"Sworn and Broken" is a song by the American alternative-rock group

Screaming Trees Screaming Trees were an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington, in 1984 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bassist Van Conner, and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel was replaced by Barrett Martin in 1991. Screami ...

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released in support of their seventh album, ''

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Formats and track listing

;UK 7" single (663870 7) #"Sworn and Broken" (

Gary Lee Conner Gary Lee Conner (born Lee Gary Conner, August 22, 1962) is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist for Screaming Trees. Career Originally from Ellensburg, Washington, Conner formed the band Explosive Generation with his brother ...

Van Conner Van Patrick Conner (March 17, 1967 – January 17, 2023) was an American rock musician, best known as the bassist for Screaming Trees. Career As a bass player in high school, Conner formed the band Explosive Generation with his brother Gary ...

Mark Lanegan Mark William Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter. First becoming prominent as the lead singer for the early grunge band Screaming Trees, he was also known as a member of Queens of the Stone Age ...

) – 3:35 #"Butterfly" (live) (Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner, Mark Lanegan) – 3:10 ;UK CD single (663870 2) #"Sworn and Broken" (Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner, Mark Lanegan) – 3:35 #"Butterfly" (live) (Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner, Mark Lanegan) – 3:10 #" Dollar Bill" (live) (Van Conner, Mark Lanegan) – 4:17 #"Caught Between/The Secret Kind" (live) (Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner, Mark Lanegan,

Barrett Martin Barrett Harrington Martin (born April 14, 1967) is an American drummer and record producer from Washington. He is perhaps best known for his work with the alternative rock bands Screaming Trees and Mad Season. He was also a member of Skin Yard ...

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Charts

Personnel

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acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

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;Production and additional personnel * George Drakoulias –

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* Andy Wallace – mixing *

Howie Weinberg Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer. Over the course of his career, he has received over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize. Career Weinberg mastered Herbie Ha ...

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Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sworn and Broken 1996 songs 1996 singles Screaming Trees songs Songs written by Gary Lee Conner Songs written by Van Conner Songs written by Mark Lanegan Epic Records singles