The American singer Mark Lanegan (1964) grew up in the northern state of Washington. With its tough appearance he was as good as lumberjack work, but at eighteen he left the music. With his group Screaming Trees he booked early nineties modest successes. His solo career came on slowly, not least by Goose Lane struggles with alcohol and drugs. Using familiar friends like Josh Homme (Lanegan sings on
… albums Desert Sessions and Queens Of The Stone Age) and especially Lanegan Isobel Campbell rises above itself. His deep baritone is now among the most recognizable voices of the alternative rock world.more