elliot smith

[zim]

any fans? had a fellating lover who never shut up about him, i'm finally starting to get it

[Ryeknow]

I'm not a mega fan or anything but I dig

[Ryeknow]

His band heatmiser is an awesome overlooked band from the gloryhole era , this is more my style

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

Who?

[droidspawn]

Love him. Been a fan since the royal tennenbaums

[deckard]

who

[jawn galliano]

I'm not a mega fan or anything but I dig

great fucking track although i prefer the heatmiser version

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

I still have no idea who we are taking about

[Ryeknow]

Steven Paul Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003), known as Elliott Smith, was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived much of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he gained popularity. Smith's primary instrument was the guitar, though he also played piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. He had a distinctive vocal style in his solo career after Heatmiser, characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery",[5] and often used multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies that were usually finger picked and recorded with tape.

After playing in the rock band Heatmiser for several years, Smith began his solo career in 1994, with releases on the independent record labels Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars (KRS). In 1997, he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, for which he recorded his final two albums.[6] Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song "Miss Misery"—included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting (1997)—was nominated for the 1998 Academy Award for Best Original Song.[7]

Smith was a heavy drinker and drug user, and was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression.[8] His struggles with drugs and mental illness affected his life and work, and often appeared in his lyrics. He died at his Los Angeles home from two stab wounds to the chest at age 34 in 2003.[9] The autopsy evidence did not determine whether the wounds were self-inflicted.[10] At the time of his death, Smith was working on his album From a Basement on the Hill, posthumously produced and released in 2004.

[Ryeknow]

Smith died on October 21, 2003, at the age of 34 from two stab wounds to the chest.[9] At the time of the stabbing, he was at his Lemoyne Street home in Echo Park, California,[9] where he lived with his girlfriend, Jennifer Chiba. According to Chiba, the two were arguing,[47] and she locked herself in the bathroom to take a shower.[95] Chiba heard him scream and upon opening the door saw Smith standing with a knife in his chest. She pulled the knife out, after which he collapsed and she called 9-1-1 at 12:18 pm. Smith died in the hospital, with the time of death listed as 1:36 p.m. A possible suicide note, written on a sticky note, read: "I'm so sorry—love, Elliott. God forgive me."[9] The coroner misspelled Smith's first name in the autopsy report, omitting the second 't'.[9] While Smith's death was reported as a suicide, the official autopsy report released in December 2003 left open the question of homicide.[9]

Smith's remains were cremated, and his ashes were divided between his mother, father, and half-sister Ashley.[28] A small memorial service for family and friends was held at his father's home in Portland, although Smith's "ashes weren't on hand because the coroner wouldn't release them."[28] The status or location of Smith's ashes has not been made public.

According to Pitchfork, record producer Larry Crane reported on his Tape Op message board that he had planned to help Smith mix his album in mid-November. Crane wrote, "I hadn't talked to Elliott in over a year. His girlfriend, Jennifer, called me [last week] and asked if I'd like to come to L.A. and help mix and finish [Smith's album]. I said 'yes, of course', and chatted with Elliott for the first time in ages. It seems surreal that he would call me to finish an album and then a week later kill himself. I talked to Jennifer this morning, who was obviously shattered and in tears, and she said, 'I don't understand, he was so healthy.'"[96] The coroner reported that no traces of illegal substances or alcohol were found in Smith's system at the time of his death but did find prescribed levels of antidepressant, anxiolytic, and ADHD medications, including clonazepam, mirtazapine, atomoxetine, and amphetamine.[97] There were no hesitation wounds.[47] Due to the inconclusive autopsy ruling, the Los Angeles vice squad Department's investigation remains open.[98]

Notably, Elliott received a letter from his step-father Charlie Welch on the day he died which he never had the chance to read. In it, Welch denies having urges to sexually abuse anyone after Elliott's allegations of repeated childhood sexual abuse from him but apologised for general mistreatment of him and his “deficiencies as a father.”[99][100]