Music
Vaselines 'happy and surprised' by success
Published Monday, Sep 6 2010, 11:24 BST | By Mayer Nissim
Eugene Kelly has said that he is "happy and surprised" at his band The Vaselines still being in demand by fans 20 years after they first split up.
Kelly formed the group in Glasgow in 1986 with his then-girlfriend Frances McKee and they split in 1990, before reforming in 2008. They release comeback LP Sex With An X on September 14.
The band attracted attention after their initial split when Nirvana covered their tracks 'Son Of A Gun', 'Molly's Lips' and 'Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam'.
Asked if he was resentful that it took the band so long to gain recognition, Kelly told The Quietus: "Not at all. It's just the way things happen. At the time we weren't sitting around going, 'Oh, the record is great. Why aren't we getting front covers on magazines? Why aren't we getting tours?'. We never thought like that.
"We just thought we'd put the record out and some people will buy it and most people won't and that's it.
"We kind of knew we weren't the greatest band in the world. It's fun now that 20 years later there are people wanting to see us. We're very happy and surprised by it all."
Asked about the future of The Vaselines, he added: "We've got no plans for doing another record, but you never know. We don't know what's gonna happen next. If we do make another record I know what I want it to sound like. It won't be like this record.
"I was writing some songs for a film recently and I thought, 'Ah, this is the band I want to be in next'. It's not reggae. More electronic, I suppose. But who knows what will happen."
Kelly formed the group in Glasgow in 1986 with his then-girlfriend Frances McKee and they split in 1990, before reforming in 2008. They release comeback LP Sex With An X on September 14.
The band attracted attention after their initial split when Nirvana covered their tracks 'Son Of A Gun', 'Molly's Lips' and 'Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam'.
Asked if he was resentful that it took the band so long to gain recognition, Kelly told The Quietus: "Not at all. It's just the way things happen. At the time we weren't sitting around going, 'Oh, the record is great. Why aren't we getting front covers on magazines? Why aren't we getting tours?'. We never thought like that.
"We just thought we'd put the record out and some people will buy it and most people won't and that's it.
"We kind of knew we weren't the greatest band in the world. It's fun now that 20 years later there are people wanting to see us. We're very happy and surprised by it all."
Asked about the future of The Vaselines, he added: "We've got no plans for doing another record, but you never know. We don't know what's gonna happen next. If we do make another record I know what I want it to sound like. It won't be like this record.
"I was writing some songs for a film recently and I thought, 'Ah, this is the band I want to be in next'. It's not reggae. More electronic, I suppose. But who knows what will happen."
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