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  • Lanegan

  • By: Greg Prato
  • Narrated by: Greg Prato
  • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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Lanegan

By: Greg Prato
Narrated by: Greg Prato
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Publisher's summary

Grunge’s golden era gave us some of the greatest rock voices of all-time–Chris Cornell, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder, and of course, Mark Lanegan.

During a recording career that spanned several decades, Lanegan’s unmistakable and instantly-recognizable vocals were featured on classic recordings as a member of various groups (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age), plus collaborations (Isobel Campbell, Greg Dulli), guest spots (UNKLE, Soulsavers), and steady solo work.

Additionally, Lanegan was one of rock’s great poets/lyricists, as well as the author of several popular books. But the singer also endured addiction, hard living, and health difficulties–before passing in 2022, at the age of 57.

As a tribute, the book "Lanegan" has been assembled–featuring over 20 all-new interviews. Collaborators, friends, and admirers share their memories of this truly unique figure and vocalist, including Screaming Trees’ Gary Lee Conner, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, author Charles R. Cross, TV/radio personality Matt Pinfield, and photographer Charles Peterson (plus producers and/or musicians that were involved in the creation of Mark’s best work).

©2023 Greg Prato Writer, Corp. (P)2023 Greg Prato Writer, Corp.
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I love Lanegan

Great listen about Lanagen! The narrator tells stories like the band geek from the American Pie movies, but he gets the job done!

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Interesting subject, poorly presented

The stories provided by the interviewees are engaging but the way the author reads them is off putting and presented without emotion or appropriate inflection, making it difficult to listen to.

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Why???

Struggle to understand why this was necessary. It’s just a jumbled mess of quotes with no real through line or structure. Might have been saved by the actual participants reading their parts but instead we get this awkward and flat delivery from the author. If you want a Lanegan audio book you’re best served to stick with the one written and narrated by the man himself.

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Poorly written, repetitive, read by the author with annoying delivery

This felt like a slap dash attempt to cash-in on Lanegan’s death. Repetitive writing and the performance is hard to listen to as the author continually emphasizes the word “so” in a Ling island accent. There are some good tidbits in the interviews, but the author is a poor writer and verbal performer. I’m waiting for an author to do Lanegan justice.

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