What Happened To Mark Lanegan? Screaming Trees Singer Dies At 57
Mark Lanegan, the frontman of iconic band Screaming Trees and a trailblazer in Seattle’s grunge music movement, died at the age of 57. Read on to explore his cause of death.
According to his verified Twitter handle, Mark Lanegan, a founding member of Seattle’s grunge music movement popularly known for leading Screaming Trees, had died.
Though he minimized his accomplishments to Indie rock, the gravelly-voiced musician was pivotal in ushering in a new epoch for the genre, which saw several of his colleagues achieve international acclaim.
More to it, Lanegan also worked with Queens of the Stone Age, had a solo career, and authored poems and two autobiographies.
Mark Lanegan Death Cause: Did He Die From Covid-19?
The American singer-songwriter Mark Lanegan has been reported dead at his home in Killarney, Ireland, according to a post on his Twitter account.
Up until now, the reason for his death has not been revealed. Additionally, his death news was publicly announced by his friends and family, which was posted on his verified Twitter account.
However, after acquiring Covid last year, Lanegan spent months in the hospital and was placed in a medically induced coma, as per BBC.
Amid his death news, fellow musicians and music lovers mourned his death via social media platforms and expressed their deepest condolences.
Obituary: What Happened To Mark Lanegan?
No official reports on the exact cause of Mark Lanegan’s death have been published, so as of now, his death is a mystery. Similarly, the details on his obituary and funeral services are also yet to be released.
Lanegan, who was born in 1964 in Washington State, joined Screaming Trees in the year 1980 and went on to release eight studio albums before the band disbanded in 2000.
In 2000, he made his debut appearance on Queens of the Stone Age’s Rated R album, providing his vocal creative skills to numerous tracks, and he also performed on their breakthrough album Songs for the Deaf.
Prior to that, he went on to join The Gutter Twins with Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli, as well as releasing many solo albums.
Moreover, in 2020, Lanegan released Sing Backwards and Weep a book on his “addiction to traveling, homelessness, petty criminality, and the terrible deaths of his closet friends,” including Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Layne Staley of Alice in Chains.