It’s a relief to find that Mark Lanegan is quick with a laugh or a self-deprecating joke over the phone, because his new memoir, Sing Backwards and Weep, paints an often dark and angry portrait of the musician who first made his name with the Screaming Trees, then later found new audiences with Queens of the Stone Age, numerous collaborations, and an acclaimed solo career. Read Full Biography. Singing with a deep, nicotine-ravaged growl that's rich, strong, and sensuously forbidding, Mark Lanegan rose to fame when his band the Screaming Trees won a taste of mainstream recognition in the '90s. Mark Lanegan's - I'm The Wolf. Mark Lanegan's Memoir Gets to the Heart of a "Breakfast Cook Who Fell Into Singing" ... Mark Lanegan Biography by Mark Deming + Follow Artist.
Headline Mark Lanegan: Drugs, Liam Gallagher and me. The album was recorded with producer Alain Johannes throughout early 2011 and Johannes, as well as other musicians including Greg Dulli, David Catching and Jack Irons, contributed to the recording process. It’s a relief to find that Mark Lanegan is quick with a laugh or a self-deprecating joke over the phone, because his new memoir, Sing Backwards and Weep, paints an often dark and angry portrait of the musician who first made his name with the Screaming Trees, … The frontman for Screaming Trees who went on to a fascinating solo career marked by an acoustic tone and dark, folk- and blues-inspired songwriting. Sing Backwards and Weep, singer Mark Lanegan’s autobiography, is a darkly entertaining account of Lanegan’s rise to a measure of fame and fall into heroin- and crack-addicted homelessness and despair. Blues Funeral was announced for release on November … Blues Funeral is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock musician Mark Lanegan, released on February 6, 2012 on 4AD. I recorded this out in the yard with the birds singing backup vocals. Lanegan's signature baritone singing voice is no less alluring during conversation and he is enthralling company, even over the phone. Though his first success was tied to the grunge scene, Lanegan subsequently carved out a strong identity of his own as a vocalist and songwriter.