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| photo taken from the official twitter page @marklanegan |
It's a sad day for music today, as Mark Lanegan, the former singer with Screaming Trees, member of Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins, solo artist with 12 albums, and collaborator across multiple genres, has died at the age of 57.
A statement on Lanegan’s Twitter account: “Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away this morning at his home in Killarney, Ireland. A beloved singer, songwriter, author and musician he was 57 and is survived by his wife Shelley. No other information is available at this time. The family asks everyone to respect their privacy at this time.”
His success in the grunge scene and his emblematic deep gruff voice did not stop him from experimenting with different kinds of music. Using his relatively new "Dark Mark" alias released a collaboration album with "Not Waving" in 2019 and another one with Joe Cardamone in 2021. Trying to choose the best between all of the songs in his huge discography would be silly, so I will just close this article with this song that has been an ear-worm for me in my university years.