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September 12, 2020

 

Last week my boss let me borrow this book and I read it straight through in just a few sittings. Fuckin A+.  If you feel like you’re having a rough day read a bit of Lanegan’s story and learn what a rough day really is. 

 

This guy should not still be alive. It’s amazing he survived his childhood in Ellensburg but for him to have survived through all the shit he did for years and years is truly amazing. 

 

In 1991 my brother in law gave me The Winding Sheet and I listened to it a lot over the next 29 years. I’m listening to it again as we speak with a deeper understanding after reading this book. I was never really a Screaming Trees fan in more than just a Singles-soundtrack-way. (Lanegan talks some shit about Singles and especially the soundtrack and how they ended up on there. He also talks some shit about SubPop and how that image ended up on the cover of his first solo album) 

 

I appreciate history, specifically music history and the Seattle bands and all the connections among them. It helps being only 5 years younger than Lanegan (his mom wanted to name him Lance) and growing up in Spokane (if you know Spokane you probably know Ellensburg)  I started hanging around Seattle in the summers of the late 80s and then moved here in 1991 and I got to see a few of the bands that pop up in the book like Mudhoney and Seven Year Bitch.   

I recommend this book. 



 


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pilder asser said...

via YouTube you can watch the Screaming Trees performing their two hit singles on Letterman 1992 and Leno 1993 respectively. The performances aren’t anything spectacular. However after reading Lanegan’s descriptions of the events leading up to these two performances you’ll want to take another look.

Posted September 14, 2020 03:03 PM | Reply to this comment

pilder asser said...

painfully awkward interview 1994 Mark Lanegan and J Mascis too...https://youtu.be/MesFjdzfyW4

Posted September 14, 2020 03:13 PM | Reply to this comment

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