Van Patrick Conner
Career
As a bass player in high school, Conner formed the band Explosive Generation with his brother Gary Lee Conner and
Mark Pickerel. That band later evolved into
Screaming Trees with the addition of singer
Mark Lanegan in 1985.
The band moved from their native Ellensburg, Washington to
Seattle in the late 1980s to join that city's burgeoning alternative rock scene.
Conner played on seven studio albums with Screaming Trees until the band split in 2000.
While he was with Screaming Trees, Conner formed the side project Solomon Grundy, in which he performed lead vocals and guitar. That band released an album in 1990,
Illness and death
In December 2021, Conner fell into a comatose state after suffering complications from emergency stomach surgery.
While hospitalized, Conner also contracted an infection of COVID-19, severely worsening his condition.
Conner would continue to struggle with respiratory and mobility issues for the rest of his life.
Conner died from pneumonia on January 17, 2023, at the age of 55.
Selected discography
For his work with Screaming Trees, see Screaming Trees discography.
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Solomon Grundy (Solomon Grundy, 1990)
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New Dawning Time (Gardener, 1999)
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Vast Active Living Intelligence System (VALIS, 2002)
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Head Full of Pills (VALIS, 2004)
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Dark Matter (VALIS, 2009)
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Minds Through Space and Time (VALIS, 2012)
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Coming Back Again (Van Conner, 2018)
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