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Members of the rock community including Iggy Pop, Peter Hook and John Cale were among those to remember Lanegan and his ‘wild life.’

Mark Lanegan, the singer whose raspy baritone and darkly poetic songwriting made Screaming Trees an essential part of the early Seattle grunge scene and brought him an acclaimed solo career, died Tuesday at age 57.

Mark Lanegan, the singer whose raspy baritone and darkly poetic songwriting made Screaming Trees an essential part of the early Seattle grunge scene and brought him an acclaimed solo career, died Tuesday at age 57.

Fellow musicians like Iggy Pop and John Cale of the Velvet Underground take to Twitter to pay their tribute after its reported that the grunge innovator passed away on Tuesday morning, February 22.

Lanegan also appeared for the band The Queens of the Stone Age in his career

Mark Lanegan, the singer whose raspy baritone and darkly poetic songwriting made Screaming Trees an essential part of the early Seattle grunge scene and brought him an acclaimed solo career, died Tuesday at age 57.

A cause of death was not announced, although last year he was said to be suffering from COVID-19 and kidney disease.

Mark Lanegan, the singer whose raspy baritone and darkly poetic songwriting made Screaming Trees an essential part of the early Seattle grunge scene, died...

Lanegan also appeared for the band The Queens of the Stone Age in his career

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Mark Lanegan, who followed a long stint as lead vocalist for the proto-grunge band Screaming Trees with a distinguished career as…