Grunge pioneer Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees dies at 57

2019 filepic of Mark Lanegan, whose dramatic baritone vocals fronted the proto-grunge band Screaming Trees. Lanegan died Tuesday at his home in Killarney, Ireland. He was 57 years old. – AP

Mark Lanegan, whose dramatic baritone vocals fronted the proto-grunge band Screaming Trees, died Tuesday at his home in Killarney, Ireland. He was 57 years old.

The statement posted on the artiste's official Twitter account did not specify a cause of death, though Lanegan reportedly was suffering from Covid-19 and kidney disease last year.