“He was one of the closest friends I ever had and I loved him immensely,” Conner’s brother, Gary Lee, wrote on Facebook.
Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of the Pacific Northwest band Screaming Trees, died Tuesday. He was 55.Wednesday to announce the musician’s death, which he said was from pneumonia.
“He was one of the closest friends I ever had and I loved him immensely,” he continued. “I will miss him forever and ever and ever.”reported last year. Van revealed it was Black Flag’s “Damaged” that turned him onto music.The pair formed a music group with drummer Mark Pickerel, but found themselves unable to find a gig in their hometown of Ellensburg, Washington, about 100 miles from the booming music hub of Seattle.
Screaming Trees was among the most prolific grunge bands to emerge from the Pacific Northwest, alongside Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam. Founded in the mid-1980s, the band began with a few indie albums before catching a big break. “The most striking thing about the music scene in the area at the time is that there was an odd lack of competitiveness,”
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