R.I.P. Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer and solo artist
The iconic singer of the grunge era was a prolific collaborator, from his work with Queens Of The Stone Age to Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli

Mark Lanegan, the singer for the Screaming Trees, frequent musical collaborator, and prolific solo artist, has died. He was 57.
News of the musician’s death came via a post on Twitter from his official account, saying Lanegan passed away the morning of Tuesday, February 22, at his home in Killarney, Ireland. No other information regarding the circumstances of his death are available at this time.
Lanegan rose to fame as the singer of Seattle rock band Screaming Trees, releasing seven albums and five EPs over the course of the group’s 16-year career, before disbanding in 2000. Starting in 1990 with The Winding Sheet, Lanegan also carved out an impressive discography as a solo artist, releasing 12 albums including the most recent, 2020's Straight Songs of Sorrow. He also frequently collaborated with other musicians, including a recurring role in Queens Of The Stone Age, three albums’ worth of material with singer Isobel Campbell of Belle & Sebastian, and his team-up with Greg Dulli from The Afghan Whigs, The Gutter Twins. His most recent release was a collaboration with former The Icarus Line member Joe Cardamone, called Dark Mark Vs. Skeleton Joe.
Lanegan was also a published author, most notably releasing his memoir, Sing Backwards And Weep, in 2020. He had previously put out a collection of writing called I Am The Wolf: Lyrics & Writings, in 2019, that assembled a variety of lyrics and short essays detailing his music and life. His most recent work, Devil In A Coma, recounted his medical crises stemming from contracting COVID-19 in early 2021.