BIOGRAPHY
Mark Lanegan (1964-2022) rose to prominence as the lead singer of Screaming Trees before becoming a full-time member of Queens of the Stone Age, appearing on 2002's Songs for the Deaf. He also formed Mad Season with Layne Staley and Mike McCready, and The Gutter Twins with Greg Dulli in 2003. His solo run began with 1990's The Winding Sheet on Sub Pop and grew to twelve albums, alongside three collaborations with Isobel Campbell and two with Duke Garwood. The Guardian called him 'one of his generation's most soulful singers,' while Pitchfork praised his 'potent voice' and the 'depth of his roots.' In 2020 he published the memoir Sing Backwards and Weep, chronicling his struggles with addiction; he had been sober for more than a decade before his death in 2022.