[Stereo] Live performance from the group that spawned Mark Lanegan. Spot the black eye.....from a turbulent period of time for the group and Mr. Lanegan. Great sound, btw.
I love this ‘92 Screaming Trees performance on Letterman: The band was in a bar fight the night before so Mark Lanegan has a black eye, & the drummer dislocated his shoulder, so Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty’s drummer) sat in, having learned it minutes before! 👍🏻
I met someone from Killarney, Ireland some weeks back, where Mark Lanegan passed away, and was a regular at pubs restaurant, & they knew he was sick. But they embraced him like a local, well... You know the rest...
If you haven't seen the documentary Down in the Dark. The Mark Lanegan story. I highly recommend it. The shit that this man lived through is mind blowing. I'm a huge Nirvana fan and for some reason I remembered the song Down in the Dark one day. I listened to it nearly all day long. I then started researching more about Mark. Come to find out It was exactly a year ago to the day he passed away. I had no idea he had even died. It's like the universe was telling me that I needed to hear his story. R.I.P Mark Lanegan. Such a truly underrated artist that deserves more recognition. I hope wherever you are you finally have some peace and happiness.
@@sparekeivI’ve listened to the audiobook 3 times! It’s him telling his story! Get it. Don’t read it. Hear him tell it. Best book of the 400 audiobooks I have on audible.
Unless you're Tom Waits, then you're just looking in a mirror and listening to yourself sing. Lol. Mark is Tom's clone built in an Eastern Washington laboratory.
He's kicking ass here! Amazing, especially as he was playing as stand in for the Trees' drummer who got his arm or shoulder busted the previous night in the same bar fight Mark got his black eye in :D
@@michaelamundsen8597 Know who else made it clear in his book that he couldn't stand his bandmates? Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing). Another good read: "The Book of Drugs"
Same here man, just finished university and don’t think I would have made it through without listening to the trees, a total cure-all for all the shit in life
R.I.P. 2/22/22 I just heard the news today. Screaming trees were from Ellensburg Wa. not Seattle. I was going to CWU (Central Wa.) in the late 80s and early 90s and fell in love with the area, people and the culture. Grunge was just starting to get a grip on us and what a great time it was. I was a football captain of the #1 rated team in the country NAIA div2, had a great team, group of friends and college life was amazing. Micro beers were just starting out in the PNW and the music was new and it just felt right to me. When football and school was over I became head of security at the Fenix underground in Seattle. Live music every night, usually 3 bands a night for the next 6 years. Great people, workmates, beer, food, money, green bud, and the music scene…🤘 Those were good days bro We were jolly green giants walking mutha earth. Thanks to everyone along the way, Thanks to Lanegan and the Screaming Trees for a big part of the soundtrack of my life over there in E-Burg. Peace✌️❤️🍀🤘
Lanegan absolutely hated Ellensburg for the ignorant backwards cowtown that it was. Don’t take my word for it, read his memoir. The only reason he stuck with the Trees through all the grueling and unproductive early years was because of the hope that it might be his ticket out of Ellensburg. His patience paid off.
This is a testament to his badassery. The night before he appearently got drunk and high out of hid mind and a bar fight ensued. The next day this was recorded. I mean...who does that? Anybody else would not have done that show, but he did. I cringe thinking about how that felt to have to get up there with hangivet and black eye and do that. Most people and me included would be like --fk that. I aint going nowhere. 😂 lol And he did and he killed it with that performance too. Thats a real man taking care of business y'all, make no mistake. Long love Mark!
I mean I know them. I've known who they were since the '90s There was so much competition then because people were competing to be the best. Now everybody sucks so maybe nowadays people don't know them but my generation does
@@astroknott5263 I don't know about that they're pretty popular back then but just not as popular I guess like Pearl jam Alice in chains Nirvana that's pretty much what I meant even though I believed they played with Alice in chains before
Once in a long while there are the right words, the right voice, the right musicians, and it all becomes perfection. And sometimes the best singing isn’t perfectly on key
True story;the night before that the Trees got into a fight with a few guys at the stone pony club in New Jersey. Eventually the guys walked away because they just couldn't knock the band down. Mark got hit in the face a couple times and had a small black eye on national tv the next night. I wonder what the other guys looked like after that. Rock and Roll man 🤘
Read Mark’s book- this was an awful day for him ! I recently finished his book and, working with a timeline now, finding live performances and knowing how his life was spiraling, is interesting to see how he still pulls it off.
