Elliott Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician from Portland, Oregon who rose to prominence when his song "Miss Misery" from either a Good Will Hunting soundtrack was nominated for an Oscar in the best original song category in 1998.

Biography
Elliott Smith Born Steven Paul Smith within Omaha, Nebraska, but mostly grew up around Texas. Smith learned to play each a piano & guitar as a tyke & wrote his number one song once he was Long dozen. At Xiv, Smith moved from either Texas to Portl&, Oregin, and graduated High School on June 3rd, 1987. He began calling himself Elliott around college, since Steve sounded overmuch rather the jock. There is no 1 is quite certainly how come he chose "Elliott." a select few speculate it was known as when a street within Portl&, a few say it was a inspiration of his girlfriend at a period, and was the family name of her ex-boyfriend. Elliott is spelled using deuce "t"s rather a surname. He was a share of the b& Stranger Than Fiction (w/ Garrick Duckler, Tony Lash and Jason Hornick) in the early/mid Eighties. Smith graduated from either Hampshire College with the degree inside philosophy & political science prior to joining a Portland band known as Heatmiser in 1991. Heatmiser disbanded quondam around 1995 or even 1996. He recorded trine solo albums in independent labels (including Kill Rock Stars) and ii sir thomas more in DreamWorks Records.

Drugs
Inside 2002, Smith went to the Neurotransmitter Restoration Center in Beverly Hills to start the course of coarse of action for his white plague. [http://www.undertheradarmag.com/es.html]

Death
Elliott Smith

Smith battled depression. [http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/06/news-pelisek.php]), alcoholism, & white plague for numerous years, which is for instance evident around his music; notwithstanding, ostensibly conspicuous songs like "Needle in the Hay" were ofttimes misinterpreted to exist as just about his have battles, when actually his have problems using doses did non acquire until years late. He died in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California at age 34, from multiple stab wounds to the chest. When a dying was originally reported as a suicide, the official autopsy report released around late December 2003 left a wonder open:

When his history of depression is compatible by using suicide, & a location & counsel of a stab wounds come uniform by having self-pain, many aspects of the circumstances (every bit come known at this period) come untypical of suicide & raise the possibility of homicide. These include a absence of hesitation wounds, stabbing across wearable, & a presence of little incised wounds on the best arm & left hand (imaginable defensive wounds). In addition, a girlfriend's [Jennifer Chiba's] reported removal of the knife and subsequent refusal to speak by using detectives come completely of concern.

Based on data from a medical examiner's report, the alleged suicide note, write of a Post-it, read, "I'm so sorry-love, Elliot God forgive me." A misspelling of "Elliott" was late acknowledged as a mistake on the a share of the medical examiner.

Multiple unfreed songs he experienced recently recorded were released when From a Basement on the Hill by his family as a result his dying.

His demise has non been officially declared a suicide & the investigation of his dying continues.

Trivia
Smith got the tattoo of Ferdinand, a bull from a youngsters's story world health organization was as well gentle for a tauromachy ring & favorite to amble just about his field smelling the flowers. He too experienced the little tattoo of the state of Texas.

Cultural references
Ben Folds wrote a song just about Smith titled "Late" in his album Songs for Silverman. Weezer wrote a song known as "The Other Way" all all about wanting to console Jennifer Chiba about Smith's dying in their album Make Believe. Rilo Kiley wrote two songs just about Elliott Smith in their album Other Adventurous. "It Just Is" echoes (therefore to speak) a dying of Smith. A lyrics review "It echoed through the park last night...", the imaginable information to the Los Angeles front yard in which Smith was noticed dead. "Ripchord" information a lyrics of "Waltz #2 (XO)" using "your mama's got a new man, your daddy always fails" & alludes to the contestation circumferent whether his dying was the execution or even suicide by using "I don't know if you meant it, but you did yourself in."

Discography

Full-length albums
!Image !Release date !Title !Label |- |100px |July 14 1994 |Roman Candle |Cavity Search |- |100px |July 21 1995 |Elliott Smith |Kill Rock Stars |- |100px |February 25 1997 |Either/Or |Kill Rock Stars |- |100px |August 25 1998 |XO |DreamWorks |- |100px |April 18 2000 |Figure 8 |DreamWorks |- |100px |October 19 2004 |From a Basement on the Hill |Anti-Records (Domino Records UK Release) |}

Singles
"No Confidence Man" B-side in the split Vii" with Shytown (Pete Krebs) (1994; Slo-Mo Records) "Needle In The Hay" B-sides: "Alphabet Town", "A bit of Song" (1995; on Kill Rock Stars) "Speed Lawsuits" B-sides: "Angeles", "I personally Don't Believe We'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out" (1996; on Kill Rock Stars) "Section Day" B-side: "There are no Title #6" (1996; on Suicide Squeeze) "Ballad Of Large Nothing" B-sides: "Angeles", "A select few Song", "Section Day" (1997; on Kill Rock Stars) "Waltz #2 (XO)" B-side: "My Tool" (1998; on DreamWorks) "Infant Britain" B-sides: "Waltz #1 (Demonstration)", "A Enemy Is Professional people" (1999; on Polydor/Dreamworks) "Happiness" B-side: "Boy of Sam" acoustic (2000; on DreamWorks) "Boy Of Sam" B-side: "The Dwelling Might" (2000; on DreamWorks) "Jolly (Horrible Prior to)" B-side: "The Distorted Reality Is Today the Necessity to Become Free" (early version) (2003; on Suicide Squeeze) "Jolly (Horrible Prior to)" B-side: "The Distorted Reality is At present the Necessity to Become Yours free!" (2004; on Domino Records)