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Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees frontman and grunge innovator, dies at 57

Lanegan, who also appeared on records with Queens of the Stone Age and also released a number of solo albums, was a pioneering member of Seattle's grunge music scene.

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Lanegan, who also appeared on records with Queens of the Stone Age and also released a number of solo albums, was a pioneering member of Seattle’s grunge music scene.

Highlights

  • Mark Lanegan was a pioneering vocalist of Seattle’s grunge music scene.
  • He co-founded Screaming Trees in the mid-1980s and helped usher in a new era for indie rock.
  • Lanegan also collaborated with Queens of the Stone Age and released solo albums.
  • He wrote about his friendship with late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in his 2020 memoir, “Sing Backwards and Weep” Peter Hook, co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, calls Lanegan a “lovely man” who “led a wild life that some of us could only dream of” Garbage: Lanegan “blessed with honey dipped tones, gone far too soon”