Eugene Kelly
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"Eugene Kelly" (born 1965) is a Scotland/Scottish musician who is a member of the group The Vaselines, a founding member of the now disbanded Eugenius (band)/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 (album)/Dum-Dum, was released. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (band)/Nirvana was a big fan of the band, covering three of their songs. Candy/Molly's Lips/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.

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It was a massive cull, ... So many bands were dropped, just like that. It didn't stop us making records, and we always tried to get a new deal, but no-one was interested. I saw the way it works – it's like, you have your chance, and if you don't make it, that's it.

Man Alive doesn't sound like anything I've done in the past.

It hasn't got the scuzzy rock of the Vaselines, or the more refined scuzzy rock of Eugenius. It comes from writing songs on an acoustic guitar. I bought one again and, playing it in a public place, the songs just started to flow out.