Grunge pioneer
Mark Lanegan has died at the age of 57
Mark Lanegan at the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. The US singer died at the age of 57. Photo: Jean-Christophe Bott/KEYSTONE/dpa
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He had an extraordinary voice that is instantly recognizable. The extremely productive musician was on stage with the Screaming Trees and the Queens Of The Stone Age.
The American singer and grunge pioneer Mark Lanegan is dead. This was reported by the music magazine “Rolling Stone”, citing Lanegan’s publicist.
Lanegan died in the morning at his home in Killarney, Ireland, it said. The artist’s Twitter account read: “A beloved singer, songwriter, author and musician, he was 57 and is survived by his wife Shelley.” Nothing was initially known about the circumstances of Lanegan’s death.
Born in Washington State in 1964, Lanegan began his career in the 1980s as the frontman of the hard rock and grunge band Screaming Trees. Later he also shared the stage with Queens Of The Stone Age and The Gutter Twins. At the same time, Lanegan had a successful solo career in the indie and blues rock scene. His trademark was a very deep, raspy voice.