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The discography????? ... according to Allmusic.com (cited as the reference for this article) the Vaselines single Son of a Gun was released in 1987... I don't know if it's correct so I'm just going to mention it here —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.243.206.95 (talk • contribs) 21:52, Sept 19, 2006 (UTC).

Dum Dum was on 53rd and 3rd, not Rough Trade (have just confirmed on my copy).

They were fairly well known in UK 'indie' circles - 'Dying for it' was covered by the Pooh Sticks and released as a single in 1989 (like them or not, they were a pretty clued up band!). There are a couple of pressings of the original album (one with barcode, one without), so it must have sold a few copies.

The Vaselines version of "Dying for it" was even re-released in 1991 on Seminal Twang (7" and CD, not in the discog).

Eugene was in the Pastels for a while, pre-Vaselines, so there were plenty of people aware/interested in the band.

There's a split live tape with Beat Happening on K records of Olympia - it's dreadful - also not in the discog.

Need to mention that despite coming from the 'indie' scene which was generally extremely un-rock and a either wimpy or pop-punky, they made a kind of gonzo rock racket with squalling guitar and sex-themed lyrics (Rory ride me raw, Dying for it, sex sux etc.) that was extremely confrontational in its own way, being totally at odds with the scene, though they were obviously 'of' the scene... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.31.111.135 (talk • contribs) 02:09, Jun 30, 2007 (UTC).

The first sentence in the "History" section says "...which featured a reworking of Divine's "You Think You're a Man" on its B-side." I am not extremely familiar with either Divine's original or The Vaseline's version, but i don't think "reworking" is the right word here. I am pretty sure it is standard to call this sort of song a "cover," or "cover version." Is there something particularly unique about the Vaseline's song that warrants calling the song a reworking instead of a cover? I know this is pretty trivial, but it was bothering me, so i went ahead and changed it. If you believe I made a mistake, please feel free to change it back Skatanic89 (talk) 05:43, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting Dates[edit]

I cleaned up the "Reformation" section, particularly the sequence of tour dates and the record release. In the future, please write this as an encyclopedic entry and not as a press release ("The band has just announced..."). Otherwise, everything ends up in the future tense, which reads very strangely after the fact. Also: every date and year was linked to Wikipedia articles, which I find unnecessary and distracting to the content of the article. Carry on. --Utilizer (talk) 20:27, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Capitalization[edit]

This sounds very unusual from me or anybody, but as minor as it seems, I'm unsure if their name is spelled out as The Vaselines or the Vaselines, difference being the capitalization of "The". Which one is normal? Carlinal (talk) 01:53, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]