SCREAMING TREES

Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg,America in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barret Martin by the time the band reached its most successful period. Although widely associated with grunge, the band's sound incorporated hard rock and psycedelicelements. Since its formation, Screaming Trees released seven studio album, five Eps and three compilations.
The Conner brothers formed Screaming Trees with Mark Lanegan and Mark Pickerel in 1985 in, a small town a little over 100 miles from Seattle The band was drawn together by an interest in punk, garage, and classic rock in high school.The band rehearsed at the Conner family's video rental store and recorded their demo tape Other Worlds in the summer of 1985 with Steve Fisk at Creative Fire recording studio in Ellensburg. The band talked the owner of the studio into releasing it as a cassette on the local indie label, Velvetone Records (the recording was re-released as a CD and vinyl EP by SST Records in 1988). In 1986, they released their debut album, Clairvoyance, also on the Velvetone label. Musically, the album is a combination of pscycadelic rock and hard rock. With Fisk's help, the LP caught the attention of Gregg Ginn, and the band were signed to SST Records.