Mark William Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022) was an America… Read Full Bio ↴Mark William Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and poet. First becoming prominent as the lead singer for the early grunge band Screaming Trees, he was also known as a member of Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins. He released 12 solo studio albums, as well as three collaboration albums with Isobel Campbell and two with Duke Garwood. He was known for his baritone voice, which was described as being "as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather" and has been compared to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Nick Cave.
Lanegan began his musical career in 1984 with Screaming Trees, with whom he released seven studio albums and five EPs before their disbandment in 2000. During his time with the band, he also started a solo career and released his first solo studio album, The Winding Sheet, in 1990. He subsequently released a further 10 solo albums, which received critical recognition but only moderate commercial success. Following the end of Screaming Trees, he became a frequent collaborator of Queens of the Stone Age, and was a full-time member between 2001 and 2005 during the Songs for the Deaf and Lullabies to Paralyze eras.
Lanegan collaborated with various artists throughout his career. In the 1990s, he and Kurt Cobain recorded an album of Lead Belly covers that was ultimately never released. He also joined Layne Staley and Mike McCready in the band Mad Season, and formed the alternative rock group The Gutter Twins with Greg Dulli in 2003, as well as contributing to releases by Moby, Bomb the Bass, Soulsavers, Tinariwen, The Twilight Singers, Manic Street Preachers, and Unkle, among others.
Lanegan struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol throughout his life, but had been sober for over a decade at the time of his death. Encouraged by his friend Anthony Bourdain, he released the memoir Sing Backwards and Weep in 2020. He followed this up in 2021 with the memoir Devil in a Coma, which focused on his near-death experience with COVID-19. He and his wife Shelley Brien left the U.S. in 2020 and settled in the Irish town of Killarney, where he died two years later at the age of 57. No cause of death was revealed.
Studio albums
The Winding Sheet (1990)
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost (1994)
Scraps at Midnight (1998)
I'll Take Care of You (1999)
Field Songs (2001)
Bubblegum (2004)
Blues Funeral (2012)
Imitations (2013)
Phantom Radio (2014)
Gargoyle (2017)
Somebody's Knocking (2019)
Straight Songs of Sorrow (2020)
Lanegan began his musical career in 1984 with Screaming Trees, with whom he released seven studio albums and five EPs before their disbandment in 2000. During his time with the band, he also started a solo career and released his first solo studio album, The Winding Sheet, in 1990. He subsequently released a further 10 solo albums, which received critical recognition but only moderate commercial success. Following the end of Screaming Trees, he became a frequent collaborator of Queens of the Stone Age, and was a full-time member between 2001 and 2005 during the Songs for the Deaf and Lullabies to Paralyze eras.
Lanegan collaborated with various artists throughout his career. In the 1990s, he and Kurt Cobain recorded an album of Lead Belly covers that was ultimately never released. He also joined Layne Staley and Mike McCready in the band Mad Season, and formed the alternative rock group The Gutter Twins with Greg Dulli in 2003, as well as contributing to releases by Moby, Bomb the Bass, Soulsavers, Tinariwen, The Twilight Singers, Manic Street Preachers, and Unkle, among others.
Lanegan struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol throughout his life, but had been sober for over a decade at the time of his death. Encouraged by his friend Anthony Bourdain, he released the memoir Sing Backwards and Weep in 2020. He followed this up in 2021 with the memoir Devil in a Coma, which focused on his near-death experience with COVID-19. He and his wife Shelley Brien left the U.S. in 2020 and settled in the Irish town of Killarney, where he died two years later at the age of 57. No cause of death was revealed.
Studio albums
The Winding Sheet (1990)
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost (1994)
Scraps at Midnight (1998)
I'll Take Care of You (1999)
Field Songs (2001)
Bubblegum (2004)
Blues Funeral (2012)
Imitations (2013)
Phantom Radio (2014)
Gargoyle (2017)
Somebody's Knocking (2019)
Straight Songs of Sorrow (2020)
Night Flight to Kabul
Mark Lanegan Lyrics
Is there gold, is there gold in Kabul?
I've been there in a nest of snakes
I've been there as a blackout artist
Everyone tryna take my place
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I was there as a midnight watchman
I was there for a masquerade
I was there as a makeup artist
Everyone trying to point the blame
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of hooves
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
Is there gold, gold in Kabul?
I've been there in a suicide vest
I've been there with a hangman rising
Everyone tryna take the piss
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of hooves
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
You can walk from there to China
From state to reptilian state
Holy Americans, singing vespers
Convinced that they control somebody's fate
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of hooves
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I've been there in a nest of snakes
I've been there as a blackout artist
Everyone tryna take my place
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I was there as a midnight watchman
I was there for a masquerade
Everyone trying to point the blame
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of hooves
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
Is there gold, gold in Kabul?
I've been there in a suicide vest
I've been there with a hangman rising
Everyone tryna take the piss
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of hooves
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
You can walk from there to China
From state to reptilian state
Holy Americans, singing vespers
Convinced that they control somebody's fate
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of hooves
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Lyrics © Casablanca Media Publishing
Written by: Alain Johannes, Mark Lanegan, Sieste Van Gorkom
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Anita grey
Is there gold, is there gold in Kabul?
I've been there in a nest of snakes
I've been there as a blackout artist
Everyone there trying to take my place
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I was there as a midnight watchman
I was there for a masquerade
I was there as a makeup artist
Everyone trying to point the blame
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of horns
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
Is there gold, gold in Kabul?
I've been there in a suicide vest
I've been there with a hangman rising
Everyone trying to take the piss
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of horns
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
You can walk from there to China
From state to reptilian state
Holy Americans, singing vespers
Convinced they control somebody's fate
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of hooves
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
lilithxix
Mark Lanegan could literally just record himself reading a shampoo bottle and I would buy it.
Marc Jacobs (continued)
@Emme Cee Subconsciously they do. Always. And subconsciously they totally connect to the music as well, so.................
Kayla Lindsay
God I’d buy it
pedro cruz
@Emme Cee I think he sold his soul
Kris Verdonck
so, you admit washing your hair?
Dusht Yantr
If you guys are interested, I've covered this: https://youtu.be/RFTyi76TuVg
SJ D
Mark Lanegan is such a gem. Humble, hard-working, talented. Great to see him making cool videos to go with his superb music. A living legend in my book. Met him once. Lovely chap.
You Like It Dark
and apparently he lives in kerry ireland where im from and ive never fuckin met him 🤣
Anita grey
I met him a few times, such a cool and nice guy...I never miss his concerts....NEVER!
Josh G
Gone to hell and back to become the artist he is now. So thankful he made it through. His book is difficult, but very good.