When I think back on my time in the Screaming Trees, I now see that it was our Promethean courage that would never allow us to give up. But we also carried the curse of Sisyphus, who cheated death and ...

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 ...