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=== Final album and deaths of Lanegan and Van Conner === On June 22, 2011, it was announced that an unreleased album that Screaming Trees recorded in 1998 and 1999 would finally see the light of day. Titled ''[[Last Words: The Final Recordings]]'', the album was mixed by Jack Endino and Martin. It was released digitally on Martin's self-owned label Sunyata Productions on August 2, 2011, with CD and vinyl versions released in the following months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=516107400&sk=wall |title=Niet compatible browser |publisher=Facebook |access-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> In 2021, when asked about his time with Screaming Trees, Lanegan replied, "It's kind of like looking back at grade school. I definitely have fond memories and it's really how I learned to sing β through trial and error, with those guys."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prato|first=Greg|date=December 15, 2021|title=Mark Lanegan on His New Book Devil in a Coma and His Near-Death Experience With COVID|url=https://consequence.net/2021/12/mark-lanegan-interview-2021/|access-date=January 1, 2022|website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|language=en}}</ref> Lanegan died on February 22, 2022, at his home in [[Killarney]], Ireland.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=February 22, 2022|title=Grunge Pioneer Mark Lanegan Dead at 57|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mark-lanegan-screaming-trees-dead-obituary-1311045/|access-date=February 22, 2022|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en}}</ref> Gary Lee Conner revealed on January 18, 2023 that Van Conner had died aged 55. He had previously been in a coma due to stomach surgery, followed by contracting COVID-19. It was reported that pneumonia had ultimately led to his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/van-conner-screaming-trees-dead-dies-1235493452/ |title=Van Conner, Screaming Trees Co-Founder and Bassist, Dies at 55 |last=Aswad |first=Jem |website=Variety |date=January 18, 2023 |access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> On [[Black Friday (shopping)|Black Friday 2023]], ''Wrong Turn to Jahannam: Live From Egg Studio 1991'' was released. It consisted of an in-studio rehearsal session by the band which was unreleased up to that point. [[Dan Peters]] of [[Mudhoney]] played drums on the recording as it was during his brief time in the band as a touring member. ==== Related projects ==== Mark Lanegan released a solo album in May 2001 entitled ''[[Field Songs]]''. Also in that year, he became a member of the alternative rock group [[Queens of the Stone Age]] with Homme. Lanegan recorded two albums as one of the group's three vocalists before leaving the group in late 2005. His sixth solo album ''[[Bubblegum (Mark Lanegan album)|Bubblegum]]'' was released in 2004 and became his best-selling album and his first solo album to chart.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} He went on to work with [[Greg Dulli]] in the [[Gutter Twins]] and the [[Twilight Singers]]. Lanegan also received critical acclaim for his albums with [[Isobel Campbell]], one of which, ''[[Ballad of the Broken Seas]]'', was nominated for the 2006 [[Mercury Music Prize]]. Gary Lee Conner started the bands the Purple Outside and Microdot Gnome as the vocalist. He has also done session work with other musicians. In 1999, he released the single "Grasshopper's Daydream/Behind the Smile" on Sub Pop, which featured his former bandmates Homme and Pickerel along with his brother Van as producer. Gary Lee later released four solo albums between 2016 and 2021. Initially, Van Conner turned his efforts to his side-project Gardener with Aaron Stauffer (formerly of [[Seaweed (band)|Seaweed]], and later [[VALIS (band)|VALIS]]). In 2001, he contributed to Lanegan's album ''[[Field Songs]]''. Van has produced and contributed to several other projects over the years, including Kitty Kitty, VALIS, Gardener, and Gary Lee's Sub Pop single "Grasshopper's Daydream/Behind the Smile". Van's band VALIS released several recordings between 2002 and 2012. Barrett Martin became a touring member for several bands after the breakup of Screaming Trees, including [[Stone Temple Pilots]] and [[R.E.M.]], and has released two solo albums with limited success. He later contributed to Lanegan's solo album ''[[I'll Take Care of You (Mark Lanegan album)|I'll Take Care of You]]'' and the album ''[[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]'' by [[Queens of the Stone Age]]. He later became the drummer for [[Tuatara (band)|Tuatara]] and also the drummer/vocalist in [[The Minus 5]]. Martin contributed playing drums on two albums by [[Nando Reis]], a Brazilian musician: ''Para Quando O Arco IrΓs Encontrar O Pote de Ouro'' (2000) together with [[Peter Buck]] from R.E.M., and ''[[A Letra A]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|date=June 21, 2011|title=Biography|url=http://barrettmartin.com/index.php?page=biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309133143/https://barrettmartin.com/index.php?page=biography|archive-date=March 9, 2016|access-date=October 22, 2011|publisher=BarrettMartin.com}}</ref> In 2019, Martin formed the supergroup Silverlites (featuring [[Peter Buck]], [[Rich Robinson]], and [[Joseph Arthur]]) and released their self-titled debut in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 20, 2024| url=https://medium.com/culture-beat/robs-album-of-the-week-silverlites-ea868923a628 | title=Rob's Album of the Week: Silverlites }}</ref> Almost immediately after departing from Screaming Trees in 1991, Mark Pickerel formed the band [[Truly (band)|Truly]] alongside [[Robert Roth (musician)|Robert Roth]], original Soundgarden bassist [[Hiro Yamamoto]], and Chris Quinn. Truly released their debut EP ''[[Heart and Lungs]]'' in 1991, followed by Quinn's departure shortly after. The band stayed as a trio and they released two full-length albums plus a compilation, followed by a hiatus in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bush |first=John |url=http://allmusic.com/artist/truly-p14555/biography |title=Allmusic biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref> Pickerel also played drums on three of Lanegan's solo albums throughout the 1990s. Pickerel released his debut solo album in 2006, ''[[Snake in the Radio]]''. He eventually followed it up with three additional solo albums.
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