Van Conner has died on the age of 55.
The legendary rocker was referred to as a founding member and bassist of Screaming Bushes together with Mark Lanegan, Gary Lee Conner, Mark Pickerel Barrett Martin and Josh Homme, however handed away on Tuesday (17.01.23) after a battle with pneumonia, his brother introduced. .
Gary wrote on Fb: “Van Conner bassist and Screaming Bushes songwriter died final evening of a protracted sickness at age 55. It was pneumonia that bought him ultimately. He was one of many closest pals I’ve ever had and I beloved him. immensely”. I’ll miss him endlessly and ever.” (sic)
Alongside together with his bandmates, the ‘Greenback Invoice’ hitmaker, who married Jill Danielson in 1993, recorded a complete of seven studio albums throughout his heyday from 1984 to 2000 earlier than disbanding and releasing ‘Final Phrases: The Last Recordings’ in 2011., which was recorded earlier than their break up.
After his time within the band ended, Van Conner launched a sequence of solo information together with ‘Solomon Grundy’, ‘Darkish Matter’ and ‘Minds By House and Time’.
Following the information of his demise, fellow rockers Dinosaur Jr. have been fast to pay tribute to the tragic star, who urged followers to recollect what an “unbelievable individual” Van Conner was.
A tweet from the band’s official Twitter account learn: “Van Conner will probably be missed ****. I will take heed to his LP. I counsel you do the identical and take into consideration what an incredible individual he was.”
Van Conner is the second member of Screaming Bushes to go away after frontman Mark Lanegan died in February of final 12 months on the age of 57, although a explanation for demise was not disclosed.