Lanegan's latest solo album, Straight Songs of Sorrow, emerged last year.ĭevil in a Coma is out on Dec. It followed his 2017 lyrics book, I Am the Wolf. Over 700,000 Americans have died of COVID, according to a New York Times database. Since bands began touring again after a largely concert-less 2020, many have canceled or postponed shows because of the situation.Īn earlier memoir from Lanegan, Sing Backwards and Weep, came out in 2020. Vaccination and booster efforts continue across the globe as 57 percent total of U.S. Heavy metal singer Eric Wagner died in August after being hospitalized with COVID pneumonia. Other rock stars who've battled COVID include Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (KISS), Jonathan Davis, Munky and Ray Luzier (Korn), Chad Gray (Mudvayne), Sean Killian (Vio-Lence) and Sebastian Bach (ex-Skid Row).
A spokesman for the Screaming Trees alum said the musician has 'gotten his hearing back now, but his health is up and down.' Lanegan also went 'completely deaf' over the course of his illness, per Consequence. Down toward the bottom of this post, read the synopsis and see the book cover artwork.