Gary and Van are hiding in the shadows and I just wish we could have been more loving of everybody in the 90s. Those men were absolutely amazingly hot.
I see alot of comments saying Screaming Trees were underrated. Personal problems namely Lanegan's drug use had the band in long period's of inactivity and caused them to fail to capitalize on their popularity that they acquired from this single. After the modest success of Sweet Oblivion their next record wasnt released for another 4 years. As a band they made alot of mistakes which hampered their exposure.
Ahhh those old long boxes,I didn't find out till recently they used to do that so stores wouldn't have to install new shelves which previously held vinyl. I never knew why I just thought of it as an inconvenience and I was glad to see them go. I miss them now though which figures
Mark Lanegan = Kurt Cobain's favorite singer songwriter. Kurt considered Lanegan to be his generations best. They even had a side project together : "The Jury" 😎
very underrated for their era. rank up with the best and more well known. when i bought their cd back in the day people not in the know would make fun of their name. their loss.
Everytime this band was on video, there is such an obvious attempt to not show the brothers too much because of their body type. The music video for this song is the same way. Just an interesting observation. Great music!!!
It’s a skinny world. No one wants to see anyone fat. Being obese is the most disgusting thing a person can be. The world does not want to see you and feels like you have brought this affliction on yourself from bad habits. As an obese man, having been obese all of my adult life, I speak from experience. It’s not a fun life. I have friends who are skinny and can eat anything they want, it’s amazing how much attention they get. As a fat person, you always feel invisible. You finally learn to be introverted and to not draw attention to yourself because you know it will be met with ridicule, exclusion, and the constant disappointment of hearing lame ass excuses and the word no from the opposite sex. I guess you just have to learn to live with it, accept what you are, try to be your best self, and live as much as you can before the grave.
Lanegan era um artista maravilhoso, fez um ótimo trabalho nessa banda e como artista solo também! É uma pena eu não encontrar muito sobre ele na Internet...
They were like that to deter theft. Not long after, they came out with those reusable plastic casings. People found out they only needed to make one small snip on the plastic to remove the jewel case, so that's when electronics were implemented to make the door alarm go off if an attempt to leave the store without deactivating the magnet strip or whatever it is. Simpler times. lol. And then Napster came along.
I was lucky enough to see these guys do this song live at the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast in the mid-90s (95,96?) and Mark came out on stage on crutches and sat on a bar stool for the whole show. Maybe another bar fight the night before? Anyways, he sang awesome and the band sounded great. Was stoked to see he got clean and sober and did tonnes more music after that. Gone way too early though.
I miss the 90s so much and these bands. This song was so tight and when I say that I mean the guitars, drums. Bravo do they make t-shirts that say I don't listen to anything after the year 2000? Maybe I'll make one and that's even pushing it ( after 2000)
@@davidpearson6346 no. You are absolutely right. Of course there is. But sadly we are in an era right now where it doesn't nearly get the recognition that it deserves. With social media and literally us being walking cyborgs, the world at our fingertips there should be so much access to it that we shouldn't have to search for it. Instead we have tiktokers that are famous in Mumble rappers. I guess that's pretty much what I mean by the status of what music is nowadays it doesn't take talent, creativity. I don't know. I turned 40 years old yesterday so I guess I'm getting too old to understand it.
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I love this ‘92 Screaming Trees performance on Letterman: The band was in a bar fight the night before so Mark Lanegan has a black eye, & the drummer dislocated his shoulder, so Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty’s drummer) sat in, having learned it minutes before! 👍🏻
Cool fucking story 👍🏻 I was wondering about those things.. Rest in Peace Mark Lanegan, what a f'king killer voice, gone too soon 🙏
He did a great job just learning it! Not Barrett but great in his own right
*Petty
@@colico14 Done! ✅👍🏻
I could swear that Tom Petty is in the background there, next to the drum kit jamming out too.
