When was the first time ...

[mimie]

Well, I know this is the type of thread that's been done 100 times, but I'm bored, so feel free to answer it or not ^^

First Mark's song you've heard :

First Mark's album you bought :

First gig you went :

The year you became a fan :

Favorite song so far :

Favorite album so far :

My answers :

First Mark's song you've heard : All the ones on Songs For The Deaf. First Mark's solo song was One Way Street.

First Mark's album you bought : Field Songs

First gig you went : Union Chapel 2010 (What a time it took me to finally go to see Mark, but it was worth the wait !)

The year you became a fan : I would say 2006, but I was already a lot into him in 2005 when I got into QOTSA.

Favorite song so far : Don't Forget Me was my favorite for a long time, but right now I will answer Gray Goes Black.

Favorite album so far : Blues Funeral (and for someone who says 10 times a day that things were better in the past, that really means something !)

[WeirdO]

First Mark's song you've heard : Borracho

First Mark's album you bought : a second hand copy of Whiskey For The Holy Ghost (bought for only 2$!!!) in 1997

First gig you went : Botanique, Bruxelles, 30th november 2003

The year you became a fan : 1997

Favorite song so far : Because Of This

Favorite album so far : Whiskey, or Bubblegum, or Blues Funeral

[araby]

First Mark song you've heard: Shiloh Town on an Uncut sampler 1998

First Mark album you bought: Scraps at Midnight in 1998

First gig you went: Astoria, London 2/12/2001, & the only ML gig where I've left feeling somewhat disappointed.

The year you became a fan: 1998

Favourite song so far: Resurrection Song, but there are way too many to list them all!

Favourite album so far: Any release post Scraps at Midnight

[leisureman]

This makes me feel old. Does Screaming Trees count?

First Mark's song you've heard : Transfiguration

First Mark's album you bought : Even if and Especially When

First gig you went : Screaming Trees, Bogey's, Albany NY, April(?) 1991 (w/Dan Peters on drums!)Was standing at the bar and flagged him down as he passed after soundcheck but Mark wouldn't shake my hand or speak to me. Just looked at my palm, looked at my face and kept right on walking. Never felt like such a dork before. Did the exact smae thing ten years later when I saw the Trees a the Viper Room. I was in line for the mens room with Duff McKagan and Mark, so I started shooting the breeze. Duff was real nice. Mark not so much. Prolly not the best place to strike up a conversation anyway.

The year you became a fan : 1990

Favorite song so far : Bell Black Ocean

Favorite album so far : One of the Live Acoustic releases

[mimie]

Well yes Screaming Trees count obviously !
You old fans are very lucky !
Born in 1985 in France, just knowing about the Screaming Trees was impossible
Thank you all for your answers.

[Grumpella]

First Mark's song you've heard : No idea, it was probably something off Buzz Factory, I didn't really pay attention until Uncle Anesthesia and "Bed of Roses" single

First Mark's album you bought : Sweet Oblivion

First gig you went : Screaming Trees, 1997, Seattle, Showbox

The year you became a fan : 1991

Favorite song so far : There is just no answering this, I could list my favorite 15 or 20, think about it, come back and add 10 more

Favorite album so far : Also really difficult - Sweet Oblivion is about a hair's breadth more essential than Dust, I'd require Bubblegum, Field Songs, Whiskey For the Holy Ghost, the Union Chapel live cd and the Aaurhus Denmark live cd are all necessary, as is Saturnalia, Broken, I can go on.

[frankblack]

First Mark's song you've heard : Dollar Bill or Nearly Lost You on the Singles soundtrack CD.

First Mark's album you bought : Sweet Oblivion

First gig you went : Finally saw him with Soulsavers at T in the Park, then later with QOTSA for Song For The Dead. Don't know why I didn't see him live earlier.

The year you became a fan : Around the time of Sweet Oblivion (1991?)

Favorite song so far : Dollar Bill

Favorite album so far : Field Songs - it was an album I bought at the time of release that I just didn't get at the time. I never listened to it properly until after the acoustic tours a few years ago when he played a lot of it.

[svennb]

First Mark's song you've heard : Mad Seasons long gone day and Down in the dark

First Mark's album you bought : (downloaded) The Winding Sheet

First gig you went : Last year, cirque royal brussels

The year you became a fan : 2010 or so, way to late ... Consider myself almost addicted to his music right now.

Favorite song so far : Borracho without a doubt

Favorite album so far : Whiskey for the holy ghost

[jho]

First Mark's song you've heard : A song for the Dead / solo?

