{"product_id":"sing-backwards-and-weep-a-memoir-9780306922800","title":"Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e*INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Soulsavers), chronicling his years as a singer and drug addict in Seattle in the '80s and '90s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Mark Lanegan-primitive, brutal, and apocalyptic. What's not to love?\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Nick Cave, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sick Bag Song\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Bunny Munro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Mark Lanegan first arrived in Seattle in the mid-1980s, he was just \"an arrogant, self-loathing redneck waster seeking transformation through rock 'n' roll.\" Little did he know that within less than a decade he would rise to fame as the frontman of the Screaming Trees and then fall from grace as a low-level crack dealer and a homeless heroin addict, all the while watching some of his closest friends rocket to the forefront of popular music. In \u003ci\u003eSing Backwards and Weep, \u003c\/i\u003eLanegan takes readers back to the sinister, needle-ridden streets of Seattle, to an alternative music scene that was simultaneously bursting with creativity and dripping with drugs. He tracks the tumultuous rise and fall of the Screaming Trees, from a brawling, acid-rock bar band to world-famous festival favorites that scored a hit number five single on Billboard's alternative charts and landed a notorious performance on \u003ci\u003eLate Night with David Letterman\u003c\/i\u003e, where Lanegan appeared sporting a fresh black eye from a brawl the night before. This book also dives into Lanegan's personal struggles with addiction, culminating in homelessness, petty crime, and the tragic deaths of his closest friends. From the back of the van to the front of the bar, from the hotel room to the emergency room, onstage, backstage, and everywhere in between, \u003ci\u003eSing Backwards and Weep \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the abrasive underlining beneath one of the most romanticized decades in rock history-from a survivor who lived to tell the tale. Gritty, gripping, and unflinchingly raw, \u003ci\u003eSing Backwards and Weep \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about more than\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ejust an extraordinary singer who watched his\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edreams catch fire and incinerate the ground\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebeneath his feet. It's about a man who learned\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehow to drag himself from the wreckage, dust off\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe ashes, and keep living and creating.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306922800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mark Lanegan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635546255516,"sku":"9780306922800","price":33.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4cc54c21-a530-417d-9a26-47b5a0ac7bdf.jpg?v=1603839860","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sing-backwards-and-weep-a-memoir-9780306922800","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}