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What's not to love?\" NICK CAVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stoned cold classic\" IAN RANKIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mark Lanegan writes like he sings, from the pained heart of a damaged soul with brutal honesty' BOBBY GILLESPIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerfully written and brutally, frighteningly honest\" LUCINDA WILLIAMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ROUGH TRADE AND \u003ci\u003eMOJO \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the back of the van to the front of the bar, from the hotel room to the emergency room, Mark Lanegan takes us back to the sinister, needle-ridden streets of Seattle, to an alternative music scene that was simultaneously bursting with creativity and saturated with drugs. He tracks the tumultuous rise and fall of Screaming Trees, from a brawling, acid-rock bar band to world-famous festival favourites with an enduring legacy, and tells of his own personal struggles with addiction, culminating in homelessness, petty crime, and the tragic deaths of his closest friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGritty, gripping and unflinchingly raw, SING BACKWARDS AND WEEP is about a man who learned how to drag himself from the wreckage, dust off the ashes, and keep living and creating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most brutally honest rock memoir imaginable' \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204543807666,"sku":"9781474615501","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781474615501.jpg?v=1786020884"},{"product_id":"9780306825279","title":"I Am the Wolf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of lyrics and autobiographical commentary by the celebrated rock and grunge singer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a Preface by John Cale and a Foreword by Moby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a voice that \u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e has called “as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather,” former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age vocalist Mark Lanegan draws frequent comparisons to masters like Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. Lanegan's voice is one of the most distinct and recognizable in rock, but his talents aren't limited to his vocal skills. Lanegan's lyrics are on par with the best of them, exploring with Blake-like insight the stark and scorched emotional terrain that exists somewhere beyond sadness, addiction, trauma, and spiritual longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a body of work that now includes seven albums with the Screaming Trees, eleven acclaimed solo albums, three albums of duets with Belle and Sebastian's Isobel Campbell (including the Mercury Prize-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eBallad of the Broken Seas\u003c\/i\u003e), and collaborative albums and singles with the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Moby, Soulsavers, Twilight Singers, and countless others, Mark Lanegan occupies a singular space in rock music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, for the first time ever, the reclusive singer presents a comprehensive look at his lyrics, the stories behind them, and the making of his albums. \u003ci\u003eI Am the Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare and candid glimpse into the inner workings and creative process of a legend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56232487387509,"sku":"9780306825279","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780306825279_68867e25-21d6-40b4-9c87-648a69319aa1.jpg?v=1786032961"},{"product_id":"9781399636384","title":"Devil in a Coma","description":"\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eSING BACKWARDS AND WEEP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Expressionistic and visceral . . . exhilarating and unexpectedly funny'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE I PAPER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poetic, raw, hallucinogenic and darkly witty, \u003ci\u003eDevil in a Coma \u003c\/i\u003echarts Mark Lanegan's terrifying, mind-expanding experience of acute illness and the confrontation it forces with mortality itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Struck down by Covid-19, drifting in and out of a coma, unable to walk and given little hope of survival, these diaries see Lanegan assaulted by nightmares, visions and regrets about an existence lived on the edge of chaos and disorder. In arresting prose and at times transcendent poetry, \u003ci\u003eDevil in a Coma \u003c\/i\u003eis one man's intimate reckoning with a lifetime spent cheating death.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368805347701,"sku":"9781399636384","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399636384_a641df57-4478-4a98-8d4c-6c6d3795a87e.jpg?v=1786019987"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-mark-lanegan.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}