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Still Life With Roses Gargoyle Remixes (Album) by Mark Lanegan

Artist Biography For Mark Lanegan

Mark William Lanegan November 25 1964 – February 22 2022 Was An American Singer Songwriter And Poet. First Becoming Prominent As The Lead Singer For The Early Grunge Band Screaming Trees He Was Also Known As A Member Of Queens Of The Stone Age And The Gutter Twins. He Released 12 Solo Studio Albums As Well As Three Collaboration Albums With Isobel Campbell And Two With Duke Garwood. He Was Known For His Baritone Voice Which Was Described As Being "as Scratchy As A Three-Day Beard Yet As Supple And Pliable As Moccasin Leather" And Has Been Compared To Tom Waits Leonard Cohen And Nick Cave. Lanegan Began His Musical Career In 1984 With Screaming Trees With Whom He Released Seven Studio Albums And Five EPs Before Their Disbandment In 2000. During His Time With The Band He Also Started A Solo Career And Released His First Solo Studio Album The Winding Sheet In 1990. He Subsequently Released A Further 10 Solo Albums Which Received Critical Recognition But Only Moderate Commercial Success. Following The End Of Screaming Trees He Became A Frequent Collaborator Of Queens Of The Stone Age And Was A Full-Time Member Between 2001 And 2005 During The Songs For The Deaf And Lullabies To Paralyze Eras. Lanegan Collaborated With Various Artists Throughout His Career. In The 1990s He And Kurt Cobain Recorded An Album Of Lead Belly Covers That Was Ultimately Never Released. He Also Joined Layne Staley And Mike McCready In The Band Mad Season And Formed The Alternative Rock Group The Gutter Twins With Greg Dulli In 2003 As Well As Contributing To Releases By Moby Bomb The Bass Soulsavers Tinariwen The Twilight Singers Manic Street Preachers And Unkle Among Others. Lanegan Struggled With Addiction To Drugs And Alcohol Throughout His Life But Had Been Sober For Over A Decade At The Time Of His Death. Encouraged By His Friend Anthony Bourdain He Released The Memoir Sing Backwards And Weep In 2020. He Followed This Up In 2021 With The Memoir Devil In A Coma Which Focused On His Near-Death Experience With COVID-19. He And His Wife Shelley Brien Left The U.S. In 2020 And Settled In The Irish Town Of Killarney Where He Died Two Years Later At The Age Of 57. No Cause Of Death Was Revealed. Studio Albums
The Winding Sheet 1990 Whiskey For The Holy Ghost 1994 Scraps At Midnight 1998 I'll Take Care Of You 1999 Field Songs 2001 Bubblegum 2004 Blues Funeral 2012 Imitations 2013 Phantom Radio 2014 Gargoyle 2017 Somebody's Knocking 2019 Straight Songs Of Sorrow 2020

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