Screaming Trees drummer regrets throwing beer can at Mark Lanegan

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Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin has recalled how he regrets throwing a beer can at Mark Lanegan’s head – but recalled how it resulted in the pair becoming like “brothers”.Martin paid tribute to Lanegan on his social media pages this week, sharing a story about how the band used to throw beer cans at one another.The grunge icon passed away at his home in Killarney, Ireland on February 22, age 57.Martin wrote: “With the passing of our brother and bandmate, Mark Lanegan, I have found that humour is really the best medicine, and Mark knew this truth, perfectly.

So I outlined 7 stories about Mark and the Trees, which I am currently writing and will post here on my pages. Humour is the operative word here, so I hope these stories lifts your spirits as we think about Mark over the coming weeks.”Recalling the first of the seven stories, Martin remembered the origins of how the band members used to throw beer cans at one another.“For some reason, the Screaming Trees had a propensity for throwing cans and even bottles of beer at each other, and Mark told the story in Sing Backwards and Weep of how I threw a can of beer at him in his New York City hotel room.

This is true, and I wish I hadn’t done it, but I did.”He continued: “More revealing about that event is the reason for my beer can chucking in the first place.

It all came back in 2019, when Mark called to ask if I remembered certain stories differently from the way he remembered them.