Guest Derek Bailey Report post Posted October 22, 2003 Source: http://www.nme.com/news/106511.htm Other sources: http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/200...liottsmith.html , http://www.sweetadeline.net/ (his official website). Singer-songwriter ELLIOTT SMITH has died, according to reports. Fan websites and various radio stations claim that the singer passed away yesterday (October 21) at the age of 34. The official cause of death is currently unclear. Born in 1969, Smith loved music from an early age. He released five albums, the most critically acclaimed in the mid-90s, titled ’Either / Or’ and ’XO’. His most mainstream success however came when his song ’Miss Misery’ from the film Good Will Hunting’ was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997. At the time of his death Smith was working on a new album, which had a working title of ’From A Basement On the Hill’, which was set for completion later this year. A UK spokesperson for the singer is currently unavailable to confirm the reports. This story will be updated as more details emerge. Fuck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2003 Jesus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2003 And I thought it was just ridiculous rumors. Ouch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anorak 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2003 That's terrible. I thought Smith was a songwriter whose best work was still probably ahead of him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 22, 2003 One of the good ones.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2003 Damn! That's a fucking shock and a half... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bobby Cox is God Report post Posted October 22, 2003 Fuckin a, this is kinda weird. My friend Alicia just asked me yesterday if he was still alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2003 That's crazy. He was fairly young. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2003 When I was scrolling down the main page, it looked like "Emmit Smith reported dead," which made me do a double-take, to say the least. Sad news, nonetheless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justsoyouknow 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2003 I agree with Bruiser. All I could think was, "Well, the Cardinals just wasted a shitload bringing him in, then." Sad news, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wayzing Report post Posted October 23, 2003 Nooo. I can't believe this. I saw him live in Stockholm a couple of years ago after he had released what apparantly will go down as his last album. Great, great performance. Some felt his eary records were the best but I always felt that he kept getting better and better and was really looking forward to hearing new material from him. NME just reported that it's believed to be a suicide case. This is so sad. Thanks for all the great music, Elliot. I sincerely hope you're better off now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2003 OK, WHAT??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinetic 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2003 And he stabbed himself in the HEART, for fuck's sake. That's a hardcore way to kill yourself. The fact that he commited suicide is not all that shocking, though. He was a hopeless addict and a deeply depressed person from all accounts. His records were great, though, and he'll be missed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2003 Okay, it's been 4 days since this was reported, and I'm still left in the dark Who in the blue hell was this guy? Never heard of him, at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2003 Stolen from MTV.com Raised in a musical family, acclaimed singer-songwriter Smith first recorded with Portland, Oregon-based alternative rockers Heatmiser. Despite achieving a modicum of success with this band's generic Fugazi-inspired hard rock, Smith felt happier recording acoustic material on his home four-track set-up. His solo career began after he mailed a tape to local independent label Cavity Search. His debut set, Roman Candle, appeared in 1994. The album introduced Smith's sparse folky style and introspective lyricism, redolent of the work of English singer Nick Drake. Later releases appeared on the Olympia, Washington-based independent label Kill Rock Stars, as Smith balanced his solo career with his continuing involvement in Heatmiser. By 1997's Either/Or, however, Heatmiser had split and Smith relocated to Brooklyn. His big break came about when cult film director and long-time fan Gus Van Sant used six of Smith's songs on the soundtrack to his acclaimed Good Will Hunting. The stand-out track "Miss Misery' was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song, leading to the memorable sight of a dour Smith performing at March 1998"s Academy Award ceremony. Smith had already taken the plunge earlier in the year and signed to the DreamWorks label. Any worries that a major label would choke his independent spirit and songwriting skills were dispelled when the superb XO was released in August. Produced (like Either/Or) by Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf of Bong Load, the album confirmed that Smith had developed into one of the finest songwriters of the 90s. His old albums were also re-released by Domino. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamoaRowe 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Singer-songwriter ELLIOTT SMITH has died, according to reports. Rest in piece, Elliot. You will not be forgotten. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
