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Coffee Break: remembering Mark Lanegan

Singer Mark Lanegan performs onstage during the 8th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit at Club Nokia on May 31, 2012 in Los Angeles. The MusiCares MAP Fund provides members of the music community access to addiction recovery treatment.
Singer Mark Lanegan performs onstage during the 8th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit at Club Nokia on May 31, 2012 in Los Angeles. The MusiCares MAP Fund provides members of the music community access to addiction recovery treatment.Mark Davis/Getty Images

by Jill Riley and Luke Taylor

February 23, 2022

On Tuesday, we learned of the passing of musician Mark Lanegan. Originally from Washington state, Lanegan, as a songwriter and the lead singer of the band Screaming Trees, became part of the highly influential Seattle music scene that popularized the grunge movement worldwide.

Beyond his work with Screaming Trees, Lanegan was an enthusiastic collaborator. In Seattle, he played with Mad Season, a band featuring members of Pearl Jam, Alice and Chains and Screaming Trees. He also worked with Kurt Cobain in the period before Cobain's death, and Lanegan influenced Nirvana's well-known cover of Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night."

Screaming Trees broke up in 2000, but Lanegan's collaborations only grew broader. He was a member of Queens of the Stone Age, worked with former Belle & Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell, formed The Gutter Twins with Afghan Whigs singer Greg Dulli, worked on albums with multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood, and he guested on tracks by Moby, Tinariwen and many more.

Let's remember Mark Lanegan in a way he would definitely approve: with music. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs by or featuring Mark Lanegan do you want to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played:
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
The Gutter Twins - Idle Hands
SoulSavers - Revival
Mark Lanegan - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Come Undone
Queens of the Stone Age - This Lullaby
Mark Lanegan Band - Beehive
Screaming Trees - Shadow of the Season (bonus track!)