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Mark Lanegan

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Started by Taunty Dan in Other Bands & Artists

Any Lanegan fans round here? Until recently i’ve only ever really been familiar with his work with QOTSA, but then a friend advised me to get Screaming Trees “Dust” album a few weeks back and i totally fell in love with it. Then i dug out the Gutter Twins album i completly forgot i had, and i’ve also bought his Bubblegum album and an album he did with Isobel Campbell. All utterly stupendously good.

Then, about five minutes ago, i discovered a project called Soulsavers that he’s heavily involved in, and the songs i’ve just heard on myspace are unbelievable.

What a man!

Posted on Thu, 23 July 2009 at 20:28

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

I do enjoy his stuff… Dust and Sweet Oblivion by ST were albums i had in my collection ages ago and were the only things i knew him from it wasn’t till QOTSA that i checked out his solo stuff. I bought “the winding sheet” as everyone raved about it and it has Kurt Cobain on it.. its more acoustic and too be honest I personally found it a bit dull but i always get told i’m wrong and that its his best work by his big fans. Field songs and Bubble are probably my favorite two solo albums.. the Guttertwins is pretty good and i love the Isobel Campbell stuff.

Posted on Thu, 23 July 2009 at 20:57

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Gav wrote:

Yeah - really like Screaming Trees and Bubblegum.

Posted on Thu, 23 July 2009 at 21:14

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Taunty Dan wrote:

I’ve loved everything i’ve heard thus far, amazing stuff. Very excited to discover the Soulsavers stuff earlier, i had to have some 7”s away! :D Will Oldham is on their new single, and the b side is Lanegan singing an Oldham track.

Posted on Thu, 23 July 2009 at 21:33

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Gav wrote:

I did a cheeky download of the Gutter Twins record ages ago but the quality was crap… kept meaning to buy it seeing as I quite like Afghan Wigs too.

He did a solo record years ago before Bubblegum - something like ‘Whiskey and the Holy Ghost’ or something - I heard that back in the 90’s and have been meaning to track it down on ebay or something

Posted on Fri, 24 July 2009 at 06:47

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

I’ve seen the gutter twins a couple of times. Their acoustic tour was nowhere near as good as the full band tour, and the album is superb.

I was speaking to a guy last night that books bands for Oran Mor in Glasgow, and Soulsavers are touring in August. Don’t know if tour dates have been announced yet, but anything that Mark Lanegan is involved with is usually quite good, so think i’ll be checking them out too.

Posted on Fri, 24 July 2009 at 08:21

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

Not a fan but my brother served him and the guy out of QOTSA when he worked at the Virgin Megastore in Birmingham.

(Almost tops the time when Leslie Grantham (of Dirty Den “fame”) came in asking if my bro had seen his “friend Joe Pasquale” around. (He had, he’d gone up the escalators to have a browse through the DVD department).

Posted on Fri, 24 July 2009 at 09:32

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

(^ Those are both true stories, by the way, in case anyone thinks that was an attempt at humour)

Posted on Fri, 24 July 2009 at 15:43

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allroy (Rainer) wrote:

chr1s wrote:

I’ve seen the gutter twins a couple of times. Their acoustic tour was nowhere near as good as the full band tour, and the album is superb.

I was speaking to a guy last night that books bands for Oran Mor in Glasgow, and Soulsavers are touring in August. Don’t know if tour dates have been announced yet, but anything that Mark Lanegan is involved with is usually quite good, so think i’ll be checking them out too.

Soulsavers will play three shows in the UK in august:
Manchester Ruby Lounge (August 24)
Glasgow Oran Mor (25)
London Garage (27)

I preferred the Gutter Twins’ acoustic tour to the full band shows but you’re absolutely right: Mark Lanegan is always ace.

Posted on Sat, 25 July 2009 at 05:58 in reply to an earlier post

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Taunty Dan wrote:

Manchester glasgow and london…are the midlands INVISIBLE?!! (see also pixies, pearl jam, dinosaur jr).

Posted on Sat, 25 July 2009 at 10:10

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

25th August??… Thats that out the window then :( …got FNM to go to in Edinburgh that night :):):)

Posted on Sat, 25 July 2009 at 14:48

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realityfuck (Jar lath) wrote:

Love The Screaming Trees and Gutter Twins. The mini album of cover versions they did is very good.

