Mark Lanegan

Soul-Stirring Voice And Heartfelt Songwriter MARK LANEGAN Would Have Celebrated His 60th Birthday Today

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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.

Bio – Discography


Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Belgium 2015

Tribute Concert For MARK LANEGAN’s 60 Birthday

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MARK LANEGAN who was a member of many bands/projects (Screaming
Trees, QOTSA, The Gutter Twins and more) and scored 12 solo LPs, passed
away in 2022, at the age of 57. No cause of death was revealed.

Next November, on the 25th, he would
have celebrated his 60th birthday.

For that occasion, many musical friends will pay tribute with
a concert at the legendary Roundhouse venue in London, on
December 5th.

One of his most praised albums, BUBBLEGUM
turned 20, two weeks ago, on August 10, 2004.

A 20th Anniversary Box set which 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, is out now. More info here.

BUBBLEGUM XX


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MARK LANEGAN: Instagram – Story

MARK LANEGAN – 20th Anniversary Edition Of Album ‘BUBBLEGUM’ Out Now

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28 August 2024

MARK LANEGAN who was a member of many bands/projects (Screaming Trees,
QOTSA, The Gutter Twins and more) and scored 12 solo LPs, passed away in 2022,
at the age of 57. No cause of death was revealed.

One of his most praised albums, BUBBLEGUM
turned 20, two weeks ago, on August 10, 2004.

A 20th Anniversary Box set that 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, is out now. More info here.

BUBBLEGUM XX


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MARK LANEGAN: Instagram – Story

MARK LANEGAN – Hear Unreleased Version Of ‘HEARD A TRAIN’ Of The Upcoming 20th Anniversary Edition Of ‘BUBBLEGUM’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

4 August 2024


Photo credit: Steve Gullick

MARK LANEGAN who was a member of many bands/projects (Screaming Trees,
QOTSA, The Gutter Twins and more) and scored 12 solo LPs, passed away in 2022,
at the age of 57. No cause of death was revealed.

One of his most praised albums BUBBLEGUM , turned 20 yesterday.


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A 20th Anniversary Box set that 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, arrives on August 23. The set will be available in limited quantity via independent record stores on release date. More info here.

A previously unreleased full-band outtake of HEARD A TRAIN from
the Bubblegum sessions will also be part of the anniversary reissue.


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MARK LANEGAN: Instagram – Story


Lokerse Feesten, Belgium, 2015 – photo by Turn Up The Volume

MARK LANEGAN – 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Reissue Of ‘BUBBLEGUM’ Out On August 23

Posted on by JL

13 July 2024

MARK LANEGAN who was a member of many bands/projects (Screaming Trees,
QOTSA, The Gutter Twins and more) and scored 12 solo LPs, passed away in 2022,
at the age of 57. No cause of death was revealed.

One of his most praised albums, BUBBLEGUM
came out 20 years ago, on 10 August 2004.


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A 20th-anniversary edition of the longplayer will be released as BUBBLEGUM XX
with a 2xLP vinyl reissue of the original album and a 4xLP/3xCD/digital release containing
40 remastered tracks. A dozen of those are previously unreleased, including ‘Union Tombstone’ with Beck and six tracks recorded in various hotel rooms with Queens Of
The Stone Age bandmate Troy Van Leeuwen.


Mark Lanegan Band; Belgium, 2015 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume

Van Leeuwen: “So these hotel demo sessions were basically forgotten…When I heard the news of Mark’s passing, these memories started rushing back to me. I searched through my archive of drives and somehow magically was able to open up these sessions. I thought to myself, “That NEVER happens.

These ideas couldn’t be more fresh out of the tap. The original rough mixes are a real time capsule that stands up to the 20 years that have passed. It’s a true gift from Mark to those
of us who love him and his unvarnished expression of beauty. With every listen, I am humbled and honored to share his gift with you.”

The reissue box contains also a 64-page hardcover book with essays by Van Leeuwen,
Josh Homme, Chris Goss, Alain Johannes, David Catching, Greg Dulli, Duff McKagan, and
Brett Netson along previously unseen photographs by Steve Gullick.

More info and pre-order details here

It also includes an expanded edition of Lanegan’s 2003 EP Here Comes That Weird Chill,

In his 2017 memoir I Am The Wolf, Lanegan wrote about Bubblegum.

