Sinister: Elliott Smith

[quiet]

>Cheers,
>Rich
>
>ps Whilst in the US i got an elliot smith album either called KIll
>Rock Stars or on the Kill Rock Stars label (or both). Can anyone tell
>me anything about it?

    Elliott was in a mediocre band called Heatmiser, but made great solo
recordings on his own.  Heatmiser's best record came out in 96 on Virgin,
but was not promoted at all as the band was breaking up.  Sam Coomes went on
to form the wonderfull Quasi with ex-wife/Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet
Weiss, and Neil Gust went on to form the band called simply "number two",
while Elliott focused on his solo recordings.
    Elliot's first solo album was released by a tiny Portland Oregon based
label called Cavity Search.  The record was titled "Roman Candle" and was
followed by two albums for the label Kill Rock Stars, an Olympia Washington
label that released seminal records by Heavens to Betsy, Bikini Kill,
Sleater-Kinney, Unwound, and Bratmobile.  They were also the US label for
Huggy Bear and Glasgow's own Lungleg, and released not-so-seminal records by
Mary Lou Lord.
    Your Elliot Smith record on KRS is either the self titled one that opens
with "needle in the hay" or else it is the album "either/or" from 97 from
which several songs were lifted to appear on the soundtrack to Good Will
Hunting.  Both records are great.
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