Possessing one of rock's most menacing, gravelly growls, Mark Lanegan – born
November 25, 1964, in Ellensburg, Washington – survived the ragged nihilism of
the grunge era to become a well-travelled musical journeyman, collaborating with
a diverse range of artists and carving out a solo career dealing in post-punk
Americana. A dysfunctional childhood led to drug addiction and jail time in his
teenage years, but a love of punk rock prompted him to form Screaming Trees in
1984 and they soon found themselves part of the Seattle scene alongside Nirvana,
Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. They...