Though The Vaselines were already a band a few good years before Kurt Cobain and company exploded into the scene, I only got to know about them through Nirvana. Kurt Cobain loved The Vaselines so much that he once said (and probably still would be saying it if he were still alive) that they were the best pop band in the world, and Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee are his "most favorite songwriters in the whole world".
I love Cobain's songwriting, so the song writers he looked up to were worth checking out. The first Vaselines LP I got was Dum-Dum, it was... Archive for the ‘Punk’ Category
Enter the Vaselines
May 12th, 2009 Posted by Gumer ListonThough The Vaselines were already a band a few good years before Kurt Cobain and company exploded into the scene, I only got to know about them through Nirvana. Kurt Cobain loved The Vaselines so much that he once said (and probably still would be saying it if he were still alive) that they were the best pop band in the world, and Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee are his "most favorite songwriters in the whole world".
I love Cobain's songwriting, so the song writers he looked up to were worth checking out. The first Vaselines LP I got was Dum-Dum, it was... The Top Ten Punk Guitarists Of All Time
July 22nd, 2008 Posted by Jason BaudendistelThe Ten Greatest Punk Guitarists Of All Time
Punk music has had some great guitarists. Below are some of the best ever to strike a chord. If it weren't for some of them, the bands you love today may never have started playing. You may not recognize all of the names listed here, but we can be grateful for their service to the punk community. Some of these artists only recorded one album. Some of them even left us way too early in life, but all...
