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Sep 9, 2020 · Lanegan is warm and engaging in conversation, and considers each question thoughtfully before answering in a soft, low burr. He laughs a lot, too, albeit a quiet chortle rather than a full belly roar.
Feb 23, 2022 · Mark Lanegan defied darkness to become one of his generation’s most soulful singers. Stevie Chick. Once primed to self-destruct, Lanegan found salvation and creative freedom in collaborations...
- Stevie Chick
Mar 16, 2024 · One crucial rule Lanegan imparted was that it was important to keep your sense of humour intact. “In this age of technology and social media, people like me who make music are privy to immediate criticism or praise, and are able to comment in return just as quickly,” he explained.
- On How He Is Currently Doing Health-Wise
- On Losing His Hearing For A Spell
- On His Stance on The Vaccine
- On Getting Covid Just as The Vaccine Was Being Made Available to Public
- On When He Decided to Write Devil in A Coma
- On Whether He’S Back Creating New Music
- On His Time with Queens of The Stone Age
- On His Time with Screaming Trees
- On How Living in Ireland Compares to Living in The Us
- On His Future Plans
A million times better — I finally turned the corner. But it took a really long time. It was crazy. There’s some residuals. Whatever I had, it attacks places where there was trauma in the body previous times. And I had a number of accidents over the course of my life. I have a chronically f**ked up knee which still gives me some pain. That was one ...
That was from the virus. I just woke up one day totally deaf. It came back after I came out of the coma.
I couldn’t get it quick enough after I got out of the hospital. Anything that would potentially prevent this from happening, I’m all for it. I previously said I’d be the last one to get it and I’d wait and see how it treated everybody else. I was a bit weary of it — like a lot of people. But a hardcore kick to the balls like I got changed my attitu...
Y’know, I probably wouldn’t have gotten it — even if it was available beforehand. Like I said, I was one of those knuckleheads who was weary of it. But I learned my lesson. I’ll be the first one to get a booster shot when it’s available [in Ireland].
I started writing it when I was in the hospital — on my phone. Really, just from sheer boredom and trying to get my head squared away after three weeks in a coma. It takes a while to get your focus and thoughts the way they were previously.
I’m working with somebody, but I usually don’t like to talk about that shit until it’s done, because I’ve made mistakes about talking about shit that didn’t come to fruition.
I loved it. A great band — still is. Josh [Homme] is one of my closest friends, and the other guys were totally cool.
It’s kind of like looking back at grade school. I definitely have fond memories and it’s really how I learned to sing — through trial and error, with those guys.
Where I’m at, it’s largely rural. It’s like horse country. That’s kind of where I grew up, in North Carolina for a period of time, in a similar kind of environment. Physically, it’s really beautiful — much like a lot of places in the US. And people are people wherever you go.
I’ve got a [different] book coming out sometime next year. It’s another book of poetry, with Wes Eisold of Cold Cave fame. We did one a couple of years ago [Plague Poems]. And I plan on making music. Devil in a Comabook cover:
Dec 14, 2021 · The Mark Lanegan memoir Devil in a Coma is out on White Rabbit. The great singer talks about his new book, musical collaborations, and more. Facebook Instagram Twitter
- Audrey Golden
“I’ve been very, very lucky,” Mark Lanegan declares when asked about the secret to his unlikely longevity, “I’ve always had this core audience that has picked up new members along the way.
Jun 29, 2021 · In Conversation: Mark Lanegan – “I feel like the luckiest guy on earth”. In June 2021, Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe, a new collaborative project between Mark Lanegan and Joe Cardamone (from The Icarus Line ), was released via Rare Bird/Kitten Robot Records.