First Mark's album you bought : Bubblegum

First gig you went : Gutter Twins Dublin 2008

The year you became a fan : ?

Favorite song so far : changes every week

Favorite album so far : Bubblegum

[angela]

First Mark's song you've heard : technically speaking when I first heard him on the Songs For The Deaf album in 2002, but sometimes the first time doesn't count The first time I *really* heard Mark was with Hit The City on RTL's Other Voices website in early 2005.

First Mark's album you bought : Bubblegum

First gig you went : Gutter Twins in 2008

The year you became a fan : 2005

Favorite song so far : Too many: Winding Sheet, Riding The Nightingale, Carry Home, Creeping Coastline Of Light, One Way Street, Low, Kingdoms Of Rain, Sunrise, Stay, Live With Me, Untitled Lullabye, Wedding Dress and many others.

Favorite album so far : Whiskey For The Holy Ghost, even if Mark no longer remembers recording it

[♫ ♪]

First Mark song you've heard: Probably Nearly Lost You from the singles OST or the songs from the Mad Season album. Though in neither case did I really know who the singer was. The first song that really made me aware of him was Revival which was put on a mix tape a buddy gave me. I looked up the band and singer and found out it was the Nearly Lost You guy.

First Mark album you bought: unaware: singles OST, aware: soulsavers it's it how far.... Solo: don't remember

First gig you went: Soulsavers NYC 2007. First solo gig was in Hannover Germany last year

The year you became a fan: 2007

Favourite song so far: yeah not gonna happen

Favourite album so far: weird chill

[domiknock]

First Mark's song you've heard : The river rise (Hype! movie, but did not pay that much attention, still was a teenager that just wanted good rock music)

First Mark's album you bought : Trees' "Dust" in '97. 'The winding sheet' in 2001, that led to musical adoration until this day, bought 'Field songs' the day after...

First gig you went : Qotsa 2002 in Berlin, Solo 2004 in Berlin

The year you became a fan : Trees '97, Solo after the first line of 'Mockingbirds' 2001

Favorite song so far : yeah, sure, next question

Favorite album so far : Hard to answer, but as much as I love his own songwriting I also always admired his unerring choices of covers, which are nearly all gems in my eyes/ears, especially when he makes them 'his' songs. So 'I'll take care of you' has to be mentioned here for my taste as well. Along with 'Scrabs at midnight', 'Weird chill' and I don't know, hard to answer...

[solitude]

Jul 24, 2013 11:45:05 GMT -5 leisureman said:

This makes me feel old.

Not old...just wise.

First Mark's song you've heard : Nearly lost you

First Mark's album you bought : Sweet Oblivion

First gig you went : with QOTSA Lolla 2003....got to meet him 9/2009 Soulsavers

The year you became a fan : 1993

Favorite song so far : Sneakers always makes me smile because I also think of my boys ♥.....others...depends on my mood

Favorite album so far : Sweet Oblivion, Weird Chill, or Blues Funeral

[Maidli]

Jul 24, 2013 15:37:31 GMT -5 mimie said:

Born in 1985 in France, just knowing about the Screaming Trees was impossible
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Sure you're young, but it wasnt impossible as i spent my time listening to sweet oblivion album on my walkman on repeat mode in 93;)
But even nowadays lanegan is still underatted in france - so feel lucky you fell for him

[Maidli]

First Mark's song you've heard : The winding sheet was spinning in the early 90's at a party, Wild flowers was the one that gave me chills - but i did not knot who was singing
First Mark's album you bought : ST : sweet oblivion 93 - MLB Bubblegum 2004

First gig you went : Gutter twins on feb 19th 2008 before saturnalia went out - on feb 20th i logged here

The year you became a fan : A fan is someone who digs out and check the news - then i am not a fan, Mark is simply my favorite so far with Mike Patton exaequo , just this

Favorite song so far : too hard to answer

Favorite album so far : Bubblegum, Saturnalia and Funeral blues

[frauleinkül]

First Mark's song you've heard : Hit the City. That is, that I was aware of was Lanegan.

First Mark's album you bought : I'll Take Care of You

First gig you went : The Voxhall gig in 2010

The year you became a fan : I think around 2007-8. Not really sure. It crept its way in.

Favorite song so far : Sleep with Me

Favorite album so far : Tough one... I think 'Here Comes that Weird Chill" ep, but there's just so many goddamn brilliant ones to choose from...

[Stranger]

Jul 27, 2013 4:40:56 GMT -5 Maidli said:

Jul 24, 2013 15:37:31 GMT -5 mimie said:

Born in 1985 in France, just knowing about the Screaming Trees was impossible
.

