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"We had to push people to the side, whether gracefully or violently." The story behind Queens Of The Stone Age's masterpiece Songs For The Deaf

Released on August 27, 2002, Songs For The Deaf saw QOTSA anointed as the next “saviours of rock music”

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"Only badass mofos get to play in Queens Of The Stone Age." The story behind QOTSA's modern rock masterpiece Songs For The Deaf

“There are a lot of people who like heavy music but don’t want to listen to Creed or nu-metal"

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From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

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One of the greatest 'lost' grunge supergroups of the '90s are returning in 2026 with new music and a worldwide tour

Soundgarden and Screaming Trees alumni resurrect cult Seattle rockers Truly

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“This is the kind of band all of us wanted to be in as we got older”: New supergroup bringing together members of R.E.M., Screaming Trees, QOTSA and more announce first UK shows

Alongside new material, the group will be playing some of their former bands' old classics too…

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"It's kind of a concept record, if the word ‘concept’ didn’t suck." Josh Homme and Dave Grohl spill the tea on Queens Of The Stone Age masterpiece Songs for the Deaf

QOTSA's Songs for the Deaf has just turned 23. This is the story behind a modern classic

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"A stonewall classic and a fine ending": Screaming Trees mix psychedelia with melancholy on swansong album Dust

Arriving after a difficult gestation, Dust found Mark Lanegan tweaking the Screaming Trees blueprint

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“It’s the most spontaneous thing I’ve ever been involved in”: the story of Mad Season, the grunge supergroup that Mike McCready hoped would save Layne Staley

The band brought together members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees and they emerged with one of the most underrated rock records of the 90s

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"Sometimes a gig is more than just a gig." Friends of the late, great Mark Lanegan - including Josh Homme, Dave Gahan, Chrissie Hynde and Bobby Gillespie - assemble in London for an emotional, once-in-a-lifetime celebration of a truly singular talent

On what would have been Mark Lanegan's 60th birthday, friends and peers salute a much-missed musical maverick

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"Watch how he walks onto the stage, plants himself at the mic, one tattooed fist halfway down the stand, the other resting on top of the mic, immobile, massive, male": Josh Homme, Chrissie Hynde, and more line-up for Mark Lanegan tribute concert

The December 5th gig will take place on what would have been the Screaming Trees frontman’s 60th birthday

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“I find it irresistible to play the curmudgeonly old vampire”: the late, great Mark Lanegan on why it’s important to keep your sense of humour

The former Screaming Trees singer used to enjoy a bit of needle on social media...

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"A mesmerising snapshot of the nihilistic grunge age": Mad Season's only album may forever be associated with tragedy and loss, but the musicians sound liberated

With members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees on board, Mad Season's 1995 album Above was gut-wrenching but transfixing

Metal Hammer

"It’s going to be a very unique night of music and storytelling": Barrett Martin lines up UK tour with Duke Garwood to celebrate the release of his new Screaming Trees memoir

Former Screaming Trees / Mad Season drummer Barrett Martin to play four UK shows in May

Louder

14 best grunge tracks to test your hi-fi system

Dig out that flannel and put your hi-fi system through its paces with our playlist of favourite grunge test tracks.

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Metal Hammer

"If you ever do that to me again, I'll kill you": the night Mark Lanegan had guns pulled on him when drug dealers thought his friend Josh Homme was a cop

One night during Lollapalooza 1996, Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan struggled to score as every drug dealer in town was convinced that his buddy Josh Home was an undercover 'narc'

Guitar World

A Kurt Cobain stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster is going up for auction

Signed by all three members of Nirvana, the Strat also features a note from Cobain addressed to the Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan

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"I have a set of testicles and I like to use them”: watch Type O Negative discuss male vocalists and music for seduction in a risqué 'in bed with' interview

Type O Negative were as dry as ever in this 1994 interview, which saw Peter Steele express his dislike for male vocalists who sound "like little girls having their feet tickled”

Daily Mirror

Screaming Trees bassist Van Conner dies age 55 after pneumonia battle

Co-founder and bassist of the rock band Screaming Trees Van Conner has died aged 55 after a battle with pneumonia, his brother has announced

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The Independent UK

Mark Lanegan: Architect of the Seattle grunge scene

As the lead singer of Screaming Trees, the musician helped paved the way for titans such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam to flourish

The Guardian - UK

Mark Lanegan obituary

Former singer with Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age who also found success as an author

The Guardian - UK

From Screaming Trees to Gutter Twins: Mark Lanegan’s 10 greatest recordings

Collaborations with PJ Harvey, icy synthpop and rollicking psychedelia all feature in songs from across the career of a prolific musical great

Irish Mirror

Tributes pour in for popular musician Mark Lanegan after death at 57 in Kerry

Screaming Trees rocker Lanegan was a member of bands Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins - and collaborated with artists such as Nirvana's Kurt Cobain

The Guardian - UK

Mark Lanegan defied darkness to become one of his generation’s most soulful singers

Once primed to self-destruct, Lanegan found salvation and creative freedom in collaborations that brought out the nuances of his uniquely dignified voice

The Independent UK

Screaming Trees singer, Seattle icon Mark Lanegan dies at 57

Singer Mark Lanegan, whose band Screaming Trees was an essential part of the Seattle grunge scene in the early 1990s, has died

The Independent UK

Screaming Trees drummer leads tributes to bandmate and ‘big brother’ Mark Lanegan

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

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