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Archive for Mark Lanegan
The 20 Best ’90s American Grunge Bands of All Time
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Alice in Chains, grunge, Mark Lanegan, Melvins, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Sub Pop on 12/20/2025 by Kurt OrzeckBad Penny Post #1,000: Your Top 10 Favorite Reads Thus Far
Posted in Lists, News, Polls with tags Bad Penny, Brian Bell, Cheap Trick, Guided by Voices, Mark Lanegan, Patti Smith, Rhett Miller, Rivers Cuomo, Superchunk, Weezer on 11/13/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
The proverbial “they” said it couldn’t be done, but with these words, The Bad Penny has reached its thousandth post since launching way back in 1862 (the same year rock ‘n’ roll was invented!). In celebration of what is still a smaller number than the grand total of songs released by Guided by Voices (no, we didn’t do the math, but are you gonna challenge that assumption?), here are the top 10 most popular posts in the modest history of this website:
Continue readingGetting To Know Mark Lanegan
Posted in Interviews with tags Afghan Whigs, Greg Dulli, Johnny Cash, Josh Homme, June Carter Cash, Kurt Cobain, Mark Lanegan, Nick Oliveri, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Queens of the Stone Age, the Screaming Trees, Twilight Singers on 02/22/2022 by Kurt Orzeck
Mark Lanegan wears all 40 years of his life on his face. His skin, once puffed in that Tom Waits sort of way, is now ironed out into a smooth sheet. His thin amber eyes pierce his surroundings with a devastating gravity. Even his thick maroon mane, which spikes out beneath a nondescript black hat, seems to be spun by the hands of time, hammered by hard living.
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s Hawk: Filter Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Isobel Campbell, Mark Lanegan on 09/25/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere is another not-terribly positive album review I recently wrote for Filter. This one criticizes Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s Hawk – a record that should instead be attributed to “Campbell and Friends” or simply “Campbell.”
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