Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir

Written by:
Mark Lanegan
Narrated by:
Mark Lanegan

Unabridged Audiobook

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Book
37
Narrator
22
Release Date
April 2020
Duration
11 hours 58 minutes
Summary
This gritty bestselling memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, and Soulsavers documents his years as a singer and drug addict in Seattle in the '80s and '90s.

When Mark Lanegan first arrived in Seattle in the mid-1980s, he was just "an arrogant, self-loathing redneck waster seeking transformation through rock 'n' roll." Little did he know that within less than a decade he would rise to fame as the frontman of the Screaming Trees and then fall from grace as a low-level crack dealer and a homeless heroin addict, all the while watching some of his closest friends rocket to the forefront of popular music.

In Sing Backwards and Weep, Lanegan takes readers back to the sinister, needle-ridden streets of Seattle, to an alternative music scene that was simultaneously bursting with creativity and dripping with drugs. He tracks the tumultuous rise and fall of the Screaming Trees, from a brawling, acid-rock bar band to world-famous festival favorites that scored a hit number five single on Billboard's alternative charts and landed a notorious performance on Late Night with David Letterman, where Lanegan appeared sporting a fresh black eye from a brawl the night before. This book also dives into Lanegan's personal struggles with addiction, culminating in homelessness, petty crime, and the tragic deaths of his closest friends. From the back of the van to the front of the bar, from the hotel room to the emergency room, onstage, backstage, and everywhere in between, Sing Backwards and Weep reveals the abrasive underlining beneath one of the most romanticized decades in rock history-from a survivor who lived to tell the tale.

Gritty, gripping, and unflinchingly raw, Sing Backwards and Weep is a book about more thanjust an extraordinary singer who watched hisdreams catch fire and incinerate the groundbeneath his feet. It's about a man who learnedhow to drag himself from the wreckage, dust offthe ashes, and keep living and creating.

"Mark Lanegan—primitive, brutal, and apocalyptic. What's not to love?" —Nick Cave, author of The Sick Bag Song and The Death of Bunny Munro
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Jose victor G.

great book !!!... ... being read by mark just adds to the rawness and realness of it ... there's is absolutely nothing glamorous about being a junkie ... on the contrary is a life of endless pain and suffering ... and he makes sure this comes across loud and clear. Loved getting a bit of insight on Kurt and Lane. Glad in the end he found himself and got to live life sober . the wold lost a great voice and a great talent ... rip ML

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Anthony T.

Absolutely incredible. I laughed, cried and couldn't get enough of Mark's stories. So intimate and touching. I bought the hardcover but couldn't wait for it to show up so I went for the audio as well, great decision. Hearing Mark's stories in his own words is priceless.

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Cronic

FUCKING WOW! Truly one hell of a book, truly one hell of a life. Mark Lanegan lived it 100% and kept going for more every step of the way. It is amazing he ended up living as long as he did. I for one am glad that he did, and I’m glad he straightened up just enough and for just long enough to put forth this book,

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Michael W.

having lived this exact same life as Mark for 13 years, he told it like it is. hearing stories of his and Lane's friendship was so good. RIP old buddy!!! great book!!

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Aaron A.

One of the best, extra warts and all, rock autobiographies in years...even more of a home run as read by the man himself!

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