Have Bubblegum too, which is very good also. Must check out some of his other stuff.

Posted on Sat, 25 July 2009 at 17:34

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Gav wrote:

chr1s wrote:

25th August??… Thats that out the window then :( …got FNM to go to in Edinburgh that night :):):)

boo fucking hoo… :D

You jammy bastard!!!

Posted on Sat, 25 July 2009 at 19:37 in reply to an earlier post

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

:D:D :p:p

Posted on Mon, 27 July 2009 at 09:58

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Taunty Dan wrote:

realityfuck wrote:

Love The Screaming Trees and Gutter Twins. The mini album of cover versions they did is very good.

Have Bubblegum too, which is very good also. Must check out some of his other stuff.

Where be this mini album dude? Can’t find it…wait, is it that itunes only jobbie?

Posted on Mon, 27 July 2009 at 19:05 in reply to an earlier post

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realityfuck (Jar lath) wrote:

That’s the one!

Posted on Mon, 27 July 2009 at 19:18

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

deadsetgav wrote:

boo fucking hoo… :D

You jammy bastard!!!

I might have a spare ticket now that my mate can’t make it:)

Posted on Wed, 5 August 2009 at 10:18 in reply to an earlier post

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Gav wrote:

What is your mate doing instead? shagging Angelina Jolie or something?

Posted on Wed, 5 August 2009 at 12:10

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

:D
Nah, nothin that exciting. He’s having to go to Germany that week to get trained up on a new printing machine that his work is getting installed.

Posted on Wed, 5 August 2009 at 14:43

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Gav wrote:

I’d be looking to deputise the tea boy and send him to Germany in my place… its Faith No More ffs!

Posted on Wed, 5 August 2009 at 14:56

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Gav wrote:

… says me, who turned down the chance of getting a ticket because I cant get off work :(

Posted on Wed, 5 August 2009 at 14:57

#21

Superunknown wrote:

the songs he recorded with mad season are gold (“above” and especially “long gone day”… layne staley and mark lanegan = match made in heaven).

i think his voice suited the qotsa-sound best.

don’t really like any of his solo, gutter twins or soulsavers stuff, though. it’s all a bit too samey and doesn’t really have melody. the guy needs a songwriter to back him up.

Posted on Sat, 8 August 2009 at 00:54

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Taunty Dan wrote:

have you heard his stuff with isobel campbell?

Posted on Sat, 8 August 2009 at 09:24

#23

Superunknown wrote:

yeah, the first album they did together (they recorded another one, didn’t they?). i think it’s okay, but again, the songs just aren’t memorable enough, imo.

Posted on Sat, 8 August 2009 at 18:43

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Taunty Dan wrote:

i haven’t heard the first one but i’ve got the second, love it. The man is so versatile. To be fair you’ve gotta give this stuff (soulsavers, gutter twins etc) a good few listenings before they stick.

Posted on Sat, 8 August 2009 at 19:07

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

The first Campbell and Lanegan is better the the second one i felt… the latest one was just lacking something.

Posted on Sun, 9 August 2009 at 00:07

#26

Taunty Dan wrote:

Something for me to look forward to then!

Posted on Mon, 10 August 2009 at 18:42

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allroy (Rainer) wrote:

The new Soulsavers album is streaming on their myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/soulsavers

Posted on Mon, 17 August 2009 at 13:00

#28

Taunty Dan wrote:

Nice one.:) I’ve had the screaming trees “sweet oblivion” on today. Pretty fucking good, not quite in the same league as dust though i think. But then i’m only on my second listen.

Posted on Mon, 17 August 2009 at 18:34

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revscapegoat wrote:

Lanegan’s solo albums are vastly underrated. I own Whiskey for the Holy Ghost, I’ll Take Care of You, & Field Songs, all of which are brilliant. I was never a huge Screaming Trees fan, other than owning the ubiquitous Sweet Oblivion record back in those halcyon ‘grunge’ days.

Much prefer Lanegan’s solo work.

Posted on Mon, 17 August 2009 at 18:42

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Taunty Dan wrote:

i’ll take care of you: is that a covers album?

Posted on Mon, 17 August 2009 at 21:30

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