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Title: garage-pop-punk-folk?
Review: Mix Donovan and the Stooges to get The Vaselines. A lot like fellow Scots Jesus and Mary Chain, they mash together the noisiness and "f*ck off" attitude of punk with sweet melodies and the catchy, simplistic tunes of folk and early American rock music (Beach Boys, etc.).It's a great listen, with some very funny songs. Not to be taken too seriously, as it seems even the band themselves didn't take it too seriously... and that's a good thing. Funny that the self-important grunge movement drew a lot of inspiration from the Vaselines... because I could see 'em sitting back and giggling bemusedly about the whole thing. A bunch of gloomy, angry American kids latching on to such a silly and sunny-sounding (albeit sometimes viciously distorted) band? Who woulda thought?
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