RIP to the man, the legend
Can’t believe it
Such a bummer, dude could sing!!
I met someone from Killarney, Ireland some weeks back, where Mark Lanegan passed away, and was a regular at pubs restaurant, & they knew he was sick. But they embraced him like a local, well... You know the rest...
The vaxxx got him ...same with Taylor Hawkins
If you haven't seen the documentary Down in the Dark. The Mark Lanegan story. I highly recommend it. The shit that this man lived through is mind blowing. I'm a huge Nirvana fan and for some reason I remembered the song Down in the Dark one day. I listened to it nearly all day long. I then started researching more about Mark. Come to find out It was exactly a year ago to the day he passed away. I had no idea he had even died. It's like the universe was telling me that I needed to hear his story. R.I.P Mark Lanegan. Such a truly underrated artist that deserves more recognition. I hope wherever you are you finally have some peace and happiness.
His book "Sing Backwards and Weep" is the best rock and roll memoir I've ever read, and I've read a lot.
@@sparekeiv Thanks I'll check it out!
@@sparekeivI’ve listened to the audiobook 3 times! It’s him telling his story! Get it. Don’t read it. Hear him tell it. Best book of the 400 audiobooks I have on audible.
sold me on the audiobook, thanks! @@scottpannell2286
@@scottpannell2286
Audible link explained the shiner.
Thanks for the rec.
Accompany me on long runs.
His voice is so unique
Unless you're Tom Waits, then you're just looking in a mirror and listening to yourself sing. Lol. Mark is Tom's clone built in an Eastern Washington laboratory.
he just passed away i read....@57
LOL yeah. So unique. Totally never heard it in grunge music at all.
Jim Morrison of Grunge
@@nesfan8I’ve always thought that but never heard anyone else have the same sentiment
lanegan is one of the best American vocalist of all time, yet, no-one seems to be aware of it.
Agree
WHAT ????????? THAT IS WHY MUSIC SUCKS NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE WORD BEST MEANS IN AMERICA
🌹
@@chazzlucas6208 It means "tremendous"! J/k
chazz LUCAS “No One Knows” is a great song
rest in peace, mark, you’ll be missed
The pamdemic va666 got him ... same with Taylor Hawkins
Marks voice was so amazing
RIP Mark Lanegan (November 25, 1964 - February 22, 2022), aged 57
You will always be remembered as a legend.
and now the bass player too.
What a performance! According to the memoir, this drummer was a stand-in. What a professional. Tapped into the vibe like nobody's business. Beautiful.
It's Steve Ferrone from The Heartbreakers, you couldn't get a better stand in.
Steve Ferrone is the greatest drummer you’ve never heard of.
RIP Mark.
My old man saw him w the Average White Band back in the 70s
He sounds amazing here!! These dudes lucked out having him!
He's kicking ass here! Amazing, especially as he was playing as stand in for the Trees' drummer who got his arm or shoulder busted the previous night in the same bar fight Mark got his black eye in :D
Yes he did great!!!! Steve!!!!
Didnt he join Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
One of the most underrated rock bands ever.
I'm reading Mark's memoir "Sing Backwards and Weep" right now. Excellent book. Can't recommend it enough.
Likewise, just started it. These guys really hated each other. Great read!
@@michaelamundsen8597 Know who else made it clear in his book that he couldn't stand his bandmates? Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing). Another good read: "The Book of Drugs"
@@shanewatson2008 Another great 90's band. I'll check it out, cheers.
Its dark, but a must if you are a fan of rock, especially of the 90's era. Dark Mark RIP
I've had this song stuck in my head for days in May of 2024....
Its weird. I find the same thing with AIC.
@@geneharrogate6911 - Yes, for sure
Same here man, just finished university and don’t think I would have made it through without listening to the trees, a total cure-all for all the shit in life
Godspeed Mark...thank you for the music 😭
i'm so sad right now
Letterman always had great bands on his show. Recently watched great performances by Candlebox and Dino Jr too.
