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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.

Screaming Trees were among the candidates that many thought would break big from the Seattle grunge scene of the late 1980s and early ’90s.

Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan dies at 57. Mark Lanegan, the frontman for Screaming Trees and a signer with Queens of the Stone Age, has died, according to his official Twitter account. He was 57.

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

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

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

Screaming Trees were among the candidates that many thought would break big from the Seattle grunge scene of the late 1980s and early ’90s.

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

Lanegan was a member of Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins.

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…