Mark Lanegan - Solitaire [Audio Stream] I found an article that extrapolates some parts of Mark Lanegan's biography... copy-pasting:
Italy and Venereal Diseases
Mark Lanegan didn’t hold back when it came to venereal diseases. He had almost all of them, some repeatedly. In the book, he recounts that, during an unspecified concert by the Screaming Trees in Italy, he was suffering from a bad case of epididymitis (an inflammation of the testicles that causes pain and swelling). After two encores, he left the stage writhing in agony to collapse on the sidewalk outside the club, unable to find relief from that torture. Some fans saw him and – yelling “Who do you think you are? Liza Minnelli? You came to this disgusting city and you only give us two encores?” – tried to drag him back on stage to sing more songs. Mark was saved by a “half-Pakistani guy” who took him to the hospital, where he was advised to wear looser jeans. Was anyone there and remembers the scene?
Chased by Dealers, with Josh Homme
In Rockford, Illinois, during the tour to promote Dust, one night we almost lost – in one fell swoop – Lanegan and the young Josh Homme, who had been hired by the Screaming Trees as a second guitarist. Mark brought him along for some company while desperately searching for a dealer who would sell him heroin, but Homme’s healthy and clean appearance – especially since he did not use substances – made him look like a narcotics officer. This did not please the gang of dealers that Lanegan had found after much wandering, and the two managed to escape by a hair's breadth. Naturally, they did so empty-handed, much to the chagrin of the singer who was in withdrawal. Homme's comment on the night was: “If you do this to me again, I’ll kill you.”
The Attempted Murder of Al Jourgensen
Never piss off Mark, not even if you are Al Jourgensen and your Ministry is at the height of its success. And, above all, don’t make him angry over drug issues. You could end up in your underwear, on a disheveled hotel room bed, with the phone cord around your neck unable to breathe, while Lanegan threatens to kill you in front of a groupie and a member of your band. This happened in 1995 during the Australian/New Zealand touring festival Big Day Out. The two made peace a few days later, but relations remained frosty. They saw each other again years later, briefly, in Milan, but Lanegan was explicitly told to stay away, as he could be a bad influence on Al, who was now free from heroin addiction (but “puffed up like a balloon,” according to Mark's words).
A Sandwich with Johnny Cash
Mark once had the honor of eating a chicken sandwich made by the hands of a true music legend: Johnny Cash. The production...
