As much as I craved some temporary oblivion

It was incredibly lucky that I was here

Mark Lanegan performs in Screaming Trees at Rock for Choice concert at the Hollywood Palladium on January 23, 1993 in Los Angeles. (Photo: Lindsay Brice/Getty Images)

“Our Next guests are a Seattle band, and tonight they’re making their network TV debut with us,” David Letterman says. “This right here is their newest album, it’s entitled ‘Sweet Oblivion,…