Year Zero

by Mark Lanegan, Wesley Eisold

The second book in the Mark Lanegan/Wesley Eisold poetry trilogy and the follow up to the acclaimed Plague Poems. YEAR ZERO - A WORLD WITH NO FLOWERS is the second book in the Lanegan/Eisold trilogy and the follow up to PLAGUE POEMS. Each author contributes 23 poems. Resurrection poems written with vitriol and irreverence in the middle space between life and death. The authors look forward and backward and inside and out. Poetry. Music. Art.

76 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2022

About the author

Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington) was an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s. In 1985, he became the vocalist for grunge group Screaming Trees; the group broke up in 2000. Lanegan would start a low-key solo career, but in 2004 Lanegan released his big breakthrough album Bubblegum. In addition to leading the The Gutter Twins, Lanegan has also been involved in other musical projects, including hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, longterm collaborations with Isobel Campbell; and undertaken some surprisingly eclectic collaborations, such as co-writing and providing vocals for "Black River" by the electronic outfit, Bomb the Bass. He also lent his vocal talent to the highly regarded album, "Above", by supergroup Mad Season.

Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love having these poems of Lanegan’s. The poem about Terry Graham is full of vitriol and has stuck with me. Sad there will be no more books.

[PhattandyPDX · Rating 5 out of 5]

“It’s just as well that I am stranded
In a foreign country, overstayed, my legal
welcome, head down, hiding out
and unable to leave for not being
allowed to get back in
It’s always the same story with guys like me
always pulling some shady
underhanded bullshit
always driving Sideways In Reverse.”

[Tom Price · Rating 5 out of 5]

Feel nothing
Know nothing
Love nothing

[Brendan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yet another excellent collection of poems from Lanegan and Eisold.

[Adaset · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5. By far the best of the three. The first few Mark poems are some of his best. Wesley’s we’re a miss for me this time around (he had some gems in Plague Poems though.)

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Forever sad that will get not more of Mark Lanegan's writing in whatever form he choose to release it in