Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer, dies at 57

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer, dies at 57

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Mark Lanegan was a founding member of the grunge-era Seattle band Screaming Trees and later part of Queens of the Stone Age. He died Tuesday of unspecified causes at his home in Ireland.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Seattle grunge pioneer Mark Lanegan has died. He started as lead singer of the band Screaming Trees in the 1980s.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

The hard rock group was best known for their single "Nearly Lost You," and Lanegan was known for his deep bass² voice.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEARLY LOST YOU")

SCREAMING TREES: (Singing) I nearly lost you there.

MARTINEZ: In an interview with NPR in 2019, writer Mark Yarm, author of a book about grunge, described Screaming Trees this way.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)

MARK YARM: They were led by Mark Lanegan, who's a big, brooding³ guy.

MARTIN: He says they had a reputation for getting in some fights.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)

YARM: Amongst the grunge guys, they were kind of the rowdy bunch, I'd say.

MARTIN: Lanegan also sang with the band Queens of the Stone Age and co-wrote their hit "No One Knows."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NO ONE KNOWS")

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: (Singing) We get some rules to follow.

MARTINEZ: Lanegan was 57. No cause of death was given. But in a recent book, he detailed⁴ a battle with COVID that put him in a coma⁵ for three weeks. He died at his home in Killarney, Ireland.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NO ONE KNOWS")

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: (Singing) And I realize you're mine. Indeed a...

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

3 brooding   

n.孵卵 adj.沉思的,笼罩的 动词brood的现在分词

参考例句：

• You're not still brooding over what he said, are you? 你不是还在为他的话闷闷不乐吧？
• The hen is brooding her eggs. 母鸡正在孵小鸡。

4 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

5 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。