Sure you're young, but it wasnt impossible as i spent my time listening to sweet oblivion album on my walkman on repeat mode in 93;)
But even nowadays lanegan is still underatted in france - so feel lucky you fell for him

hihihi I got a very cute picture in my head now. An eight year old girl lying in the grass with her picture book in her hands, with big headphones on her head and a walkman by her side listening happily to Sweet Oblivion on repeat

[ken]

First song: When your number isn't up - Bubblegum was in many best of lists of 2004 and I borrowed the library copy and loaded onto my iPod. The whole album (or at least first ten songs or so) grew on me and I was hooked.
First album: Bubblegum - liked it so much, I bought a copy of it and then HCTWC
First gig: with Isobel, Shepherds Bush. Great because the first album was largely padded out with songs from I'll Take Care Of You
Fan: 2004/2005 as above
Favorite song: tough one, I'll go for Wish You Well (or Like Little Willie John)
Favorite album: still Bubblegum

[Paul]

First Mark's song you've heard : Museum (end credits of Kurt Cobain documentary. Probably Screaming Trees before that though.

First Mark's album you bought : The Winding Sheet

First gig you went : Will be going to the Seattle show this October.

The year you became a fan : 2009 maybe

Favorite song so far : Wild Flowers, Message to Mine, Wish You Well

Favorite album so far : The Winding Sheet, though I love that Mark's albums are like soundtracks to different parts of my life.

[solitude]

Jul 27, 2013 4:57:42 GMT -5 Maidli said:

The year you became a fan : A fan is someone who digs out and check the news - then i am not a fan, Mark is simply my favorite so far with Mike Patton exaequo , just this

I believe you are confusing "fan" and "fanatic". I think if you are buying Mark's albums, seeing him live, and posting on his message board, it is safe to call yourself a "fan".
I am definitely not digging around for Mark info...that's what this awesome site is for.

[mimie]

Jul 27, 2013 4:40:56 GMT -5 Maidli said:

Sure you're young, but it wasnt impossible as i spent my time listening to sweet oblivion album on my walkman on repeat mode in 93;)
But even nowadays lanegan is still underatted in france - so feel lucky you fell for him

But where did you hear the Screaming Trees the first time ?
At my home, there was no MTV, just shitty radios...
My father listens to some rock bands, but older and well known ones, such as the Beatles and Pink Floyd. But apart from his CDs and vinyls, I don't remember having heard a lot of "good" music (in my opinion) when I was a child.
That was the time for Eurodance, boys bands, etc. 90's are not so perfect after all

[Elizara]

Another oldie here. Not so sure about the "wise" part, though

First Mark's song you've heard : Nearly lost you

First Mark's album you bought : Sweet Oblivion

First gig you went : 1993 in Zurich when the Screaming Trees were touring with Alice in Chains. And AIC were so, so bad that night I spend my money on a Trees shirt instead of AIC. Still got the shirt

The year you became a fan : 2004

Favorite song so far : Sweet Oblivion and Low

Favorite album so far : Bubblegum

[tripledistilled]

First Mark's song you've heard : ST Sweet Oblivion on cassette in '93. Wow.

First Mark's album you bought : Field Songs (still his best for me!)

First gig you went : November 2001 in Dublin, Whelan's. Mark's birthday party was celebrated upstairs in the band room and everyone was partying quite hard (except Mark who was soberly answering questions from fans). Mike Johnson asked me for any grass - sadly we'd smoked the last of it during the gig.

The year you became a fan : 1993

Favorite song so far : No Easy Action

Favorite album so far : Field Songs

[svennb]

Aug 1, 2013 10:15:03 GMT -5 tripledistilled said:

First Mark's song you've heard : ST Sweet Oblivion on cassette in '93. Wow.

First Mark's album you bought : Field Songs (still his best for me!)

First gig you went : November 2001 in Dublin, Whelan's. Mark's birthday party was celebrated upstairs in the band room and everyone was partying quite hard (except Mark who was soberly answering questions from fans). Mike Johnson asked me for any grass - sadly we'd smoked the last of it during the gig.

The year you became a fan : 1993

Favorite song so far : No Easy Action

Favorite album so far : Field Songs

nice

[marco]

First Mark's song heard: something from Buzz Factory but I can't remember
First Mark's album bought: Uncle Anesthesia
First gig: Milano at Binario Zero 1998 (as Mark Lanegan)
The year I became a fan: 1991
Favourite song: Riding the nightingale
Favourite album: Whisky for the holy ghost