Yup REM made their first TV appearance on letterman in 84
His Late Night band was rockin too!
Beastie Boys doing Sabotage on letterman is a classic
Part of it was the unique time period in music mainstream/indie crossover.
10000 US and you could play on there too. It was all record company promotion
"I want to play guitar..."
"I'm playing guitar...
"No, I'm playing guitar..."
R.I.P. 2/22/22
I just heard the news today.
Screaming trees were from Ellensburg Wa. not Seattle.
I was going to CWU (Central Wa.) in the late 80s and early 90s and fell in love with the area, people and the culture. Grunge was just starting to get a grip on us and what a great time it was. I was a football captain of the #1 rated team in the country
NAIA div2, had a great team, group of friends and college life was amazing. Micro beers were just starting out in the PNW and the music was new and it just felt right to me.
When football and school was over I became head of security at the Fenix underground in Seattle.
Live music every night, usually 3 bands a night for the next 6 years.
Great people, workmates, beer, food, money, green bud, and the music scene…🤘
Those were good days bro
We were jolly green giants walking mutha earth.
Thanks to everyone along the way,
Thanks to Lanegan and the Screaming Trees for a big part of the soundtrack of my life over there in E-Burg.
Peace✌️❤️🍀🤘
P.S. Take a listen to the “Singles” soundtrack to get a taste of Pacific NW sounds from back in our days.
Lanegan absolutely hated Ellensburg for the ignorant backwards cowtown that it was. Don’t take my word for it, read his memoir. The only reason he stuck with the Trees through all the grueling and unproductive early years was because of the hope that it might be his ticket out of Ellensburg. His patience paid off.
This is a testament to his badassery. The night before he appearently got drunk and high out of hid mind and a bar fight ensued. The next day this was recorded. I mean...who does that? Anybody else would not have done that show, but he did. I cringe thinking about how that felt to have to get up there with hangivet and black eye and do that. Most people and me included would be like --fk that. I aint going nowhere. 😂 lol And he did and he killed it with that performance too. Thats a real man taking care of business y'all, make no mistake. Long love Mark!
first heard this on the 'singles' soundtrack. blasted it out many times.
One cd that never gets older
Why is this band so underrated? Genuinely, I can't see why know one knows about these guys.
I mean I know them. I've known who they were since the '90s
There was so much competition then because people were competing to be the best. Now everybody sucks so maybe nowadays people don't know them but my generation does
@@agent_ninety9 the black sheep of the grunge era cause they were so much more than that
@@astroknott5263 I don't know about that they're pretty popular back then but just not as popular I guess like Pearl jam Alice in chains Nirvana that's pretty much what I meant even though I believed they played with Alice in chains before
Underrated by whom?
I nearly lost you there
Once in a long while there are the right words, the right voice, the right musicians, and it all becomes perfection. And sometimes the best singing isn’t perfectly on key
Is it me or does Mark have a black eye? That's rock n' roll, man.
True story;the night before that the Trees got into a fight with a few guys at the stone pony club in New Jersey. Eventually the guys walked away because they just couldn't knock the band down. Mark got hit in the face a couple times and had a small black eye on national tv the next night. I wonder what the other guys looked like after that. Rock and Roll man 🤘
And I think Barret Martin broke his hand which is why he's not there
It must be why he sang so badly that night...
its Tom Petty
@@Jpvmw He was probably in pain!
Read Mark’s book- this was an awful day for him !
I recently finished his book and, working with a timeline now, finding live performances and knowing how his life was spiraling, is interesting to see how he still pulls it off.
29 years later I still get chills. This band.....this time.....would have it back in a heartbeat.
Gary and Van are hiding in the shadows and I just wish we could have been more loving of everybody in the 90s. Those men were absolutely amazingly hot.
Dude had one of the most awesome voices . RIP
Best voice in grunge history
2nd best
Come on he was great but Chris cornell and layne stayley were gods of rock vocals
@@onepunchflan3071 I think you mean Layne Staley and Chris Cornell.
