Mark Lanegan

Mark came to the limelight as being a member of Queens of the Stone Age when they took off in the early 2000s. But he's much more than that.

He was a founding member of the 90's Seattle grunge band Screaming Trees. He's also a solo musician that has collaborated with Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), Isobel Campbell (Belle and Sebastian), Kurt Cobain, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Duff and Izzy (Guns n Roses), PJ Harvey, Dean Ween (Ween) and so many more. Currently he's also in the bands the Gutter Twins and the Twilight Singers.

Lanegan will be playing the Zoo solo on July 6 and you can be sure he will touch on all sorts of styles and songs from his unique musical history. A history covering many stylings that I can't even pick out what is a good starting point. So just start by listening to songs on his My Space.

(On a side note, I just now realized that he was that mysterious third singer for QOTSA the first time I saw them. They kept trading off between Nick Oliveri, Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. Unfortunately, the last time I saw them (and probably forever now) they only had Josh Homme.)