Mark Lanegan RIP

[killer b]

Just been announced the Screaming Trees/ QOTSA singer Mark Lanegan has bitten it. Pretty sad news, his solo LP Bubblegum was a huge album for me - me and my bezzer used to play it over and over on savage all-night speed benders.

this was this big one

 

[marty21]

Oh no ! RIP

 

[Mattym]

Oh shit- RIP...

 

[Voley]

Damn. Saw him do a blinder with Queens of The Stone Age once. Really liked his style. 57. Fuck.

 

[Ax^]

Well fuck sake

 

[Steel Icarus]

Oh, shit. No fan of QOTSA ot Screaming Trees but some solo stuff was great. Love Blues Funeral, especially Harborview Hospital, which almost certainly would make my top 100 if I ever made one. RIP man

 

[colacubes]

Just heard on Radio 6. Poor old Mark Riley was in tears announcing it. Sad news

 

[killer b]

Poor old Mark Riley was in tears announcing it.

he seems to have been very well liked by anyone who actually knew him - very kind and generous with his time. He was a big supporter of the UK underground too - he was always going on about bands like Teeth of the Sea, Hey Collusus, Pye Corner Audio and the like in interviews, using his much bigger platform to boost stuff he liked when he really didn't need to.

 

[Mogden]

I've just seen this elsewhere. I'm just sitting here saying "What??" He was tough as old boots surely. Man him, Layne and Bourdain will be having an awesome party.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Fuck

Loved pretty much everything he ever did - what a voice - but "Ballad of the Broken Seas" that he did with Isobel Campbell is in my top 10 of all time list, I'll never tire of it.





RIP

 

[killer b]

Fuck

Loved pretty much everything he ever did - what a voice - but "Ballad of the Broken Seas" that he did with Isobel Campbell is in my top 10 of all time list, I'll never tire of it.



RIP

just had this one on

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

just had this one on

Ha, just added it to my post at the same time. The whole album is just bloody perfect IMO.

 

[killer b]

this Pye Corner remix from a few years ago was a sweet curveball

 

[Dr. Furface]

I read that he had Covid really bad last year, like REALLY bad, was in and out of a coma in hospital for months, he wrote about it in a book called Devil in a Coma (I’ve not read it). I wonder if maybe it was related to that, given he was only 57? Whatever, a sad loss. RIP

 

[Mattym]

he seems to have been very well liked by anyone who actually knew him - very kind and generous with his time. He was a big supporter of the UK underground too - he was always going on about bands like Teeth of the Sea, Hey Collusus, Pye Corner Audio and the like in interviews, using his much bigger platform to boost stuff he liked when he really didn't need to.

Didn't realise that Pye Corner Audio had remixed Floor of the Ocean.
Killer B just beat me to it- but did realise.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Don't know as much about him as other people on here, but love the track he did with UNKLE.

 

[killer b]

Didn't realise that Pye Corner Audio had remixed Floor of the Ocean.
Killer B just beat me to it- but did realise.

he did another one too (it's not as good though)

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I read that he had Covid really bad last year, like REALLY bad, was in and out of a coma in hospital for months, he wrote about it in a book called Devil in a Coma (I’ve not read it). I wonder if maybe it was related to that, given he was only 57? Whatever, a sad loss. RIP

There was an extract in The Guardian.

‘This thing was trying to dismantle me’: Mark Lanegan on nearly dying of Covid

In this extract from his new memoir Devil in a Coma, the alt-rocker recalls how Covid-19 put him in hospital for months this year – and gave him a series of hallucinogenic visions

www.theguardian.com

 

[sojourner]

Shiiiit

The Isobel C album is absolute gold.

 

[Hollis]

I had to look him up, as the name was familiar.

I have the Bubblegum album in my 'liked' albums and will give it a listen tonight. RIP.

 

[felixthecat]

No
I bloody love Mark Lanegans music as well as having a mega crush on the man.

Bubblegum is one of my favourite albums ever, and QOTSA were never the same without him

Shit.

RIP Mark, you lovely man

 

[danny la rouge]

Shit, no way! That’s really shocking. RIP Mark! I’ve followed him since Screaming Trees.

 

[marty21]

Fuck

Loved pretty much everything he ever did - what a voice - but "Ballad of the Broken Seas" that he did with Isobel Campbell is in my top 10 of all time list, I'll never tire of it.





RIP

Such an excellent album , my 1st introduction to him.

 

[purves grundy]

Ballsacks

 

[Ming]

Been into him since Screaming Trees days. I saw him live supporting Nick Cave. RIP. You were the real deal.

 

[William of Walworth]

This is the Guardian's news article -- well worth a read I think

I'm sure there'll be an actual obituary soon.

There was an extract in The Guardian.

‘This thing was trying to dismantle me’: Mark Lanegan on nearly dying of Covid

In this extract from his new memoir Devil in a Coma, the alt-rocker recalls how Covid-19 put him in hospital for months this year – and gave him a series of hallucinogenic visions

www.theguardian.com

I've just read that -- shocking!!!

RIP

 

[AverageJoe]

Man. My favourite ever song

 

[AverageJoe]

 

[AverageJoe]

Also beautiful

 

[Johnny Vodka]

He was in an episode of Parts Unknown too, for those who haven't seen it.