The singer of the band Sparklehorse shot himself

The singer of the indie rock band Sparklehorse is dead 47-year-old Mark Linkous shot over the weekend with his own weapon into the heart, reports the New York Times in its Monday edition. According to police reports, he took behind the house of a friend in Knoxville (Tennessee) life. His family had confirmed Linkous' death, the magazine "Rolling Stone", also told the BBC. Linkous was in the indie rock scene known. He published from 1995 to 2006 four plates. The U.S. music magazine Rolling Stone, called the Sparklehorse album, "Good Morning Spider" (1999) a masterpiece. On the album "It's a Wonderful Life" (2001) also stars such as Tom Waits and PJ Harvey were working.