
Bouncing between Portland studios, some professional and some in friends’ basements, Smith gathered up thirteen acoustic tracks that could be recorded quickly after Heatmiser’s dissolution. The answer was by going on unemployment, recording in houses, and focusing on his songwriting. That quiet co-frontman already had two studio albums to his name, but he also had recently lost his job at a bakery. Gust’s ‘Rest My Head Against the Wall’ and Smith’s ‘See You Later’ probably could have been hits on 120 Minutes, if not for the fact that Heatmiser imploded before the album even saw its release date. That’s not because they had bad material – in fact, the band’s final album, 1996’s Mic City Sons, has fantastic tracks on it. They probably couldn’t have even been the next Silverchair. He thought it wasĪ great idea.Could Heatmiser be the next Nirvana? No shot in hell. Whether he would support Elliott's music being included. I told him about the internet archive and asked He has already announced that the family approves I spoke to Gary Smith today who is currently making music decisions forĮlliott Smith's estate. "while we were talking, we talked about sharing/trading elliott's music and he thought it was important to mention it was ok to share or trade elliott's music because elliott believed people should be able to trade musically with each other and that the family feels the same." Reported post from Charlie who runs the official site re conversation with Gary Smith, Elliott Smith's father:


"i think it's nice people want to take the trouble to record music that apparently they seem to like.

"i like the idea.sure, people should be able to trade musically with each other, i mean people do anyway.there's arguments to be made.but i don't really have an opinion.i'm not one of those bands that sells millions of records and then gets mad at napster" What did elliott think about places where i download music (like napster)? Smith gave his go-ahead for Elliot's shows to be hosted at the Archive. RIGHTS On June 20, 2005, in conversation with a LMA curator, Dr.
