25 November 2024
American singer-songwriter MARK LANEGAN was born on 25 November 1964
in Ellensburg, Washington. Happy 60 to the singular artist with one of the most
impressive baritone voices ever in rock.
He was the frontman of grunge band Screaming Trees (1984-2000). He started
a successful solo career and also played/recorded with multiple artists such as
Queens Of The Stone Age, Isobel Campbell, The Gutter Twins with Greg Dulli, Soulsavers
and many more.
In March 2020 Lanegan was infected with Covid-19, went into a coma, couldn’t
walk for months, and got completely deaf. While recovering he started to write a
memoir called Devil In A Coma.
On 22 February 2022 ast year, he passed away. No cause of death was revealed. R.I.P.
This year a 20th Anniversary Box Set of his splendid Bubblegum LP was released. It includes a remastered double LP edition of the original album and a 4XLP/3XCD/Digital release containing 40 remastered tracks, 12 of which are previously unreleased. More
info here.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Belgium 2015