Editing Screaming Trees (section)

{{short description|American rock band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Screaming Trees
| image             = Screaming Trees (1980s SST promo photo).jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = Screaming Trees in the 1980s. Left to right: [[Mark Pickerel]], [[Gary Lee Conner]], [[Mark Lanegan]], and [[Van Conner]].
| origin            = [[Ellensburg, Washington]], U.S.
| discography = [[Screaming Trees discography]]
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Grunge]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=F|first1=José Blanco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDkVCwAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PA138|title=Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe|last2=Hunt-Hurst|first2=Patricia Kay|last3=Lee|first3=Heather Vaughan|last4=Doering|first4=Mary|date=2015|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=978-1-61069-310-3|page=138}}</ref>
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[neo-psychedelia]]<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=April 23, 2020|title=Mark Lanegan on Why Kurt Cobain's Death Still Haunts Him, How Courtney Love Saved His Life|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mark-lanegan-interview-memoir-kurt-cobain-layne-staley-978123/|access-date=December 26, 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>
* [[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99fXAAAAMAAJ|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2006|date=2007|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-172-7|page=746}}</ref>
* [[country rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Sparkle & Fade – Everclear {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sparkle-fade-mw0000126431|access-date=December 26, 2021|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
}}
| years_active      = {{Start date|1984}}–2000
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[K Records|K]]
* Velvetone
* [[SST Records|SST]]
* [[Sub Pop]]
* [[Epic Records|Epic]]
* Sunyata
}}
| past_members      = * [[Mark Lanegan]]
* [[Gary Lee Conner]]
* [[Van Conner]]
* [[Mark Pickerel]]
* [[Barrett Martin]]
* [[Josh Homme]]
}}

'''Screaming Trees''' were an American <!-- Please do not change the genre without discussing it first on the talk page  -->[[Rock music|rock]] band formed in [[Ellensburg, Washington]], in 1984 by vocalist [[Mark Lanegan]], guitarist [[Gary Lee Conner]], bassist [[Van Conner]], and drummer [[Mark Pickerel]]. Pickerel was replaced by [[Barrett Martin]] in 1991. Screaming Trees became known as one of the pioneers of [[grunge]] along with [[Melvins]], [[Mudhoney]], [[U-Men]], [[Skin Yard]], [[Soundgarden]], [[Green River (band)|Green River]], and [[Malfunkshun]], among others. Although widely associated with grunge, the band's sound incorporated [[hard rock]] and [[Neo-psychedelia|psychedelic]] elements.{{Citation Needed|date=March 2025}}

After releasing a string of EPs and albums in the 1980s on independent labels, Screaming Trees signed with [[Epic Records]] in 1990. They released their major label debut album in 1991, ''[[Uncle Anesthesia]]'', which spawned their first charting single "[[Bed of Roses (Screaming Trees song)|Bed of Roses]]". After Martin replaced Pickerel on drums, Screaming Trees released their most successful album in 1992, ''[[Sweet Oblivion]]''. "[[Dollar Bill (song)|Dollar Bill]]" became a minor radio hit, but the lead single "[[Nearly Lost You]]" vastly increased the band's popularity as it peaked at No.&nbsp;5 on the [[Modern Rock Tracks Chart]], No.&nbsp;12 on the [[Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart]], No.&nbsp;50 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], and No.&nbsp;96 on the [[ARIA Chart]].

After an extended hiatus and various recording sessions, the band's follow-up album was eventually released in 1996, entitled ''[[Dust (Screaming Trees album)|Dust]]''. Although the lead single "[[All I Know (Screaming Trees song)|All I Know]]" peaked at No.&nbsp;9 on both the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, the album did not match its predecessor's success. After difficulties in recording another album, the band announced their official breakup in 2000. Their aborted album from the late 1990s was later released in 2011 as ''[[Last Words: The Final Recordings]]''. Lanegan died aged 57 on February 22, 2022. Van Conner died aged 55 on January 17, 2023.