a Long Island, NY based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading. It was founded in 1984 by Sam Berger, who was the American Independent buyer for Dutch East India Trading. Berger was finding that many bands who had perhaps released their own first 45 were...
)
- The Vaselines
- Son of a Gun EPSon of a Gun (EP)Son of A Gun was the debut extended play single by Glasgow alternative rock group The Vaselines. The title-song of this EP came to a wider audience after Nirvana covered it, along with "Molly's Lips", on their compilation album Incesticide...
(1987 53rd & 3rd53rd & 3rd"53rd & 3rd" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released as the band's second single and the final released from their debut album, Ramones.-Lyrics:...
) - Dying for It EP (1988 53rd & 3rd)
- Dum-Dum (1989 Rough TradeRough Trade RecordsRough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
) - The Vaselines / Beat Happening (1991 K RecordsK RecordsK Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers...
- recorded live in London June 16, 1988) - The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete HistoryThe Way of the Vaselines: A Complete HistoryThe Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History is a compilation album by the indie rock band The Vaselines, released May 1992 on Sub Pop Records, catalogue SP145b. The album compiles every previous release by the band, the two EP's Son of A Gun and Dying For It, as well as their only long-playing...
(1992 Sub Pop) - All the Stuff and More... (1992 Avalanche)
- Enter the VaselinesEnter the VaselinesEnter the Vaselines is a compilation album by the indie rock band The Vaselines. The release date is May 5, 2009, on the record label Sub Pop.The album is a deluxe reissue of their 1992 compilation The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History...
(2009 Sub Pop) - Sex with an XSex with an XSex with an X is the second studio album by the Scottish alternative rock band The Vaselines, which was released on September 14, 2010 on Sub Pop.The first single from the album, "I Hate The 80's" was released on June 10, 2010...
(2010 Sub Pop)
- Son of a Gun EP
- with the BMX BanditsBMX Bandits (band)BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been making music from 1986 to the present day. They have shared members with other Bellshill bands Teenage Fanclub and The Soup Dragons....
- Star Wars (1991 Vinyl Japan)
- Captain America
- Wow! / Bed-In / Wannabee / God Bless Les Paul EP (1991 Paperhouse Records)
- Flame On EP (1992 Paperhouse Records)
- Eugenius
- OomalamaOomalamaOomalama is the debut album by Scottish Pop rock band Eugenius released in 1992. The band had released one single and an EP on Paperhouse Records prior to this album, however, Oomalama was their first release under Atlantic Records....
(1992 FireFire Records (UK)Fire Records is an independent record label in London, England. The label was founded by Clive Solomon in 1986 and is currently run by James Nicholls.-Current roster:*Giant Sand*Guided By Voices*Howe Gelb*Josephine Foster*Wooden Wand*Bobby Conn...
/AtlanticAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
) - It Ain't Rocket Science, It's Eugenius (1992 Fire Records)
- Easter Bunny EP (1993 Creation RecordsCreation RecordsCreation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were...
) - Caesar's Vein EP (1993 Creation Records)
- Mary Queen of Scots (1994 Creation Records)
- Womb Boy Returns EP (1996 Human Condition RecordsHuman Condition RecordsHuman Condition Records is an independent record label based in Edinburgh, Scotland which was founded in 1990 by Jamie Watson, ex-guitarist of Scottish punk group The Solos....
) - Oomalama/Tireless Wireless re-issue (2003 Fire Records)
- Oomalama
- The Famous Monsters
- In The Summertime EP (1995 Fire Records)
- with Future Pilot A.K.A.Future Pilot A.K.A.Future Pilot A.K.A. is the nom de plume of Glasgow indie musician Sushil K. Dade, a former member of the Soup Dragons, BMX Bandits and Telstar Ponies...
- Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea (2001 Geographic) (lead vocals on "Beat of a Drum")
- Godstar
- Glasgow EP (Rugger Bugger Discs)
- Astro Chimp
- Draggin' / She's My Summer Girl single (1996 Shoeshine Records)
- The Reindeer SectionThe Reindeer SectionThe Reindeer Section are a Scottish indie rock supergroup formed in 2001 by Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, which released albums and gigged in 2001 and 2002. The Reindeer Section grouping was somewhat ad hoc, and so it is uncertain if more will be heard from them...
- Son of Evil ReindeerSon of Evil ReindeerSon of Evil Reindeer is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock supergroup The Reindeer Section, released on August 13, 2002. It was recorded in February earlier that year. An alternate version was released in Japan. It contained 3 bonus tracks....
(2002 Bright Star Recordings)
- Son of Evil Reindeer
- Solo
- Man Alive (2003 Sympathy)
- Older Faster EP (2003 Geographic)