MR. Lanegan, you have my heart.
Mine, too 🖤
Mr. Lanegan, I'm coming to get your eyeballs for my collection. At least one of them anyway. Let's not make this any more trouble than it needs to be.
I can't get over how in-tune his vocals are, including in his high register.
He looks so young compared to when i finally got to see him as a solo artist. R.I.P.
RIP Mark🙏❤️🙏 So many of us love your music and voice. Another musical legend gone to soon.
They really could have played any song from that album and wowed America. One of my favorite albums ever and seemed to be underrated
I seem to remember when they came back from the break, Dave asking Paul, "is everyone OK over there?" funny as hell. they really had raw power.
I guess I have to go eat some cigarettes now.
i adore this song....
Mark para sempre será a lenda do movimento grunge, a voz mais marcante que já existiu. RIP man.
Amazing live performance 🤘👍👏
RIP Mark Lanegan. Your voice was a gift.
Didn’t even think that Mark would outlive me. Goodness gracious, go in peace.
Goodness, a February passing. Feels like we were at the Gorge at George not so long ago…
Ah,,. before the days of Robitussin and Auto Tune, when great vocalists walked the earth.
I see alot of comments saying Screaming Trees were underrated. Personal problems namely Lanegan's drug use had the band in long period's of inactivity and caused them to fail to capitalize on their popularity that they acquired from this single. After the modest success of Sweet Oblivion their next record wasnt released for another 4 years. As a band they made alot of mistakes which hampered their exposure.
Van Conner died today on 55th year old. RIP 😞
INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE
Been getting into this band lately. Very underrated
Me too buddy, awesome bamd
So sad i overlooked this for so long. Probably the most underrated singer songwriter i know of
Underrated band
This song just popped in my head today. Wow what a time warp!
Rest in peace Mark.Very underrated front man. This band rocked with the best of them.
Rest well Mark. 1964-2022. 💔
Talent overload.
That voice.
Wow!!
RIP Mark.
Everyone has their time on this earth, we did lost you finally Mark. Thank you very much for everything
marks desperate for a shot.... just enhances his vocals even more.... a fine singer he is for ever
I fucking love Mark Lanegan’s vocals. RIP you absolute legend
RIP Mark. Thanks for the music
Born and raised Pacific Northwest, I miss theses day terribly
Descanse em paz, grande Lanegan.
Triste
Praticamente toda aquela geração se foi
Goodbye Mark! thank you for great song of our live times .. we are now lost you . peace
I see you ELLENSBURG !!! Cheers From Oly 2023
Thank you for everything, Mark. Rest In Peace, friend.
RIP. Your music shaped so many!
Getting moren into Mark's history and past makes his death hit harder.
He's really going to be missed
Ahhh those old long boxes,I didn't find out till recently they used to do that so stores wouldn't have to install new shelves which previously held vinyl. I never knew why I just thought of it as an inconvenience and I was glad to see them go. I miss them now though which figures
Saw these guys at Lollapalooza 96 in Syracuse NY. Good times.
Mark Lanegan was a tortured soul I felt his pain. Fortunately it hasn't killed me yet! RIP Mark...
Eu gosto tanto de prestigiar essas musicas❤❤❤
I love you Mark😘
Most underrated 90s band
@Revan Rodian I’ll call you a Tad and raise you a morphine
I think Candle Box is way up there too.
His Voice it’s so amazing! Came From the bottom of his soul, eternal gratitude and rest in peace Mark.
I still remember the first time I heard this song. It sounded so different from what was on the radio at the time.
Man Letterman got all the greats. Damn I can watch tv performances from his show all day
RIP Mark Lanegan
you will be so missed
A Real Rock and Roller
Mark Lanegan
Black eye form another fight the night before ROCKS the joint
RIP
Miss your tunes bro
Mark Lanegan = Kurt Cobain's favorite singer songwriter. Kurt considered Lanegan to be his generations best. They even had a side project together : "The Jury" 😎
Favourite is a stretch.
