The Vaselines are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of only vocalists/guitarists Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively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 formerly been a member of a band named
The Pretty Flowers with Duglas T. Stewart (later of
BMX Bandits), Norman Blake (later of
Teenage Fanclub) and Sean Dickson (later of
The Soup Dragons). Eugene had formerly played in The Famous Monsters.
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