As a heroin addict in recovery, Mark’s book touched a part of my soul that I’ve never taken a close look at before. It really helped me come to terms with a lot of bad things I’ve done in the past, and I feel eternally grateful to Mark for that. May he rest in peace. ❤
I read Lanegan's memoir. Its fuckin' amazing! Do yourself a favour people. As a big fan of his, I find his music even more compelling than before. It is well written, well-told and a book I could not put down. He is an amazing story teller.
Indeed it is a great book. He tells his story in the most honest way. Mr. Lanegan is a legendary artist and deserves way more recognition. Cheers from Brazil!
I miss Mark every day. He was a survivor. So well spoken. Intelligent. His solo work and work with other artists after the Trees was always fascinating. I loved his artistry. Shared a beer with him once, at a bar, mid nineties when the Trees passed through the Midwest. I'm about 9 years younger than him, but he gave me the time a day, and was very much like this interview. Just very personable. I think cuz I was trying to keep my shit together and not fan boy out on him helped, lol. We had a conversation just about the recent tour, things he had seen on the road, he asked me what I played, told me to quit music, with a laugh, just a fun talk. The conversation stuck with me for years. He's just a guy you wanted to know the rest of your life. Really fascinating individual. My life proceeded to then be a pretty Bumpy road for awhile, so I always related to people like Mark, John Frusciante, guys who were survivors in the music realm. Still a huge loss to me. He was a one off.
Having listened to his book not knowing that much about him and then going on a deep Lanegan dive, this is the first time I've seen him laugh and have a good time, which makes it all the sadder.
His book is so compelling. He does such a great job of telling his story honestly and without ego. It’s so brutal and gritty. The way he describes his drug addiction pulled me in, and you see that opioid drug addiction is an awful full time job that imprisons you. I live in Seattle and I realized that towards the end of his addiction, I could have walked right by him on the street. He was literally a junkie on the street.
It was a tough tough read. I was literally holding my breath in parts of it. As Layne Staley once said, "nothing hurts the body like dopesick". And it all comes flooding back.
I love this book so much im literally on my 3rd round on audible. I love that he narrates it himself and the stories he tells is unbelievable. What he went through growing up and the stories of him and Layne and Mike Starr and just everything he went through to get herion is mind blowing. I love this story of his life and I highly recommend it. Love to you Mark 🖤
Just finished his audiobook to learn he died a year to the day I finished the book, loved the book, especially the insight and knowledge of his relationship with layne and kurt
I started to read his book the last weekend (right after reading the fourth volume of Knausgard's books) and I'm finding it pretty intense. It has been odd (in a nice way) to watch videos on RU-vid of Screaming Trees' performances after the read. They have acquired a different sense.
Excellent interview by Joseph, he asks probing questions but then walks the tightrope when Mark starts to get edgy about the point of the question, Joseph can pivot a bit and keep the interview going. I will definitely read Marks book now. Always a fan of his singing.
Joseph does do a good job. Lanegan can be a tough one to interview. I’ve see him just eviscerate interviewers that irritate him. Now that he’s clean I think he’s a bit more relaxed and not so hostile.
I got one off morrissey. Someone asks me what I'm gonna do at any given time and the answer is.. IDK, I could have a wooden leg tomorrow. I'm the only one who laughs.
Got into his solo stuff the same time i got the book. Can’t believe i overlooked him but when you’re up against the likes of Staley Cornell and others it’s understandable right?lol
there is a danger of being so "pure" that you end up being the screaming cheese you claim your not .... starting @ 0:26 .....tell Bob Dylan that he's not cool for selling his publishing rights for 300 million cause nobody buys albums anymore...the idea is to keep great art or try to keep the quality of it all, from the dimension within, as true to form as possible.....he is truly a great artist but it just proves we all SOMETIMES can't get enough.....
Goat head Hate me - Mustaine is 4 yrs. Older , than Lanagen- they could be brothers, with Mark look in older. The drugs, worn out, an life experiences, is crazy for any Rocker, to not read. Good Cool Stuff- dam I even lived in Seattle, North Gate in 92- 93- when Grunge all started. ✌
Would love to know why he wanted to tell the world that Layne Staley’s girlfriend Demri pulled Mark aside outside a smack house and basically asked him if he wanted to fuck... bearing in mind they never met each other before and and Layne was a good friend of his. Something about Mark’s ego is pretty shit. If that story is true what’s there to gain by saying it?