“I had been awake for days and nights, crazed from no sleep and illegal stimulants, and was sitting cross-legged on the studio floor with sheets of paper covered in handwritten lyrics, notes, and ideas strewn out around me in a ten-foot circle. While I had been out of my mind making records in the past, this was a new peak… or low, depending on one’s perspective… Many of the songs came from a place of dejection and ennui.”

When the singular voice passed away 2 years
ago I made myself a playlist of
15 Mark Lanegan diamonds.


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Mark Lanegan: Story

Gone But Not Forgotten – MARK LANEGAN Would Have Celebrated His 59th Birthday Today

Posted on by JL

25 November 2023

American singer-songwriter MARK LANEGAN was born on 25 November 1964
in Ellensburg, Washington. Happy 59 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, he couldn’t
walk for months, and got completely deaf. While recovering he started to write a
memoir called Devil In A Coma. More info about the book here.

On 22 February last year, he passed away. No cause of death was revealed. R.I.P.

Brilliant Screaming Trees track ‘Halo of Ashes’.

MARK LANEGAN: Bio – Discography

Gone But Not Forgotten – SCREAMING TREES Featuring The Late MARK LANEGAN

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Great bands from the past

29 August 2023

Band: SCREAMING TREES
Who: Grunge rockers from Ellensburg, Washington. The group was
formed in 1985 by Mark Lanegan (vox), Gary Lee Conner (guitarist),
Van Conner (bassist) and Mark Pickerel (drummer), later replaced
by Barrett Martin.

Active: 1985-2000 / 7 studio LPs

After the split, Mark Lanegan started a successful solo career and also
played/recorded with multiple artists (Queens Of The Stone Age, Isobel
Campbell, The Gutter Twins with Greg Dulli, Soulsavers). Unfortunately,
he passed away last year, on 22 February. Aged only 57.

In March 2020 Lanegan was infected with Covid-19, went into a coma,
he couldn’t walk for months, and got completely deaf. While recovering
he started to write a memoir called Devil In A Coma, out in December.

3 top tracks.

– HALO OF ASHES –
(From 1996 album Dust)

– BLACK SUN MORNING –
(From 4th LP Buzz Factory – 1989)

– NEARLY LOST YOU –
(From 1992 LP Sweet Oblivion)

SCREAMING TREES: All Albums

SOULFUL SUNDAY – 10 Musings For The Laziest Day Of The Week

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2 October 2022

The 7th day is one to be lazy, to relax, to walk in slow-mo
from your bed to your couch, to have a glass of wine and
to listen to musings/reveries/ballads that massage your
ears and mind gently.

Turn Up The Volume picked 10 to create the fitting
atmosphere to lose yourself in a blissful trance.

Old and new.

This Sunday’s musers

The Big Moon
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Bergamot
Subatomic Strangers
Interpol
Beck
Kurt Vile
Cory Singer
Matthew Connor

Start dreamin’…

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’15 MARK LANEGAN DIAMONDS’ – Playlist Compiled By TURN UP THE VOLUME

Posted on by JL

23 February 2022

Yesterday came the incredible news, totally unexpected, with this
message on his Twitter account that MARK LANEGAN passed away…

“Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away this morning at his home in Killarney,
Ireland. A beloved singer, songwriter, author and musician he was 57 and is survived
by his wife Shelley. No other information is available at this time. We ask Please respect
the family privacy.”

The unique bariton voice and terrific songwriter born on November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington had a roller-coaster career along with Screaming Trees, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Gutter Twins (with Greg Dulli), with countless collaborations (with Isobel Campbell, Kira Skov, The Twilight Sisters, The Walkabouts, Soulsavers and plenty more) and with, most of all, his 12 remarkable solo albums.

He was a 24/7 artist who also lived as fast as he could during the 90s and early 2000s, at times with life-threatening consequences. He credited Courtney Love for paying 1 year of his rehab in the late 90s.

Last year, in March – being clean and healty for more than a decade – he caught Covid-19 in a devastating degree. In a book called Devil In Coma a few months later he described his comatose battle with the virus that almost killed him.

“From the moment I was brought out of my chemically induced sleep and was told what had happened and where I had been, I was determined to survive this nightmare, even though I had very little say, actually, no say in the matter, and had zero ammo to fight with.” The cause of his premature death isn’t revealed yet, but that bloody virus made him very vulnerable.

To salute this phenomenal rock warrior I picked
15 career-spanning highlights and called the playlist…

“MARK LANEGAN DIAMONDS”

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MARK LANEGAN: Bio – All Solo Albums


(photo by Turn Up The Volume)

(Image on top: Cover of his 2001 solo album ‘Field Songs’)