Thought it was buzz from the melvins
King Buzzo? Hmm...Jack Endino recorded Kurt and Marks side project in '90 and said they had enormous respect for each other. 🤷
@@JErnst-pl5xkthey were all incredibly influential in the 90s loved them all
Screaming Trees got there light into the mainstream when featured in the movies “Singles” a definite classic from the time.
I have chills ❤
so much better than the studio version!
RIP to the singer. Grunge era icons are slowly dying off…
That voice, that Cadence, RIP.
Singer, songwriter, musician and author a true artist may he RIP. Stop taking our lovely people 🎸🎸🎸.
Sadly, they take themselves.
very underrated for their era. rank up with the best and more well known. when i bought their cd back in the day people not in the know would make fun of their name. their loss.
Back when a Will Farrell had hair...amazing.
R.I.P Lennegan! You’re the best!!!
Rest In Peace Mark Lanagan.
RIP, Van ♥️
damn these guys were good
Everytime this band was on video, there is such an obvious attempt to not show the brothers too much because of their body type. The music video for this song is the same way. Just an interesting observation. Great music!!!
More to love man.....more to love
Lol, actually the people who did the music vid didn't care, guess its what you hear others say to call your own.
It’s a skinny world. No one wants to see anyone fat. Being obese is the most disgusting thing a person can be. The world does not want to see you and feels like you have brought this affliction on yourself from bad habits. As an obese man, having been obese all of my adult life, I speak from experience. It’s not a fun life. I have friends who are skinny and can eat anything they want, it’s amazing how much attention they get. As a fat person, you always feel invisible. You finally learn to be introverted and to not draw attention to yourself because you know it will be met with ridicule, exclusion, and the constant disappointment of hearing lame ass excuses and the word no from the opposite sex. I guess you just have to learn to live with it, accept what you are, try to be your best self, and live as much as you can before the grave.
LOL Wtf. Guess you haven't watched much Trees live vids. In this one they had to bring in more crew is all.
@@chriskirby4192 For every fat guy, there's probably 5 or 6 fat girls though. Especially once they're in their 30's.
Lanegan era um artista maravilhoso, fez um ótimo trabalho nessa banda e como artista solo também! É uma pena eu não encontrar muito sobre ele na Internet...
RIP Mark 😢
Great performance!
Unbelievable performance
0:17 Back when albums came wrapped in excessive packaging. Indicative of the economy back then.
They were like that to deter theft. Not long after, they came out with those reusable plastic casings. People found out they only needed to make one small snip on the plastic to remove the jewel case, so that's when electronics were implemented to make the door alarm go off if an attempt to leave the store without deactivating the magnet strip or whatever it is. Simpler times. lol. And then Napster came along.
RIP Van Connor. January, 2023
Damn they sound great
always loved how gary lee does a somersault on the mtv video lol
damn! steve ferrone on drums!
The black eye .
INR? wtf?
Thanks Mark.
I was lucky enough to see these guys do this song live at the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast in the mid-90s (95,96?) and Mark came out on stage on crutches and sat on a bar stool for the whole show. Maybe another bar fight the night before? Anyways, he sang awesome and the band sounded great. Was stoked to see he got clean and sober and did tonnes more music after that. Gone way too early though.
Letterman's guitarist shouldn't have been playing lead on that.
I miss the 90s so much and these bands. This song was so tight and when I say that I mean the guitars, drums. Bravo do they make t-shirts that say I don't listen to anything after the year 2000? Maybe I'll make one and that's even pushing it ( after 2000)
@@davidpearson6346 no. You are absolutely right. Of course there is. But sadly we are in an era right now where it doesn't nearly get the recognition that it deserves. With social media and literally us being walking cyborgs, the world at our fingertips there should be so much access to it that we shouldn't have to search for it. Instead we have tiktokers that are famous in Mumble rappers. I guess that's pretty much what I mean by the status of what music is nowadays it doesn't take talent, creativity. I don't know. I turned 40 years old yesterday so I guess I'm getting too old to understand it.
Resto um Peace,Mark. 🇧🇷
he sounds amazing in this one omg!