Former singer with Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age who also found success as an author
‘You were my Heathcliff’: Isobel Campbell pays tribute to collaborator Mark Lanegan
The former Belle and Sebastian star made three albums with Lanegan, who died this week. Here, she recalls his ‘mystical air’, his sense of humour and his generosity
From Screaming Trees to Gutter Twins: Mark Lanegan’s 10 greatest recordings
Mark Lanegan defied darkness to become one of his generation’s most soulful singers
Stevie Chick
Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer, dies at 57
January 2022
Book of the day
Devil in a Coma by Mark Lanegan review – a rock star collides with Covid
The hard-living musician’s vivid memoir recounts his latest brush with death, this time in the form of the coronavirus
December 2021
‘This thing was trying to dismantle me’: Mark Lanegan on nearly dying of Covid
In this extract from his new memoir Devil in a Coma, the alt-rocker recalls how Covid-19 put him in hospital for months this year – and gave him a series of hallucinogenic visions
January 2021
On my radar
On my radar: Jason Williamson's cultural highlights
The Sleaford Mods frontman on a favourite singer-songwriter, a hellish horror film and why he spends seven hours a day on Twitter
May 2020
Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan review – touring, recording, drugs
Friendship with Kurt Cobain, spats with Liam Gallagher and a brutal chronicle of addiction … the Screaming Trees singer’s candid memoir
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow review – reflections on a misspent youth
(Heavenly) Lanegan delivers an affecting companion piece to his memoir, Sing Backwards and Weep
Book of the day
Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan review – eye-popping trip
The singer-songwriter’s memoir is a harrowing but often hilarious chronicle of addiction and regret
April 2020
‘Heroin stopped me dying of alcoholism’: Mark Lanegan, rock's great survivor
His guilt over Kurt Cobain’s death, his scrap with Liam Gallagher, his year getting clean ... the former Screaming Trees frontman reveals why writing his memoirs hurt
October 2019
Mark Lanegan Band: Somebody's Knocking review – surly rock pinup sees the fun side
Lanegan’s desolate croon gets its groove on, in this rocking, relatable 11th album
December 2018
The Observer's obituaries of 2018
Anthony Bourdain remembered by Mark Lanegan
The musician remembers his friend, the charismatic chef, author and presenter
April 2017
Mark Lanegan Band: Gargoyle review – a career high
Mark Lanegan Band: Gargoyle review – mournful grandeur with hints of black humour
February 2015
Duke Garwood: Heavy Love review – ‘reverberating songs’
Duke Garwood’s latest link-up with Mark Lanegan yields impressive results
January 2015
This week's new live music
Jessie Ware, Mark Lanegan, In Bed With: this week’s new live music
Jessie Ware | Hinds| Mark Lanegan | Bang The Bore | In Bed With | Inés de Castro
October 2014
Mark Lanegan Band: Phantom Radio review – a career highlight from a gothic-grunge hero
Former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan returns with one of his strongest collections of gravel-toned American gothic yet, writes Dave Simpson
June 2014
Listen up
James Lavelle: the 10 best tracks from this year's Meltdown
Ahead of his stint as curator at this year's London event, the Mo'Wax and Unkle founder picks his favourite tracks from artists playing the festival
