To most of the world the Vaselines are undoubtedly best known as the band that Nirvana covered. I'm sure they don't mind when they get the royalty cheques, though.
Personally, I've always been a bit iffy about them. They did have a few really great tracks (particularly on their second EP, Dying For It) but a lot of the material they released sounds like the kind of music that bands make when they're only starting out and haven't really got the hang of songwriting yet. Let's call it "unrealised potential". But I don't want to be too critical because when they were good they were very very good indeed - as with this track from Dying For It, which later became one of those Nirvana covers.
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