Mark Lanegan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mark Lanegan
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 25, 1964(1964-11-25)
Age	60
Birthplace	Ellensburg
Country	United States
Birth City	Washington
Horoscope	Scorpio

Mark Lanegan Biography

Mark Lanegan is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington, United States. Alt-rock singer, best well-known as the frontman of the grunge band Screaming Trees. In his solo career his albums include”Whiskey for the Holy Ghost” from 1994 “Whiskey for the Holy Ghost”.

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Mark William Lanegan (born November 25, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is known for his baritone voice, which has been described as being “as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather” and has been compared to Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits.

Screaming Trees formed in late 1984 by Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bassist Van Conner, and drummer Mark Pickerel. Along with Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and Nirvana, were part of Seattle’s emerging grunge scene in the early 1990s. Pickerel would later be replaced with Barrett Martin. Lanegan originally joined as the drummer but later said, “I was such a shitty drummer that they made me sing.” The band released the Other Worlds EP in 1986; recorded in 1985 and originally available only on cassette tape, the album was re-released on CD and LP by SST Records in 1987. Though the band was being courted by major labels, they signed to Velvetone Records in 1985 and released their debut album, Clairvoyance, in 1986. The album was a combination of psychedelic music and hard rock, and bears many similarities to early grunge.

His childhood as “dysfunctional”

Mark Lanegan Net Worth

Mark Lanegan is one of the richest Rock Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Lanegan 's net worth $1 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He spent a year in prison for drug-related offences as a teen.

He has been frequently a part of Queens of the Stone Age as well as providing his vocals as a guest on albums like “Rated R” and “Era Vulgaris”.

Mark William Lanegan was born in Ellensburg, Washington, on November 25, 1964. During an interview with The Rocket in 1996, he said that he drove a combine harvester when he was younger. He is of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent. He has said that he came from a dysfunctional family whom he tried to avoid, and began using drugs heavily by the age of 18, having already been arrested and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment for drug-related crimes. He got out of jail by taking a year-long rehabilitation course. Around this time, he met and befriended brothers Gary Lee and Van Conner, with whom he would form Screaming Trees. His relationship with the brothers at this time was limited to talking about music and working for their parents’ electronics hardware store.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Mark Lanegan Dating?

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Sweet Oblivion was the band’s breakout album and included the singles “Nearly Lost You”, “Dollar Bill”, “Shadow of the Season” and “Butterfly”. The first two singles gained considerable airtime on alternative rock radio stations, while the video for “Nearly Lost You” became an MTV and alternative radio hit in the fall of 1992, thanks to the momentum of the Singles soundtrack. “Nearly Lost You” peaked at number 5 on the Modern Rock Tracks and number 50 in the United Kingdom and was the first single to chart outside the United States. Sweet Oblivion sold a total of 300,000 copies in the United States. Although the Screaming Trees were viewed as one of the finest bands on the Seattle scene, they never drew the commercial attention that Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden had garnered.

Facts & Trivia

Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mark Lanegan celebrates birthday on November 25 of every year.

Lanegan has been named as the lead vocalist on the forthcoming Mad Season album. He had previously recorded and performed with Mad Season in 1995. The surviving members of Mad Season (Mike McCready and Barrett Martin) asked Lanegan to pen lyrics and record vocals for unreleased instrumental songs the band had recorded for their second album which never materialized due to Layne Staley’s death in 2002. Lanegan obliged and the songs were included in a deluxe Mad Season box set which included every recording the band had ever done, as well as a DVD of their concert of April 29, 1995 which also featured Lanegan.

What happened Mark Lanegan?

Encouraged by his friend Anthony Bourdain, Lanegan released his first of two memoirs Sing Backwards and Weep in 2020, followed by Devil in a Coma, about his near-death experience with COVID-19, the following year. He died in 2022 at the age of 57.

How did Mark Lanegan due?

But in a recent book, he detailed a battle with COVID that put him in a coma for three weeks. He died at his home in Killarney, Ireland.

Did Mark Lanegan relapse?

Following a drug relapse which sent him into a 10-day coma in 2004 and another bout of rehab in 2007, the past decade was particularly prolific, producing six albums delving beyond his grunge rock roots into electronica and ’80s post-punk.

What did Mark Lanegan do in Queens of the Stone Age?

Beginning in 2000, Lanegan also solidified his work with Joshua Homme as a member of Queens of the Stone Age, first providing backup vocals on Rated R. He was more involved on 2002’s Songs for the Deaf, writing songs and singing more vocals.

What happened to Screaming Trees?

Screaming Trees were plagued by extended inactivity due to their problems with making a follow up to Dust. This led to their official breakup in 2000. Mark Lanegan died in February 2022.